TOUR TECHNIQUE
MISS THE GATE FOR ACCURACY This go-to drill is popular with tour players because it trains you to make contact with a square face – and start your putts on line – while helping you get a feel for the speed of the greens. Find a straight putt about six feet from the hole. Next, create a gate a little wider than your putterhead on your start line with the ball on the other side of the gate. The goal is to swing the putterhead through the gate and then strike the ball – hopefully holing the putt. Keep practising this way and note what’s going on. If your putter hits either of the tees before striking the ball, you know you’re not delivering a square face to the ball. You’re hitting it with a glancing blow, and the ball is starting off line. When you can miss the gate on command, you’re going to have a good day on the greens. Dominate on the Greens Try my two drills to hole more putts BY LYDIA KO
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GOLF DIGEST SOUTH AFRICA 85
JUNE 2026
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