9 Best Putting Training Aids for Any Golfer

The Putting Alignment Mirror by Genuine EyeLine Golf is a great way to build confidence on the green. Used by many PGA Tour players, it helps with alignment and is designed to help you get consistent contact.

It features lines to check your putter alignment and also for your eyes. Use the mirror to make sure your eyes are on or slightly inside the center line. Those will help you get into the ideal pre-putt position. Then the Gate Slots will keep your putt aligned throughout the stroke, enabling you to get solid contact on the sweet spot every time. The Putting Alignment Mirror measures a compact 12 inches long by 6 inches wide and includes a carrying bag.

The PuttOut Pressure Putt Trainer is an innovative way to help you perfect your putts. It’s construction is designed to give you an exact simulation of putting on a real green. The concept is simple, an on-target putt will roll up the parabolic curve and be returned back to you the same distance it would have gone past the hole if missed.

Extremely useful for gauging your putting distances. If the putt is off? Well, you’ll have to retrieve it yourself. Made of durable elastomer and translucent polycarbonate, the Pressure Putt Trainer is collapsible so it can fit in your golf bag. According to Golf Digest, it is one of the best golf training aids for putting in 2018.

Putt Pocket Putting Accuracy Trainer by SKLZ provides an effective training gadget at a bargain price. It is designed to make players hit the high side of the hole, while helping to see the correct line for breaking putts.

The pocket features a smaller 2.75-inch opening for a target which will promote accuracy and consistency from extra concentration as the cup size on a regulation golf hole is 4.25 inches. This will fit over regulation golf holes but can also be used at home or in the office as a standalone target.

The Pelz Golf Putting Tutor is a simple, yet effective, design to help you learn how to read greens better, get your putter face square, and make sure your eyes are in the correct position.

It has two marbles at the front and those will let you know if you’re putt is on target or not. If the putt knocks out a marble, it means your ball started off-line. Make it through the marble gate by hitting the ball on the guide line, and you’re on your way to a solid putt.

There are three different marble positions — standard, pro, and super pro. Adjust the aim of the putting tutor higher or lower to learn how much putts break.

The True Pendulum Motion (TPM) Golf Training Aid has been used by numerous pro golfers to help perfect their putting strokes. Just attach the TPM, which features durable, adjustable height rods, to your putter and your ready to get practicing.

It is designed to correct your posture and promote a pendulum-like stroke while eliminating involvement of your hands and wrists. Too many moving parts isn’t good when it comes to putting. It helps you focus on other things — ie. reading the green, alignment, distance control, and tempo — rather than the swing itself.

The TPM also fits right in your bag like a regular club and you can practice with it anywhere and is thought by many publications, coaches and players to be one of the best golf training aids for putting.

Having trouble with those short putts? The Training Aid Putting Stick by TPK Golf is designed to help you get more consistent with those more-difficult-than-they-look 3- to 5-footers. Popular a number of PGA Tour pros, it will promote proper eye alignment, correct back-swing length, and stroke accuracy.

The concept is rather simple, try to keep the ball on the putting stick for its entire length. The Putting Stick includes an instructional video.

The VariSpeed Putting System gives you accurate course-like conditions by offering different putting speeds and breaks similar to what you’d find on a green. Made of 100 percent polyester, the durable mat allows you to see the actual path of your putt thanks to fibers that show the ball’s trace.

You can also get 4 different speeds and create your own custom breaks. It includes a cup and a booklet with recommended practice exercises. The VariSpeed Putting System folds up simply for easy, compact storage.

Practice your putting anywhere you’d like with the Putt-A-Bout Par Three Putting Green. Measuring 9 feet long by 3 feet wide, the mat probably works best on flat, harder surfaces. That should keep the mat flat and help prevent wrinkling.

The mat, which is made of durable PET resin and has a non-skid bottom, has three separate holes for you to aim at. There are also “sand traps” on the back to catch any errant putts, preventing them from rolling away. 

There is a slight rise in elevation from the actual putting area to the holes. 

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The Putting Arc MS-3D helps promote an arc on your putt, rather than a straight plane stroke. Simply place the gadget on the ground and putted along the arc. Both sides have an arc so you can use either the heel or the toe of your putter to practice.

What it does is help you get a more natural, consistent stroke by letting the putter head follow a three-dimensional line while keeping the heel stay on a square path. Professional golfers who have used it have combined to win over 1,200 tournaments, including majors, making one of the best golf training aids for putters.