Here are some tips for golf putting practice on the green.

Exploit the practice green to measure speed and work on distance control. In fact, distance control should be your focus when practicing putting. You should start with hitting your putts at a ball marker and not at a hole. Simply try to roll the ball toward a ball marker you have put down about six feet away. Think about the putting stroke you are about to attempt.

Place distance markers and alternate putting to different distances. Then set ball markers, clubs or some other markers at 10-foot intervals, out to 30 feet. Next, try and hit the ball alternately to different distances. To practice long putts hit from one end of the green to the other. It does not make any sense to aim the cup as making a 70-footer is something we're very unlikely to do. You will only feel disappointed when the ball doesn't go in.

Boost your confidence by practicing making putts from no more than six feet out, preferably around four feet out so that you do not miss them. If you're practicing 15-footers or more and nothing else, you will only hurt your confidence. You can do better putting on a flat part of the green. You want to work on making putts. Therefore putting from a short distance and on a flat portion of the practicing green will help you to get better.

Do not decide to walk off the green on a miss. Stay on the course and end your session only after making a few short putts. Always say to yourself that I have to make five or six putts in a row to end the session. Keep yourself open for golf putting tips. Remember one good golf putting tip can improve your putting strokes for lower scores. Golf magazines and golf channels can sometime serve your purpose. Golf putting practice will soon give you lower scores on the course.