Putting
Ladder Putting Plus
A putting drill for the Development stage, on the practice green, in about 15 minutes.
Builds distance control by tracking how far up a distance ladder a golfer can climb and logging progress week to week.
- Standard
- Solo
- Development
Equipment
- putter
- 5 markers
- 3 balls
Demonstration
Master Your Putting Distance Control with the Ladder Drill-John Hughes Golf by John Hughes Golf
Video by John Hughes Golf on YouTube. Not affiliated with GolfNexus.
Steps
- 01Set 5 markers on the green at increasing distances from a starting point.
- 02Starting at the closest marker, putt until the ball finishes within a defined zone around it.
- 03Once that distance is under control, move out to the next marker.
- 04Keep climbing the ladder until a distance is not consistently controlled.
- 05Log the best rung reached that session.
- 06Compare the log week to week to see the trend.
Target
Try to log a better rung reached than your best from last week.
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