Build Your Skills
Develop accuracy, distance control, feel and adaptability through structured, measurable practice.
Built on Science. Designed for Better Golf.
Golf Practice Buddy was created to help golfers lower their scores on the course by making their practice more effective.
Combining research-based practice design, structured challenges and performance tracking, the app helps golfers develop skills, measure improvement and prepare to perform when it matters.
Practice With Purpose. Perform When It Matters.
Golfers spend hours working on their games, yet improvements on the practice ground don’t always translate into lower scores.
Golf Practice Buddy was developed to help bridge that gap. It complements swing coaching by focusing on shot-making skills, through two types of practice:
Test Your Performance
Put those skills to the test through scoring challenges, Pressure Tests and Clutch Challenges that help prepare you for the demands of playing and competing.
Every practice has a purpose. Every shot provides feedback. Every session is an opportunity to improve.
Meet Dr Nicky Lumb
Dr Nicky Lumb is a golf practice and performance specialist, PGA Advanced Fellow Professional and the creator of Golf Practice Buddy.
With a PhD in Optimising Practice for Peak Performance and an MSc in Sports Coaching, Nicky combines research into skill acquisition, motor learning and performance with practical coaching experience working with competitive juniors, club golfers, elite amateurs and professional golfers.
Nicky has studied the practice methods and performance behaviours of elite athletes and other high performers across a range of disciplines. Combining these insights with academic research, she designed and tested practice interventions to investigate how skill development could be accelerated.
In one of her PhD studies, professional golfers improved their shot accuracy four times faster using her practice methods compared with a traditional practice approach.
Nicky is the author of Better Practice Better Golf, written with Dr Dave Alred MBE, her long-standing mentor. She has also written six accompanying practice workbooks in the Better Practice Better Golf series.
Golf Practice Buddy brings these principles together in an accessible app, helping golfers put research into practice every time they train.
Better Practice. Better Golf. Better Scores.
Effective golf practice should be purposeful, challenging and measurable.
Whether you’re a dedicated club golfer, competitive junior, elite amateur, tour professional or golf coach, Golf Practice Buddy provides a structured approach to making practice count.
Golf Practice Buddy helps golfers:
- Know what to work on.
- Develop and test their skills.
- Track progress and identify areas for improvement.
- Build confidence through practice under pressure.
- Prepare for better performances on the course.
Ready to Make Your Practice Count?
Improve your skills. Track your progress. Perform when it matters.
Available on Android and web. iPhone app coming soon.