Sand | Parallel Piles | 9 Stop Zones
Short Game
Align a bucket of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) in the sand into 10 equal parallel piles of 4 balls and stop sand shots inside 9 Stop Zones. Count the number of successful stops.
Set up 9 stop zones on the green in a 3 by 3 grid using buckets, string, or tees.
In the sand bunker, make 9 piles of 4 balls each. Keep piles in straight lines, 2 yards apart, and lines 5-10 yards apart.
Hit 4 shots from each pile, one pile for each stop zone, for a total of 36 shots.
Move to a new pile for each new stop zone.
Keep your setup the same, only change the target stop zone on the green.
Count each ball that stops in the right zone.
Add up the number of successful stops out of 36 attempts and enter the score in the app.
Scoring benchmarks
Repetitions36| Handicap | +9 | +5 | +1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 27 | 36 | 54 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 30 | 28 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 |