Submitted by:  Dr. Charles Blanchard
Profession:  Sports Psychologist
City:  Las Cruces, N. M.

Goal:  Connect your mind's eye to your putting touch.

Activity:  Putt with your eyes open to a specific distance, then putt with your eyes closed to the same distance.

Put a tee in the green and another tee 18" behind it.  The first is your target, and the second tee is your limit.  Begin from 3 feet.  Putt 3 balls that roll past the first tee, and stop short of the 2^nd tee.  Then close your eyes and putt 3 more balls.  You are successful if you make 2 of the 3 blind putts.

Completion:  Begin at 3 feet.  Succeed with 2 of 3 blind balls.  Move to 6 feet, then 10, and finally 15 feet.

Variation:  Create a competition with a friend.  The winner of the hole is the person stopping the blind putt closest to the 1^st tee.

Commentary:  This drill forces your mind's eye to "see" and feel the putt.  It eliminates all conscious effort to make a putt, and lets your "touch muscles" do their best without distraction.