I watched Benjie Sumulong roll silky smooth putts all day on his way to winning the AGB Open and becoming No. 1 Saturday. His putts would roll so softly to a stop just inches from the hole nearly every time, so I asked him for a good drill to use for touch on the greens.

Touch and feel is a personal side of golf that can’t really be taught, he said, but a good drill anyone can do to figure out how they generate touch on the greens is as follows:

Hit your practice putts toward the hole without looking up at the hole after you’ve struck the ball and try to predict whether you hit it short or long. In other words, predict whether you hit the putt short or long of the hole the moment you strike the putt. If you can get good at predicting the result, you are on your way to developing good touch on the greens.