Star Putting Drill
Put three tees in the ground in five points around the hole at 4, 5, and 6 feet for a total of 15 putts. Putt one ball from each tee going through your full routine for each stroke. If you miss, move to the next tee, no redos! The goal is to make 15 in a row. For added pressure, you can only allow yourself one or two attempts or you can set up at a different hole.
Make the Middle Chip
Choose a chip shot and hit three balls to the hole. Take away your best and your worst chip, and putt out the middle chip. Your goal is to make nine up and downs. Choose different shots and clubs. You can also make it more challenging by putting out the worst chip rather than the middle distance.
25 Ball Bunker Drill
In the bunker, drop 25 balls. If you miss the green, add 5 balls. If you hit over 40 feet from the hole, add 2 balls. If you make the shot or hit it within two feet, take away five balls. If you hit it within five feet from the hole take away two balls. Do your routine for each shot and hit until all your balls are gone.
Play the Course on the Range Drill
After warming up, play your favorite course on the range. Choose your target for each shot, define the fairway, do your your full routine and alternate between hitting a driver/fairway wood/iron off the tee and an iron/fairway wood off the ground for the remainder of the shots similar to when you are actually on the course short of putting out.
Drive and Five - On Course
This is a drill from sports psychologist Dr. Moe Pickens that is great for focusing on tee shots and short game, both of which are important keys to playing great golf!
Play seven holes, so play nine holes and skip the par 3's. Hit two tee shots off each tee box, pick them up and then advance closer to the green where you finish out one ball from anywhere between 40 and 120 yards and another ball from somewhere around the green like a bunker or chip shot. Par is five for each hole and you keep track of how many shots it takes you to get the two balls into the hole. The catch is that you add one stroke for each ball that finds the rough off the tee and two stokes for each ball that finishes in a hazard, bunker, or trees. A tee shot in the fairway adds nothing to your score. Par is 35 strokes and that's really hard to do!
"People don't understand that when I grew up, I was never the most talented, I was never the biggest, I was never the fastest, I certainly was never the strongest. The only thing I had was my work ethic, and that's been what has gotten me this far." ~Tiger Woods
