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Putting · Drill

Eight-tee clock drill to learn how much putts break

The caddy turns the clock system into a green-reading drill: put eight tees around the hole at 12, 1:30, 3, 4:30, 6, 7:30, 9 and 10:30 o'clock and putt from each to learn how much each position breaks. Start at five feet, where you get more break on certain putts, to train your brain, then move the tees out to six, seven, eight and nine feet.

Channel: Bryson DeChambeau

Watch official source at 6:42

Try it

  1. Put eight tees out at a 12 o'clock, a 1.30, a 3 o'clock, a 4.30, a 6 o'clock, 7.30, 9 o'clock, 10.30
  2. Start at five feet and get an understanding of how much something breaks
  3. Move it out to six, seven, eight, nine feet

Why this context matters

Builds directly on the clock/straight-putt system just taught.