Tiger Woods shares a simple putting drill for amateurs – but warns it can hurt another part of your game

He said: “It’s a very simple drill, I go about four feet from the hole and I put tees off the toe and off the heel. I rest the putter on the heel tee, there’s really not a lot of room on the toe.”

“It ensures that I have to hit the ball flush and that I have to present the club square every time. In order to get through the tees, I have to swing it where I hit the ball right in the middle of the face.”

“I like starting with just my right hand. I probably hit 20 or 30 of these just to get a feel for it. I like feeling the face rotate, I like feeling my right hand hit, I like feeling a load going back and a release coming through.”

“When I’ve done enough of those where I feel comfortable, I’ll then put my left hand on and try and simulate the same feel with both hands. Then I’ll bounce back and forth between right handed and both hands.“

Tiger Woods points out a possible drawback to his putting drill

It’s important to note that Woods mentioned a potential downside to the drill.

He explained: “As a kid I used to spend hours doing this and I realised that if you spend too much time doing this, you lose your lag putting feel, so this is just the beginning part of my warmup or my practice session when I putt.

“I hit a lot of these, then immediately I’ll hit a couple of six or seven footers and then I’ll hit nothing but lag putts for a little bit to stretch out my stroke.“

If you’re planning to use Tiger’s routine, make sure not to skip over practicing long-range putts. Speed control plays just as big a role as accuracy.

Most players will face more lengthy efforts than short ones during their rounds. Being comfortable from distance goes hand-in-hand with what Tiger preaches in his shorter drills.