Step 3
Make a third stroke. On this one, take your hands outside your right toe. When you walk this one off you'll find that this backstroke length gives you 38 to 40 feet of distance.

With this drill you'll learn to putt the ball three distinct distances in about five minutes (just match the distance to the backstroke length). It's the same principle as knowing how far you hit each iron in your bag. When you're caught at distances between the ones in your inventory, fine-tune your stroke by either taking the putter back a little farther or a little shorter.

IMPORTANT: The secret to lagging putts is to control the speed with stroke length, not by speeding up or slowing down your motion. Your rhythm and tempo stay the same for every putt; only the length of your stroke changes.