Need to hone in on the green speed quickly? Try this putting drill

We’ve all been there: Running late to a tee time.

Whether you had a little bit an excessive amount of enjoyable the evening earlier than or just slept by means of an alarm, you present up to the course with no time to hit balls and just some minutes to roll some putts earlier than you tee off.

If you end up in this scenario, Short Game Gains founder and professional golfer Hannah Gregg has the good drill in the video you’ll be able to watch beneath.

Gregg units up three balls at three totally different lengths, wherever from 12 to 24 toes, from considered one of Short Game Gains’ ghost holes, a flat disc meant to simulate a golf gap, after which an alignment rod about 1-2 toes past the ghost gap.

The objective is to roll every ball over the ghost gap and cease the ball earlier than the alignment rod.

Since the ghost gap is flat and has no cup, Gregg says the drill will expose how good or unhealthy your speed management is.

“It’s just another visual to give you feedback of what exactly you’re doing,” Gregg stated.

Gregg stated she makes use of the drill each time earlier than she goes out to play as a result of it’s a good way to regulate to totally different green speeds.

So the subsequent time you end up in want to discover the speed of the greens rapidly, strive utilizing the ghost gap and the alignment rod to rapidly learn the way properly you might have your speed management dialed in.

Jack Hirsh

Golf.com Editor

Jack Hirsh is an assistant editor at GOLF. A Pennsylvania native, Jack is 2020 graduate of Penn State University, incomes levels in broadcast journalism and political science. He was captain of his highschool golf crew and nonetheless *tries* to stay aggressive in native amateurs. Before becoming a member of GOLF, Jack spent two years working at a TV station in Bend, Oregon, primarily as Multimedia Journalist/reporter, but additionally producing, anchoring and even presenting the climate. He may be reached at jack.hirsh@golf.com.