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Useful golf practice drills for your next practice session.

Free golf drills, practical tips and small challenges for golfers who would rather improve than simply empty another bucket of balls.

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Towel Pitch Body Turn Drill: Let Your Chest Guide the Shot

Use a towel beneath your upper arms to practise a connected chest turn on short pitches. Play nine shots with the towel and nine without, scoring clean contact out of 18.

3 Driving Range Games to Make Your Practice More Fun

Turn your next bucket into a purposeful challenge with three driving range games for target accuracy, wedge distance control and creative ball flights.

How to Create Lag in Golf: 3 Drills for a Freer Release

Explore three lag drills for relaxed arms, a lead-arm rehearsal and a later wrist set, with small movements and a flowing release.

How to Practise Golf Indoors Without Hitting a Ball: 3 Simple Drills

Try three no-ball golf drills at home: Clap Hand Impact, Collarbone to Collarbone and Broom Swing, with small movements and clear practice space.

How to Control Wedge Ball Flight: 2 Drills for More Shot Options

Explore Freddie Couples’ high, soft pitch and practise nine wedge flights to build a wider choice of shots around your normal wedge game.

Golf Fitness for a More Controlled Swing: 3 Strength and Rotation Drills

Practise posture, controlled band holds and rotational movement with three golf fitness exercises using a kettlebell, resistance band and medicine ball.

How to Keep Your Arms and Body Connected: 2 Simple Golf Drills

Use a beach ball and a broom to explore how your chest, arms and hands work together through a small golf swing.

How to Stay Calm Under Pressure in Golf: 3 Mental Game Drills

Prepare with guided mental rehearsal, explore a gentle breathing cue and test your routine with a simple competitive practice challenge.

How to Clear Your Hips in the Golf Swing: 3 Drills for Better Movement

Explore a comfortable backswing turn, a small lead-side shift and room through impact with the Hip Preset, Hip Bump and Clear Hips drills.

Build a Go-To Driver Shot: 3 Nick Faldo Practice Drills

Explore three Nick Faldo driver drills to test your ball flight, find a useful swing feeling and commit to one clear cue before each shot.

How to Stop Topping the Golf Ball: 3 Drills for Cleaner Contact

Practise a smaller swing, comfortable posture and a flowing release with three golf drills to help you work towards cleaner iron contact.

How to Improve Your Golf Impact Position: 3 Drills for a More Solid Strike

Explore your golf impact position with three practical drills: the Golf Impact Bag, Clap Hand Impact and Smelly Socks Impact drills.

How to Stop Swaying in Your Golf Swing: 3 Drills for a More Centred Turn

Reduce sideways sway with three drills for trail-foot pressure, hip rotation and a centred chest turn, using simple clubs and alignment-stick references.

How to Improve Your Putting Under Pressure: 3 Practice Games

Practise putting under pressure with Gary Woodland’s eight-putt challenge, uphill and downhill Birdie Maker putts, and a friendly Par Maker partner game.