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Reading greens is one of the most underrated skills in putting — and one of the least practised. PGA Golf Coach Ross MacLeod shares three straightforward drills that sharpen your visualisation and give you real feedback on every putt. Whether you have tees in your bag or a dedicated training aid, there is something here you can use today.
Ross MacLeod – Putting
In this video, Ross MacLeod breaks down green reading into a practical, feedback-driven process that any golfer can follow. Using nothing more than a handful of tees — or, optionally, the Dave Peltz Putting Tutor — he demonstrates how to train your eyes to see the correct line and confirm whether your reads are actually working. It is a refreshingly simple approach to a skill that is often left to guesswork.
Key Takeaways
Use tees to create a start-line gatePlace two tees just wider than your putter head and two more 12–18 inches ahead just wider than the ball — rolling it through both gates tells you immediately whether your read and start line are on point.
Use tees to create a start-line gatePlace two tees just wider than your putter head and two more 12–18 inches ahead just wider than the ball — rolling it through both gates tells you immediately whether your read and start line are on point.
Place a single tee mid-putt on severe slopesPositioning one tee about halfway along a breaking putt and aiming the ball above or below it gives you a clear reference point to judge both your read and your speed on heavily sloped greens.
Let the Dave Peltz Putting Tutor give you multi-layer feedbackPointing the tutor at your target tee and working up to the narrowest gate setting provides simultaneous feedback on your aim, start line, read and speed — all the core skills of putting in one drill.
Take a few tees out to the practice green and try the gate drill on a breaking putt, then roll several more to confirm your read before moving on — the feedback loop is what builds better visualisation over time. This video suits golfers at any level who want to spend their practice time more purposefully and start making fewer three-putts on the course.
