At home practice aids

RE: At home practice aids

Edwin G — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:10:47 GMT

The next best thing to a simulator in my opinion. I use a divot board and foam golf balls to see impact and path. Prior what felt like great swing were often time fat shots

RE: At home practice aids

Jay C — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 01:12:27 GMT

I picked up "The Putting Thing" from WhyGolf this summer....and it's really helped with short putts. Same concept as using tees/balls/etc to create some "gates" for the putter head and/or the ball to check your start line, but it's compact, portable, super fast to set up, and has some alignment aids to help with eye position.

The crazy thing is how fast I can lose my stroke after a few weeks off. At the end of the summer I was pretty good at rolling the ball through the narrowest gate, after a few weeks off I could barely get it through the lower/wider gate settings consistently. Just one more thing to add to the winter grind.

RE: At home practice aids

WKilloran — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 01:02:18 GMT

I use the Orange Whip a lot during the winter. Swing it in the driveway even if I have to bundle up. Keeps me stretched out.

RE: At home practice aids

DGreely — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 03:44:51 GMT

So I am very grateful to have an indoor putting green and one of the drills me and my brother do is we will chip from different areas in our house and play them all as par 2’s. But even if you were to have a carpet in a room , all you need is a a putting disk along with your wedge,putter, and a ball. Then if you got room, it is a great game to play especially in the winter time because up north there’s no going outside in negative 5 degree weather. Hope somebody could benefit from this information. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

RE: At home practice aids

Robert J — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:23:49 GMT

A great training aide for use in season or "off season" in the case of cold winter months limiting golf is the Divot Board.
Helps with low point of iron swing as well as shows you proper swing path.
Can use it indoors without balls, just swinging the club.

RE: At home practice aids

Scott C — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 18:24:49 GMT

I have a putting mat that we use and I will put towels under it to create break and make it a challenge.

RE: At home practice aids

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 21:33:14 GMT

I’m very fortunate to have a putting green and live in an area where I can use it the whole year. My two most common drills are as follows.
-Make 10 in a row at 2 feet and then again at three feet.
-Make 4 in a row at 5 feet

You’d be amazing if the pressure you feel when you’re making that 8th or 9th 2/3 footer or the 4th 5 footer. Has really helped my 3 putt average in the last year.

RE: At home practice aids

Edward K — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 23:19:54 GMT

The Orange Strike Wedge is pretty handy if you want to get really good with pitch shots and chipping. Makes you come in steep and hit ball first. A towel will work, but the rails on this work really well to promote (or correct) swing path.

RE: At home practice aids

Angie B — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:38:49 GMT

That’s a great setup you’ve got going! I’m the same way — busy schedule, not always enough time to get out to the range, so I’ve set up some putting and chipping drills at home too. When I’m not working on my swing, I’m usually outdoors doing maintenance around my property here in Texas.

If anyone from around Nacogdoches needs outdoor help like clearing space for a backyard range or trimming back trees safely, I can vouch for Cutting Jack Tree Service
— they offer affordable tree removal in Nacogdoches and do a great job keeping the yard safe and open for practice space.

RE: At home practice aids

Packagemule — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 01:37:48 GMT

Just a simple “Perfect” mat works for me. www.titleist.com/.../xukl0nqbk9cm8je1nhpn

RE: At home practice aids

JD Dempsey — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 15:30:59 GMT

Putting mat would be the best way to shave strokes off of your game indoors/at home! I was banned from taking practice swings indoors after I smashed the ceiling fan light globe for the second time...

RE: At home practice aids

J.C. — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 17:08:45 GMT

I use the putt out putting matt and cup. i have tried chipping soft golf balls but the feel is not very good.

RE: At home practice aids

Jerry M — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 13:39:46 GMT

Deno, That is a great idea! Getting the kids involved, Money on the line! What's not to like. Kids love it!

RE: At home practice aids

Kit M — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 14:28:35 GMT

I have a small room that I cannot swing my club. I bought ImpactSnap to swing at home. It gives feedback of releases. You can do it anywhere. I find it very useful.

www.amazon.ca/.../

RE: At home practice aids

Deno — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 23:06:53 GMT

For my Grandkids, I'll put down a dozen quarters randomly on the den carpet. Any ball they putt that goes closest to a quarter, they put into their paper cup. After 3 rounds, the one with the most quarters wins those on the floor.

Deno

RE: At home practice aids

Luke T — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 00:00:55 GMT

As a kid I would probably have more game aspect then just putt to this hole and make it fun. For you I would probably pick up a putting mat I just have one that goes to 8 feet good to work on the stoke probably pick up a mat and net I got a flight scope memo off of eBay for $200 I would pick up the Gbox and film your swing

RE: At home practice aids

Paul T — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 15:54:01 GMT

I like an impact bag and thick wooden dowel.
Big mirror for checking positions (no need for full swings)
Indoor putting mat

I have really been enjoying the Pure Distance Golf / Drive 400 program. Has overswing module, and a stretching & strength module. Worth it if you can take a full swing indoors somewhere (I do it in my living room with vaulted ceiling). Pretty cheap cost, I found great improvements over the past 9 months using it.

RE: At home practice aids

MtotheW72 — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 21:10:42 GMT

I probably spend a good 30-90 minutes a day putting and chipping now.
The confidence standing over putts 10' and under now is night and day, from when I started.
Putting green has been one of the best investments I've made this year.
www.titleist.com/.../jrxpqgcweupb1paant10

RE: At home practice aids

Jerry M — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 18:53:46 GMT

Ichabod, Keep working indoors on your putting. It will definitely payoff if you put enough work into it.

Corey, keep practicing, pretty soon you will get 3-4 in the chair and then 5.

“A good putter is a match for anyone. A bad putter is a match for no one.”
-- Harvey Penick

RE: At home practice aids

Corey F — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 17:43:26 GMT

I found a SKLZ driving net at Marshall's for $30 new. It's great for working on full swing, but you don't get to see your ball flight.
I also have a 9' SKLZ putting mat that is helpful.

But mostly, i just chip a bucket of balls in the front yard. Target is a camp chair. I'm happy if i can land 2 out of 20 in the chair.

RE: At home practice aids

Barkerbob — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:50:40 GMT

For a chipping target just lay down a dish towel flat. Try to get the ball to land on it. Start close then work your way back farther.

RE: At home practice aids

Ichabod — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 13:12:39 GMT

All great ideas, thanks guys!

RE: At home practice aids

BCH — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 11:31:01 GMT

Just got back to the game after several years off

Less time and limited space can still give you a good work out

I have a short 8' putting green to work on line and hone stroke. Try for 10 straight 3' putts. Start over if you miss one. Use a mirror to work on shoulder alignment and sometimes set a gate

Reduced flight foam balls to work on flight and turning the ball side to side

Use a target to practice chipping 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 yards. Can be a tree or whatever gives me a visual goal.

Choke down or open face to take a little off between target distance

Hope it helps you!.

RE: At home practice aids

Alex — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 16:50:46 GMT

For you when putting make a gate with two balls either end of the putter. Place a ball and putt the ball through the gate this will make your putting stroke more consistent.

For you and the kids make a game of it start close and work your way back. Maybe you could aim to miss to give them a chance