Golf tees are an essential piece of equipment, but most golfers will relate to having too many littering the pockets of their golf bag. Well, in order to make use of your excess equipment, why not try employing them to improve your putting performances?
Some of the greatest putting drills around utilise tees to provide feedback or guidance, and they are also often referenced as useful accessories in some of the best putting tips.
In this article, I curate a series of putting drills that utilise tees, gathering expert knowledge and advice from some of the top names in the industry. You will want to try them for yourself… I did and the results were seriously impressive!
Putting Drills Using Tees
Whether you are practicing your putting on the practice green at your local club, or using a putting mat or putting aid at home, digging deep into your bag to locate a few spare tees is a great idea.
In this series of expert putting drills, we here from DP World Tour winner Andy Sullivan, Golf Monthly Top 50 Coach Ben Emerson and expert putting coach James Jankowski – all in a bid to help you hole more putts and play better golf…
Andy Sullivan – The Stack ‘Em Up Drill
Andy Sullivan
Andy Sullivan is a four-time DP World Tour winner, most recently winning the English Championship in 2020. Andy has also accumulated 36 top-10 finishes in his 13 years as a pro, and currently ranks in the top-5 for putts per green-in-regulation.
This is a really popular tour putting drill, predominately focusing on distance control. The idea is to set out a five-foot zone with two tees, then walk back towards your ball and put down another tee peg about ten-foot from the zone you have created (as you can see in the image below).
When explaining the drill, Andy said:
“The aim is to ‘stack’ the balls up in the gap. Each one has to go further than the last. However, no ball is allowed to finish outside this five-foot zone. My first putt has to make it inside this area, too. If it doesn’t, I have to start again.”
(Image credit: Tom Miles)
Try this drill three or four times before heading out to play a round, rather than aimlessly hitting balls around the putting green. This will help you to dial in your distance control and leave you feeling much more confident on the first green.
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