Drill library
Research‑backed drills.
Curated from PGA Tour coaches, Andrew Rice, Padraig Harrington, Tour Tempo, GOLFTEC, Golf Smart Academy, and Titleist. Every drill is cited.
Drills picked for your last session.
Matched to the faults diagnosed in your May 8th, 2026 session. Highest‑severity issues first.
Spray your clubface with foot spray to create a residue that records each strike location.
- Spray a thin layer of foot spray on the clubface and let it dry 30 seconds.
- Hit one shot. Note where the ball impacted.
- Re‑spray and continue, building a map of contact pattern over 10 shots.
- Adjust ball position, posture, or stance width based on the pattern (toe = stand closer, heel = stand further).
Place a towel just outside the toe of the ball. If you hit toe shots, you'll catch the towel.
- Scrunch a hand towel and lay it just outside the ball, in line with the toe of the club at address.
- Hit shots avoiding the towel.
- Towel contact = toe strike. Adjust by getting your arms out in front through impact.
Mark a small dot on the ball with a Sharpie and check the residue on the clubface after each shot.
- Make a 1 cm dot on a range ball.
- Hit the ball, then check where the residue lands on the clubface.
- Use the residue pattern to identify toe/heel/high/low strike tendency.
Tee the ball normally and place two more tees on the target line just past the ball.
- Tee a ball at normal driver/iron tee height.
- Place a second tee 6 inches in front of the ball on the target line.
- Place a third tee another 6 inches forward.
- Try to clip all three tees through the strike, encouraging an extended through path.
Place a headcover just outside the ball at the heel. If you heel‑strike, you'll catch it.
- Place a headcover an inch outside the ball at heel position.
- Hit shots avoiding the headcover.
- Headcover contact = heel strike. Adjust by checking posture and not standing too close.
Spray a line of foot spray on the turf perpendicular to the target line. Make divots after the line.
- Spray or draw a chalk line perpendicular to your target line on the turf.
- Take practice swings making divots fully target‑side of the line.
- Place a ball directly on the line and repeat — divot still must start ahead of the line.
- Build to 10 successful reps in a row.
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Plant an alignment rod into the ground angled toward the target. Tee a ball directly under it. Swing without hitting the rod.
- Plant an alignment rod into the ground at a 45° angle so the tip sits a grip‑length above the ball, leaning toward the target.
- Tee a ball under the tip of the rod.
- Take a slow practice swing rehearsing an inside path that misses the rod.
- Hit half‑speed shots, accepting any miss as feedback. If you clip the rod, your path is still over the top.
Place a range ball bucket just inside your target line, slightly forward of the ball. Don't hit the bucket.
- Place an empty range bucket about a clubhead's width inside the ball, two ball lengths forward.
- Make practice swings ensuring the clubhead approaches from inside the bucket.
- Start at 50% speed for 5 reps.
- Build to full‑speed shots without contacting the bucket.
Suspend a pool noodle above the ball with two alignment rods to create a tunnel that forces an in‑to‑out path.
- Plant two alignment rods either side of the ball, leaned slightly toward the target.
- Lay a pool noodle across them above the ball.
- Swing under the noodle without striking it. Your hands and club must travel under it from inside.
- Hit easy shots; accept any contact with the noodle as feedback.
Tee the ball normally and place two more tees on the target line just past the ball.
- Tee a ball at normal driver/iron tee height.
- Place a second tee 6 inches in front of the ball on the target line.
- Place a third tee another 6 inches forward.
- Try to clip all three tees through the strike, encouraging an extended through path.
Spray your clubface with foot spray to create a residue that records each strike location.
- Spray a thin layer of foot spray on the clubface and let it dry 30 seconds.
- Hit one shot. Note where the ball impacted.
- Re‑spray and continue, building a map of contact pattern over 10 shots.
- Adjust ball position, posture, or stance width based on the pattern (toe = stand closer, heel = stand further).
Place a towel just outside the toe of the ball. If you hit toe shots, you'll catch the towel.
- Scrunch a hand towel and lay it just outside the ball, in line with the toe of the club at address.
- Hit shots avoiding the towel.
- Towel contact = toe strike. Adjust by getting your arms out in front through impact.
Place a headcover just outside the ball at the heel. If you heel‑strike, you'll catch it.
- Place a headcover an inch outside the ball at heel position.
- Hit shots avoiding the headcover.
- Headcover contact = heel strike. Adjust by checking posture and not standing too close.
Drive an impact bag with a square face. Trains face control without mid‑flight feedback noise.
- Position an impact bag where the ball would normally sit.
- Make slow swings that finish into the bag with a square face and forward shaft lean.
- Hold the impact position for 2 seconds; check shaft lean and face angle.
- Repeat 20 reps.
Hit deliberate hooks and slices in pairs. Builds clubface awareness and a square neutral.
- Hit one shot intentionally curving 30 yards left.
- Hit one shot intentionally curving 30 yards right.
- Now hit one trying to be perfectly straight, leveraging the neutral feel between the extremes.
- Continue in sets of three for 15 minutes.
Mark a small dot on the ball with a Sharpie and check the residue on the clubface after each shot.
- Make a 1 cm dot on a range ball.
- Hit the ball, then check where the residue lands on the clubface.
- Use the residue pattern to identify toe/heel/high/low strike tendency.
A 3‑phase progression that retrains the swing to shallow and produce a shallower attack.
- Phase 1: drag the club over the top of a teed ball five times, no contact.
- Phase 2: hit five low‑to‑high pitches keeping the club low in the takeaway.
- Phase 3: hit five half‑speed iron shots feeling like you're hitting up on the ball, even with an iron, to feel a shallower bottom.
Spray a line of foot spray on the turf perpendicular to the target line. Make divots after the line.
- Spray or draw a chalk line perpendicular to your target line on the turf.
- Take practice swings making divots fully target‑side of the line.
- Place a ball directly on the line and repeat — divot still must start ahead of the line.
- Build to 10 successful reps in a row.
Use a metronome to install the 3:1 backswing‑to‑downswing ratio used by Tour pros.
- Set a metronome to 80 BPM.
- Beat 1 = start of swing; Beat 2 = top of backswing; Beat 3 = impact, three beats backswing to one beat downswing.
- Hit shots in time with the metronome for 10 minutes.
- If 80 feels rushed, drop to 72; if too slow, climb to 92.
Climb a metronome ladder to lock in tempo across speeds.
- Hit 5 balls at 72 BPM.
- Step up to 76, 80, 84, 88 BPM in sets of 5.
- Return to 80. The repeatable rhythm should feel natural now.
Check for a trail hand that's rotated under the grip — a primary cause of closed faces and hooks.
- Take address. Look at your trail hand.
- If you see more than two knuckles, the hand is too strong.
- Rotate the trail hand toward the target so the V between thumb and index points at your trail shoulder, not past it.
- Hit slow shots feeling like the trail palm faces the target through impact.
Check for a weak lead hand grip — the most common cause of an open face and a slice.
- Take address. Look at your lead hand.
- You should see 2–3 knuckles. If you see 0–1, your grip is weak.
- Rotate your lead hand away from the target until you see 2–3 knuckles and the V points at your trail shoulder.
- Hit slow shots feeling the back of the lead hand point at the target through impact.
Step the lead foot toward the target during the downswing to feel proper sequencing.
- Set up with feet together.
- Take the club back as normal. As you start the downswing, step your lead foot to its normal address position.
- Strike the ball after the step lands.
- Repeat for 10 shots, building from half to three‑quarter swings.
Hit shots with feet together to expose any tempo or sequencing problem and force a smooth swing.
- Stand with feet 2 inches apart.
- Hit easy 7‑iron shots at 70% speed.
- Any loss of balance signals a tempo or sequencing issue.
- Continue until you can hit 10 in a row balanced and controlled.
Find your stock 80% iron — the swing you can repeat under pressure.
- Take a 7 iron. Hit ten shots at 80% speed.
- Track carry distance. Your stock 80% number is your reliable on‑course distance.
- Use this swing as your default approach swing under pressure.
Tuck a towel under your trail armpit. Hit shots without dropping it. Maintains connection and shortens path stretch.
- Tuck a hand towel under your trail armpit.
- Take half swings and hit shots without dropping the towel.
- Build to three‑quarter swings.
- Stop when you can hit ten in a row without dropping it.
Map your real carry distances by club so adjacent clubs gap correctly.
- Hit 10 stock shots with each club from PW down through 5i.
- Drop the longest and shortest of each set.
- Average the remaining 8. That's your stock carry.
- Gap should be ~10 yds between irons. Adjust loft, shaft, or learn partial shots if not.
Tiger Woods' classic shape control drill. Hit each of nine shapes intentionally.
- Hit a low draw, low straight, low fade.
- Hit a medium draw, medium straight, medium fade.
- Hit a high draw, high straight, high fade.
- Score yourself out of 9. Repeat weekly.
Use real‑time launch monitor data to reduce spin loft (dynamic loft minus attack angle).
- Hit baseline shots and record dynamic loft and attack angle.
- Spin loft = dynamic loft − attack angle. Aim to reduce by 2°.
- Try shaft lean increase, ball back, or shallower attack to find what reduces it.
- Repeat until spin lands inside the target band for the club.
Pump the club to the top, then halfway down, then re‑pump, then swing through. Builds transition feel.
- Take a full backswing. Pause.
- Pump the club halfway down toward the ball, then back up.
- Pump again, then this time follow through and strike a ball.
- Repeat for 10 reps.
Place a tee 2 inches behind the ball. Don't hit the tee — the divot must start ahead of the ball.
- Tee up a ball as normal.
- Press a second tee 2 inches behind the first, sticking just out of the ground.
- Hit shots without disturbing the back tee.
- If the back tee flies, your low point is too far back.