Drills to Improve Short Putting

Choose drills with feedback

Drills to improve short putting should make success obvious. Gates, alignment sticks, landing zones, tempo counts, or finish holds all tell you more than another ball raked into place for short putting.

A four-step drill block

1. Rehearse the Drills to Improve Short Putting feel slowly twice.
2. Hit one ball at controlled speed.
3. Call the result before looking away.
4. Change target or club so the skill has to travel. Keep the drill pointed at a putt that starts on the intended line, not at making the range swing look pretty.

Putting it in focus

Short-putting drills live or die on tiny differences in routine and pace. FocusGolf, available for Wear OS, Apple Watch, and Garmin, can sit alongside that work by keeping session history and practice notes from your watch without extra hardware. Use it to remember which warm-up, tempo feel, or practice block preceded your steadiest rolls, then bring that routine back before the next nervy three-footer.