Given how elite Dustin Johnson’s game is from tee-to-green, it’s easy to gloss over that his putting is sneaky good, too. Especially in recent years.
DJ ranked 25th in SG: Putting in 2018 and is 27th so far in 2019, a notably above-average clip that’s especially impressive considering he’s not padding those numbers by missing a lot of greens and chipping it close. He ranked 1st and 2nd in SG: Tee-to-Green in 2018 and this season to date, respectively.
Either way, it’s always interesting to take a glimpse into how professional golfers practice their craft, and earlier this week, we got a look at a tricky drill DJ uses to train.
Here it is, via his coach Allen Terrell’s Instagram account:
There are a few things going on here.
First you’ll see the two coins halfway between where DJ hit his putt and the hole. The coins form a gate, and the goal is for Dustin to roll his ball through it so he can practice rolling his ball on the correct starting line.
