When I was in the basement this morning, I went 9 for 9 in the 3, 6, 9 putting drill prescribed by my teacher Tom Torrington.
This is how it works: you take three balls and roll three putts from three feet. If you make all three putts, you move back to six feet. Make all of those and move back to nine feet. If you miss any of the nine putts you have to go back to the beginning and start all over again, until you make all nine in a row.
I figured something out today: if I keep my head down until the ball hits my target, I have a better chance of making the putt. I'll need to overcome my habit of lifting my head to see if the ball goes in. By keeping my head down I'm able to release the putter while starting the ball on my line. But when I lift my head I have to keep the face open with my hands or it shoots dead left, which — as you can imagine — leads to inconsistency. The point is that I have to keep my head down and body still to put my best stroke on it.
How much longer until golf season?
