PUTTING - PULL BACK EXERSIZE
 

One of the problems with trying to learn to make putts under pressure is actually simulating the pressure. So here's a "pull back" exercise that you can use during your next round to add a little pressure.

Anytime your ball is within a club length (3 feet) of the hole you must pull it back one club length and try play from there. For example: Let's say you have a twenty foot putt and you roll it up one foot away. Well, you don't get to tap it in from one foot, instead you must move it back one club length, so now you have a four foot putt. If you were to miss that putt and knock it two feet past the hole you would again have to pull that one back a club length and now you would have a five foot putt remaining. Continue until you finally hole out, or you slash your wrists, whichever comes first. As you can see, you will have to make a putt greater than 3 feet on every hole.

The following are some variations on the theme:

• Pull the ball back two club lengths if you left the prior shot short of the hole, and only one club length if the prior shot was even or past the hole.

• Pull the ball back one club length only if the prior shot was short of the hole. Any shot even or past the hole is played as is.

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