Do you practice without a purpose? Do you go to the range and hit balls rapid fire? Or to the practice green and hit putts mindlessly? Many golfers do. Unfocused practice like this does nothing for your game.
If you’re serious about breaking 80, you must focus your practice sessions. Doing drills like the Circle Drill below helps you focus on improving putting under a course-like situation.
Circle Drill:
Take 10 balls from your bag and spread them in a circle 3 feet from the cup. Now start putting. Keep track of how many you make. When you make 8 out of 10, move to the next level—4 feet—and start over again. Take the balls and create a circle around the hole 4 feet out. If you miss, start over again. When you make 8 out of 10, move to the next level—5 feet. And so on.
The Circle Drill hones your putting stroke and adds a bit of pressure to each putt—just like you’d have when playing a round. This is focused practice.