Ditch The Boring Drills For A Card Game That Fixes Your Putt
According to Golf.com, this approach forces the player to adjust their approach and adapt to a different putt on every draw.
Key points
- The card drawn sets the distance, the direction, and the slope.
- This method turns a boring session into a real test of skill.
- They draw from the face-card deck to start each hole.
They hit the same short putt over and over until they feel like they are doing something.
A King of diamonds means a 25-foot uphill putt that breaks right-to-left.
Additional details
- A simple deck of playing cards changes everything by forcing the player to adapt to new distances and breaks on every single stroke.
- John Parry throws a golf ball up into the stands at the 16th hole of the WM Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale on Feb.
- Chris George, a teacher featured by Golf.com, outlines a drill that uses a standard deck to dictate every shot.
- Face cards have fixed lengths: Jacks are 15 feet, Queens are 20, Kings are 25, and Aces stretch to 35 feet.
- The Rules of the Drill Suits control the break while odd and even numbers handle the slope.
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