putting challenge

you spend a big portion of your golf game on the putting green, and that should convince you that putts are ever so important. but because you only need negligible talent in order to putt, most people neglect this important aspect of the game. often concentrating on improving we long game, we forget that it is usually our putting that can determine whether we play in the 80s or the 90s. 


in trying to bring down my scores to play in the low 80s and even break 80, i've discovered how important each putt is. a missed putt as a 1 stroke addition to your overall score. 


i'm not very good with judging putts in feet so i'll just refer to them in metres for my own simplicity. 


when i'm left with a 2 metre putt for par, i often don't sink it and then turn my good chip shot into a bogey instead. but i realised that it's usually because i've convinced myself i'll probably miss it, therefore i do. so i devised a putting challenge to increase my confidence and also create some pressure in my putting practice to simulate the atmosphere in competitions where you want to sink putts that matter. note that this is a variation from something i read in a book. 


choose a hole with a simple break or preferably a straight putt. 
take out the pin and using tees, mark out 1m, 2m and 3m away 


the goal is to sink 9 putts in a row. (3 from 1metre, 3 from 2metres and then 3 from 3metres)
if you miss one restart from 1metre again. 


it was my first time doing this and i learnt that this simple exercise can bring out so many aspects in your golf mental game


15 minutes
i'm starting to get frustrated and don't follow my pre-shot routine 
think: just stick with it. even if it takes 1 hour, stick with it ! 


25 minutes
i manage to sink 8 putts in a row, and almost cry out when i missed the 9th 


30minutes
i have to leave to go home but i feel my confidence in those short putts improved !