Golf Drills/Practice
Tiger Woods’ Warmup Routine
Alright, we know it’s been awhile since we’ve seen the goat. Since his car crash, Tiger Woods has been laying low and focusing on his recovery. We came across this video that reminds just how much work goes into his seemingly perfect swing. Check out Tiger’s extensive warmup routine and get some inspiration for your next round.
Tiger’s Warmup Routine
Formula for Success
Tiger starts his pre-round routine by arriving an hour and fifteen minutes early to give himself enough time for a proper warmup. From here, he begins by warming up with some putts.
Here’s the breakdown:
– 16 one-handed putts
– 10 long putts
– 51 putts inside 15 feet
After he’s finished on the practice green, Tiger makes his way over to the driving range. He begins with working with his sand wedges for a bit before moving to his 8-iron to take about a dozen or so swings. Something else that is very important in Tiger’s routine is stretching. Golf is strenuous on your back so it is especially important to incorporate stretching and flexibility into your warmup routine to avoid injury.
Next up for the GOAT is ten swings with his 4-iron to get it nice and dialed in. While he takes breaks between swings, Woods glances over his yardage book in preparation for the different challenges the course has in store. After, he will work on his woods, although he takes considerably less swings than he did when working with his irons.
Once Tiger has taken a handful of swings with his driver, he heads back to the putting green for some more work on the green to ensure he is firing on all cylinders. By mixing in a little bit of everything from his bag, he get his mind and his muscles on the same page. With his pre-round routine complete, Tiger heads on to his first tee and this is where the magic happens.
So take these great tips from the man himself and see what it does for your next round!
Golf Drills/Practice
PUTTING – AIMPOINT v PLUMB BOB
Many have been using the Plumb Bob method to help read greens for over 20 years. In this video, we are going to put it to the test. Paul (a PGA Professional) has been using a method called AimPoint, which is a green reading system that has been tried and tested at the highest level. I will tell you that PGA tour pros like Keegan Bradley, Max Homa, and Adam Scott subscribe to the Aim Point Method. While the likes of Rickey Fowler and many others rely on the Plumb Bob method… The bottom line both work, if used correctly.
Today -We will be looking at how the Plumb Bob method holds up against the AimPoint method and really see if the Plumb Bob has been helping or hindering us all over the years and if we are using it correctly.
Keep in mind: One of the key differences between the two methods is that Aimpoint Putting relies on the golfer’s ability to interpret the slope of the green using their body weight, while Plumb-Bob Putting relies on the golfer’s ability to visualize the slope using a plumb bob.
Tell us what method you use to hole more putts and why in the comments below…
Golf Drills/Practice
PGA Tour Winner: Don’t Use the Line on Your Golf Ball—Do This Instead
On the face of it, it’s almost a little too obvious.
Aiming in golf is really hard. But aiming well is especially important on the greens. The good news, though, is that golf balls are created with a line on them. Use the line on the ball to make sure you’re aiming exactly where you want. Problem solved, right?
Well, kind of.
It’s true that using a line can solve the problem of helping you aim where you intend to, but it can also create another one along the way.
Michael Kim, the winner of the 2018 John Deere Classic, brought it up during our interview, which was published last week. We kept that article full swing-focused but his take on the line was an interesting one, and worth a follow-up.
Kim, like Tiger Woods, Brad Faxon, and countless others, uses the line on the golf ball. He says it helps him aim better. But his advice for amateur golfers is to not bother using the line on the golf ball. Why?
Don’t use the line
The reason is pretty simple, ultimately: Kim says most golfers struggle with reading putts correctly and often get into a habit of compensating by consistently pushing or pulling their putts. Using a line may help you aim better, but it probably won’t improve your green reading skills or the technical aspects of your putting stroke. At least not right away.
This is why Kim says amateur golfers should ditch the line, and trust their instincts instead:
“Most amateur golfers shouldn’t use a line, because they’re usually not great at green reading and they rarely start their putts online. They think they’re aiming at one spot, but they’re really aiming at another. A line, for so many of them, may help them aim more accurately, but they’ll still struggle to start their putts online and read greens. I think that instead, they should tap more into where their brain and body is telling them where to aim. It will help them react a little better to the target. You don’t need to have a perfect stroke to make putts.”
Read the putt standing over the ball
Kim’s advice instead is to read the putt primarily when you’re standing over the golf ball…
“Let’s say I’m reading a putt that looks like a cup of break from behind the ball, and then I stand over the ball and it looks like two cups. I’ll always go with what I see when I’’m over the ball because that’s the point of view from which I’ve seen putts roll into the hole or miss. Even though I think I’m pretty good at reading putts from behind the ball, my brain will sometimes pick up on something over the ball based on past experience.”
…and to hone these instincts in some different ways on the practice putting green.
Golf Drills/Practice
This PGA Tour Winner’s Chipping Drill Will Help Every Golfer: No Matter the Handicap
The Basics:
There’s nothing more frustrating than a bad chip, be it a skull, chunk, or dreaded double-chip. Not only do these greenside shots account for roughly 40% of the shots in a round, but they also virtually guarantee a bogey (at best). Worst of all, bad chips can shake your confidence around the green and definitely will affect your scores. With this drill, we focus on one little thing that is so simple but is often overlooked while on the course.
Some coaches preach club selection, saying low-running shots are the easiest to hit consistently. Others are more traditional and prefer a higher-lofted chip onto the green. But there’s one thing that most coaches fail to mention—probably because they think you already know it. While most of us do, in fact, already know what it is, I can’t tell you how many times I have to slow down and remind myself to visualize and select a landing point. Every time, it needs to be part of our pre-shot routine for these pesky chip shots. If you didn’t know before, it’s possibly the one thing that can show immediate results! Watch the videos below and see what I mean.
Landing spots:
Where you land the ball informs your club selection and the type of shot you want to hit. Most golfers overlook this aspect of chipping, but it could be the key to having a more successful short game.
Rather than practicing a bunch of different shots, pick one shot and one landing spot. This will allow you to gain a better understanding of how much the ball will release every time and how hard you need to hit it to get it there.
The more you practice this, the better you will get at predicting your rollout. You know what they say: “Perfect Practice makes Perfect Results”.
Multiple golf balls, one landing spot:
To practice this, Gabriel Hjertstedt, a two-time PGA Tour winner, says to find an object like a leaf (you can put a tee or towel on the ground, too; really anything will work) as long as it helps you establish a landing spot for your chips. Hjertstedt says that picking a spot is more than just figuring out the distance your ball will release. He reads his chips like he would a putt, adjusting the landing spot for elements like break or grain.
In the video below, you’ll notice that Hjertstedt’s landing spot method helps him hit the ball within a foot or two of the hole every time—even if he doesn’t hit it in the sweet spot. That’s the beauty of focusing on your landing spot. You don’t need to hit it perfectly every time to have a general idea of how the ball is going to react once it comes back to earth.
Bonus TIP : Hjertstedt says to start small and get comfortable picking and hitting landing spots from shorter distances. And as you improve your feel, move further back. Take three balls to the practice chipping green. Start at 5–10 feet and don’t move back until you are inside a 3-foot circle on all three balls. Then move back to 10–15 feet, and so on until you make all three balls from five different locations and distances. Once you do that, you are now ready to hit the 1st tee with confidence that you can get up and down from just about anywhere off the green!
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