The 2-4-6-8 Putting Drill

Sixteen putts inside nine feet — the range where rounds are won and lost.

How It Works

How to take the drill

Nothing but four balls, a practice green and your phone. You hit 16 putts in total — four rounds of four, every one inside nine feet.

Rounds one and three are 2, 4, 6 and 8 ft. Rounds two and four are 3, 5, 7 and 9 ft. Give each putt a full read and a full routine, then move to a different hole for the next round.

Four rounds of four putts

Here is every putt in the drill. Each holed putt scores the points that match its distance — hole a 4 ft putt and score 4 points.

Round 1

2ft

4ft

6ft

8ft

Round 2

3ft

5ft

7ft

9ft

Round 3

2ft

4ft

6ft

8ft

Round 4

3ft

5ft

7ft

9ft

Maximum score88

Add up the points from every putt you hole and that total is your score. 2ft = 2 points, 9ft = 9 points, and so on, for a maximum of 88. The Line Speed Read scorecard shows your live running score and live Strokes Gained score.

Track live scoring

Use the 2-4-6-8 drill web app

The 2-4-6-8 web app scores every putt as you go, with live Strokes Gained and feet holed so you can see progress as it happens.

Try the live demo below — select a mode and press Start Drill.↓

How to use the web app

01Select mode — Simple Mode tags a miss left or right. Fitz Mode adds speed, read and break.

02Start drill — Putt 1 is a 2 ft putt, with the tour make rate from that distance.

03Made — If you holed it, select Made and move on to the next putt.

04Miss — If you missed, tag which side you missed — left or right.

05Next putt — 4 ft, 6 ft, 8 ft, then a new hole for round two at 3, 5, 7 and 9 ft.

06View your report — After 16 putts: your score, Strokes Gained and miss pattern.

Benchmark your game

2-4-6-8 drill report

Once you have finished the drill you can download a PDF report. Three key data points are measured.

One

52/88

Your drill score in feet — how many feet of the 88 possible you holed.

Two

−0.46

Your Strokes Gained — that score set against what the tour is expected to do.

Three

1L · 4R

Your miss tendency — which side the misses went.

Example report · sixteen putts, four rounds

Benchmark your game

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The Benchmarks

What's a good score?

The tour is expected to hole about 56 ft of the 88. That is the line to measure yourself against — score 56 and you putted the makeable range exactly as a tour player is expected to.

Footage Holed	Level
70 ft or better	Elite — well clear of tour expectation
60 to 70 ft	Above average — better than the PGA Tour expectation
52 to 60 ft	Tour standard — around the 56 ft the field is expected to hole
44 to 52 ft	Below average — single handicap amateur
Under 44 ft	Needs work — the makeable range is costing you shots

Two to nine feet

Sixteen putts, eight distances.

One Language

Strokes Gained, built into the test

Here's what makes this more than a standalone drill. The 100ft test has Strokes Gained baked right in — as you log each putt it converts your result into the same SG number the tour uses, and the same one you track on the course. Your practice and your rounds finally speak the same language.

That is the whole idea behind the Line Speed Read system: collect your Strokes Gained score everywhere you putt, on the course and in training, and let the numbers show you exactly how you are performing. The 100ft drill is a great replication of a round of golf — practising under pressure helps you perform when it matters most.

Footage holed + Strokes Gained + Miss tags

one test · the complete picture of your putting

Take the 100ft Drill

FAQ

2-4-6-8 drill questions

What is the 2-4-6-8 drill?

A putting benchmark inside nine feet. You hit 16 putts — four rounds of four, at 2, 4, 6 and 8 ft, then 3, 5, 7 and 9 ft — and add up the footage of every putt you hole. A perfect card is 88 ft.

What is a good 2-4-6-8 score?

The tour is expected to hole about 56 ft of the 88. Above that and you are gaining on the field from short range; the low fifties is solid club standard, and under 44 ft means the makeable range is costing you shots.

Why does the 9ft putt count more than the 2ft?

The score is distance-weighted because the tour holes 99% from 2 ft and 44% from 9 ft. A made 2-footer is expected, so it earns almost nothing in Strokes Gained — miss one and you lose nearly a full shot.

How is this different from the 100ft drill?

The 100ft drill tests the whole green, out to 20 ft, where lag putting and green reading decide the score. The 2-4-6-8 stays inside nine feet — the range where the stroke itself, not the read, is what makes or misses the putt.

Nine feet and in. That's where scoring lives.

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