Speed-Only Lag Putts
Leaving long putts short or blowing them 6 feet by.
Set up
Putt to the fringe, not a hole, from 30–50 feet. The target is a 3-foot circle.
The reps
20 lag putts, varying the distance every putt. Only speed counts — finish inside the circle.
How you know it's working
16 of 20 finish inside a 3-foot circle around the target.
Why it works
Removing the hole removes line-obsession and trains the only thing that matters from distance: pace. Two-putting everything from 30+ feet deletes a whole category of dropped strokes.
The evidence
Shot Scope: the average 15-handicap takes ~34.8 putts per round, and the gap to better putters is almost entirely three-putt avoidance, not more one-putts. Varying distance every rep uses the contextual-interference effect — worse during practice, measurably better a week later on the course.
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