WATCH: Tiger Woods Short Game Practice Routine

Watch how Woods gets his short game sharp before going out to the course

Here we take a look at the short game routine of Tiger Woods ahead of the Arnold Palmer Invitational

WATCH: Tiger Woods Short Game Practice Routine

Footage courtesy of ESPN

Tiger Woods tees it up this week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill after a very strong start to 2018 on the golf course.

The 14-time major winner has already had a T23, 12th and T2nd finish in his first four PGA Tour events since having a fourth back surgery last year.

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His driving distance and swing speed numbers have been impressive so far this year but the real standout has been his short game and putting.

tiger woods short game practice

Last week at the Valspar Championship, Woods missed out on a playoff by a single stroke and his scrambling and putting were razor sharp throughout the week.

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He has now played enough rounds to rank in the PGA Tour's 2018 season statistics, and they're very decent for a golfer who has barely played in the last year.

Woods' short game and putting looks to be getting back to its best

He ranks 21st in Strokes Gained: Around The Green at +.375 and 23rd in Strokes Gained: Putting at +.541.

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He is 2nd in One Putt Percentage with 45.24% and is yet to miss a putt from inside 3ft from 136 attempts - that ranks 1st on the PGA Tour.

Notice in the video how he creates a gate with tees to ensure he strikes the putter out of the middle every time, this drill is a big help for when he's faced with those short putts out on the course.

You can also see just how still he keeps his head.

The video shows him practising his bunker play and he'll be disappointed with his statistic of just 42.86% of sand saves made. This will surely improve throughout the season.

His scrambling stats are high at 72.09% which ranks 10th on Tour.

Elliott Heath
News Editor

Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV