Which drill is designed to help a golfer feel the motion for a required putting distance?

• A. Eyes Closed Putting Drill
• B. One-Foot Interval Ladder Drill
• C. In the Club Behind the Cup Drill
• D. Hold the Finish Drill

Answer: (A)

Focusing on the feel of the stroke for a specific distance is the heart of distance control in putting. When you putt with your eyes closed, you remove visual cues about line and target, so the only feedback you get is the feel of the stroke itself—the length of the backswing, the tempo, and how hard you accelerate through the ball. Repeating a particular stroke length in that blind drill helps you internalize what a 6-foot versus a 20-foot putt should “feel” like in terms of pace and cadence. In short, it trains your body to reproduce the exact motion and speed needed to produce a given distance, independent of sight.

That’s why this drill is the best fit for teaching the motion tied directly to a required putting distance. The other drills tend to emphasize other aspects—balance and rhythm in the One-Foot Interval Ladder, reference setup or line cues in the drill with the cup behind the club, or finishing position and stance stability in Hold the Finish—rather than building the specific distance feel through the stroke itself.