The 45 footers are impossible.

Did the 3 footers this morning first time out. massive pressure around 22-23, lol

And the lag putts from 20 foot and 30 foot were fine, but 45 foot was a massive problem. I was hugely inconsistent with my distance and forget about 3 foot, I was regularly leaving it short or long by 6-10 foot.

Being a little dramatic maybe?.. Every single person on this board has the mindset to improve and advance there game in whatever it is there reading about and I'm damn sure every golfer on this board plays with the passion and dedication to get this practice routine done without freaking out.

Plus it's not like were going to our 9/5 here, golf is fun and if you can't have fun doing this practice routine then your doing it wrong in the first place imo.



OP I"ll be guinea pig #2. Started playing in May, best rounds a 92, average 100, and this routine is exactly what I've been looking for, even a step ahead because all I worked on yesterday was lag putts after reading about how important they were.
Gona do this routine every day that I get a chance to sneak into my grandpa's golf club which will hopefully be 3 days a week.
I'll report back after my routines are done an.d I played a round on the following weekend

We found the "weakness" in your game - well, that and a good pint of Guinness, right?

Work those long lag putts - it will get better quickly!

Nice!! Let's do it! Keep me posted - I'm looking forward to some great results! I love your attitude about having fun!

I tried the 45 foot lag putts yesterday as well. I think the best I could do was 5 or 6 in a row inside 3 feet. It wasn't too bad though because when I missed it was only by a foot or two at the most outside the 3 foot circle.

For the 3 footers, the best I could do was 18 out of 20. I was satisfied with that and moved on to lag putts haha.

And I did the 8 out of 10 chips first try.

Finally good weather here in Poland- good I mean no snow, no rain, ultra windy and 15 degree. But you can play some golf so can’t complain.

It’s gonna be my only 2nd season of playing golf. In Poland golf season is from April till late October. I don’t have a handicap card yet, I think it’s too early for it. I played on golf course only like 7 times last season, my best score was lame 112 (should I get HC card and keep tracking my scores from the beginning?)
I’m not sure if this routine not gonna be too hard for me, but I will give it a shot.
Today it took my about an hour to make 25 putts from 3feet in a row. In the beginning I barely could make 10, then few 18s, finally 22 and 24 (that hurt) and 25 But I took quite easy straight line.
From 20feet it wasn’t that good, best I did was 13 (in 30min) but it was so cold I had to stop.

Tomorrow should I start with 3feet again or those lag 20 feet ?
General question: as a beginner how much % of practices time should I devote to short game and how much on driving range?

PS. Dagolfdoc you doing great job here, thx for that!!
PS2. Sorry for my poor English, I'm doing my best. It’s still better than my golf skills though

I love humble Europeans - your english is more than adequate.

I say there is no need for an official handicap card. If you have a smartphone there are tons of programs for you to track your progress round by round. There are also free computer softwares that can track your scores/stats provided you enter your numbers after your rounds.

You definitely did better than me with the short putts!

any program you would recommend ? (iphone or PC)
doesnt have to be free

I'm sure if you search for "golf handicap" in the app store you'll find something there (free or cheap). Online, you can create a free account on oobgolf.com and track all your rounds and stats. There's probably a bunch of other sites that offer the same service.

^^ thx

btw made those 20footer today
25footers were disaster

but weather conditions still pretty hard- windy and just 11 degree
they say it might snow tomorrow ....

what ??? germany is 15 degrees celsius (just 500km away)
do you live on some mountain ? :/

It sounds like the 45 foot putts are the most difficult for most of you on here. Unfortunately, that's just outside the average length putt on a G.I.R. for an amateur, so while we need to continue to improve our distance control, I thought of a way that might help you practice them, in addition to understanding the importance of the 3 foot range.

Try hitting 5-10 putts from 45+ feet, then go pick up the balls that are within 3 feet, putt anything that is outside 3 feet, and a keep a record of how many of those you end up 3 putting. To me, a 3-putt is like saying "i'm doing too well today, I should give a shot back to the field."This is why I put so much emphasis on the lag putts. Except in very rare circumstances, is a 3 putt acceptable (huge mounds, Augusta, 100 ft putt, etc).

Also, I believe I might have mistyped/misled everyone on the drill for the lag putting - my intent was for you to roll the ball within 3 feet of the target - which would be a 6 foot circle I believe the way it was written was a 3 foot circle, which would only be 1 1/2 feet from the target, which is too small. On long putts, I want a player to roll the ball close enough to make the next putt, so we practice a bunch of putts from inside 5 feet, and then get comfortable rolling longer putts to that distance. Anyway, I apologize if I mistakenly gave many of you too difficult of a task. You should have 3 feet on each side of the hole on the longer lag putts.

I've been traveling, so haven't had the opportunity to post the past couple days, but I'll reply to some questions later today!

Thanks for posting this. Some parts should be really easy for me (pretty much all of the ball-striking ones, pitching, and chipping are all not difficult at all.)

The lag putting will kick my butt. Also, the course I grew up playing had ZERO bunkers, so I am still awful at bunker play. I can get out of the bunker, but usually have no idea where the ball will end up.

Just got fitted for some ping i15's today. Pretty excited to get some new irons that will allow me to do more with the ball... /end brag

As a result, traded my clubs in the deal, so only have my wedges and driver/woods.. Therefore, will be working on my short game alot more in the next week and a half.

Goal, break 80 first day out with the new irons!

LFC - don't worry too much about your hdcp - just enjoy the game and try to get find the most efficient way to get from the tee to the hole - it's not always driver - it's the club that gives you the best opportunity to get it in the fairway (I usually recommend 3-wood or 5-wood for newer players). Play to your strengths & away from your weaknesses! I would spend at least 50% of your practice on shots inside 120 yards, it will help your full-swing working on shorter wedge shots (it's a mini-full swing!).

Thanks for the compliment & don't worry about your English - it's better than my Polish!

I'm glad you're enjoying the game, & I hope I can help you improve!