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November 9, 2009
The Long and the Short on Lag Putting
Feel Putting Drill The lag putt is the Rodney Dangerfield of golf instruction. Look through most instruction books, and you'll find lag putting gets no respect and almost no ink. What's written pretty much boils down to developing a feel for pace. However, there are a few helpful tips, such as:


  • Tiger Woods divides lag putts in two, and Dave Stockton divides them into thirds. The ball goes fast in that first section and won't break, so don't play the break. As the ball slows, it breaks more. Study the ending sections to see how your break changes.
  • Martin Hall's Parking Lot Drill amounts to placing clubs behind the hole to form a U, the "parking lot." Place balls in a straight line, each a club length back from the other. Putt balls into the parking lot, not necessarily into the hole. This develops touch without worrying about holing the putt.
  • In practice rounds in the 1970 U.S. Open, eventual champion Tony Jacklin only looked at the hole when putting lag putts. During the tournament, he looked at the ball when putting but said this practice technique gave him the feel needed to win.
Video: "Feel" putting drill.
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