Course Program

Vary your landing spot and see how soft you can land it

Vary landing spot, for a 28-handicap player, ~20 minutes at Furness

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 27.53 drills75% match to course practice profile

Program Snapshot

Handicap range

5 to 45

Average HCP

27.5

Duration (single session)

1 hr 18 min

1 drill/day: 3 days · 26 min/day

Ideal tee

All

Skill Distribution

Distance Control31%

Precision19%

Alignment13%

Aim12%

Trajectory10%

Accuracy8%

Scoring4%

Dispersion4%

Overview

Program Structure

Vary your landing spot and see how soft you can land it. Feel the green and stop on a dime. Focus on Distance Control, Precision, Alignment, Aim, Trajectory, Accuracy, Scoring, Dispersion. For a 28-handicap player, in ~20 minutes.

Skill

Distance Control

Shot

Sand

What you will improve

Distance Control
Precision
Alignment
Aim

Program details

Sessions: 3 focused drills
Recommended: 2–3 sessions / week
Total duration: 1 hr 18 min
1 drill per day: 3 days · 26 min/day

Drill Framework

Program breakdown

Each drill is designed to prepare you for the course. Follow the program or repeat the drills to improve key areas of your game.

Drill 1 Drill 2 Drill 3

Sand | Parallel Ball Lines | 3 Landing Zones

Short Game

Align a bucket of balls in the sand (avg. bucket is 40 balls) into 2 parallel lines 20 balls per line and hit-and-land sand shots inside landing zones. Count the number of successes.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Sand | Parallel Ball Lines | 3 Landing Zones

In the sand bunker, make two straight lines of balls. Each line has 18 balls, with 1 foot (30 cm) between each ball. The two lines are 6 to 10 yards (5 to 10 meters) apart.

On the green, set up three landing zones. Mark them with sticks, clubs, or string. Space the zones 6 feet (2 meters) apart in a straight line.

Hit 36 sand shots. Split them into 3 groups of 12 shots.

For the first group, hit from one ball line and aim for the first landing zone.

For the second group, switch to the other ball line and aim for the second zone.

For the last group, go back to the first ball line and aim for the third zone.

Count each shot that lands and stays in the correct zone as a success. After all 36 shots, add up the successful shots and enter the score in the app, out of 36 attempts.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	30	28	26	22	17	13	9	5	3

Sand | Perpendicular Ball Lines | Bullseye 2x

Short Game

Align a bucket of balls in the sand (avg. bucket is 40 balls) into 2 perpendicular lines 20 balls per line and stop sand shots inside Bullseye. Count the number of balls in the inner and outer Bullseye.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Sand | Perpendicular Ball Lines | Bullseye 2x

Arrange 36 balls in 2 straight lines in the sand, 18 balls in each line, balls 1 foot apart, lines 5 to 10 yards apart.

Mark two circle targets on the green: inner Bullseye 6-foot radius, outer Bullseye 15-foot radius around the hole.

Hit all 36 balls from the sand aiming for the target circles on the green.

Hit 3 balls from one line, then 3 from the other line, repeat until all 36 are hit.

Balls inside the inner Bullseye count as 'birdie', balls inside the outer (but outside inner) count as 'par'.

Count total balls in the Bullseye circles as your score, enter the number out of 36 attempts.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	32	30	28	25	20	16	12	8	5

Sand | Perpendicular Piles | Multiple Targets

Short Game

Up to 5 players compete to stop a sand shot closest to the multiple target(s). The player with the most points at the end wins the challenge. One bucket of balls per player is needed.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Sand | Perpendicular Piles | Multiple Targets

Arrange 10 piles of balls in two lines to make a plus sign, with 5 piles in each line, and piles 3 yards/meters apart.

Put the piles in the sand, between 20 and 40 yards/meters from the hole, but not on the green.

Set up 3 target flags in different spots around the hole.

Split 36 shots into 3 groups of 12, with each group aiming at a different flag.

Start at any pile and hit 12 shots trying to get the ball close to the first target.

For the next 12 shots, choose any pile and aim at the second target.

For the last 12 shots, choose any pile and aim at the third target.

Count a shot as a success if the ball stops within 3 yards/meters of the flag.

Count how many successes out of 36 shots and enter the score in the app.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	30	28	26	22	18	14	10	6	4

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