It's good to practice on a putting green with 3-5 balls at a time. This way you can try several strokes from the same distance without retrieving the ball and breaking your concentration. You could use up to ten balls on a putting green, but be mindful of other players and don't hog the hole.

2torial #0814: Learn2 Sink a Putt (Continued) Line up the hole Taking careful aim is obviously crucial to sinking putts. If you don't look where the ball is headed, it doesn't matter how nice your swing is! Focusing carefully on the line of the putt, and visualizing the path of the ball as it travels to the hole, is a powerful tool in your putt-development arsenal. For more advances line-reading skills, see Step 8 below. Set the ball down about three feet (one m) from the cup. Stand behind the ball so that it's between you and the cup. Draw an invisible line with your eye straight from the ball to the cup. (If you like, squat on your heels with your knees bent to see the line more clearly.) This is the path you want the ball to travel. This visual image will keep your putt on target. Another line-up technique: Hold up the putter in your fingertips and let it hang freely to make a rhumb-line (straight up-and-down marker). Standing behind the ball, close one eye and move the putter around until you see the ball and cup exactly matched up with the rhumb-line. Then draw an invisible line along the ground from the ball to the cup. Step 4