Course Program

Land 2 Feet From Hole

Sand from deep bunkers, for a 6-handicap player, ~10 minutes at Itakura

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 5.83 drills

Program Snapshot

Handicap range

3 to 18

Average HCP

5.8

Duration (single session)

1 hr 18 min

1 drill/day: 3 days · 26 min/day

Ideal tee

All

Skill Distribution

Distance Control40%

Dispersion16%

Precision13%

Scoring13%

Trajectory12%

Accuracy5%

Overview

Program Structure

Land 2 Feet From Hole. Escape successfully and land 2 feet away. Focus on Distance Control, Dispersion, Precision. For a 6-handicap player, in ~10 minutes.

Shot

Sand

What you will improve

Distance Control
Dispersion
Precision
Scoring

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 | Quadrants

Short Game

Up to 5 players compete to stop a sand shot inside the quadrant(s). The player with the most points at the end wins the challenge. 25 balls per player are needed.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Sand | Parallel Ball Lines | Quadrants

Lay out 4 lines of 9 balls each, spaced 1 foot apart.

Put these lines on grass, 20 to 40 yards from the hole for sand shots.

On the green mark 4 equal quadrants, each a 6-foot circle around the hole.

Hit 36 sand shots, in 4 groups of

For each group of 9 shots, try to stop balls inside one specific quadrant.

Start with quadrant 1 and hit 9 shots, then do the same for quadrants 2, 3, and

Count how many balls stop inside the planned quadrant.

Add the number of successful stops.

Enter your total successes out of 36 attempts in the app.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	31	29	27	23	18	14	11	7	4

Sand | Parallel Ball Lines | 9 Stop Zones

Short Game

Up to 5 players compete to stop a sand shot in the stop zone(s). The player with the most points at the end wins the challenge. Up to 80 balls are needed.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Sand | Parallel Ball Lines | 9 Stop Zones

Set up 4 lines of balls in the bunker. Each line has 9 balls. Balls are 1 foot apart.

Mark 9 stop zones on the green. Space them out so there is 1 zone for each shot.

Hit 36 sand shots: 4 balls for each zone.

For each shot, aim to stop the ball inside the zone on the green.

Hit 4 balls for the first zone, then 4 for the second, and keep going until all 9 zones are done.

Count balls that stop inside the right zone as successful.

After all 36 shots, enter your number of successful shots out of 36 attempts in the app.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

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

Sand | Scattered Piles | 9 Stop Zones

Short Game

Scatter a bucket of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) in the sand. Scatter into 8 equal piles of 5 balls and stop sand shots inside 9 Stop Zones. Count the number of successful stops.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Sand | Scattered Piles | 9 Stop Zones

Scatter 36 balls into 9 piles of 4 balls each in the sand, 20 to 40 yards from the hole.

Mark 9 target zones on the green, spaced out evenly.

Hit 4 sand shots at each target zone, for a total of 36 shots.

After 4 shots at the first zone, move to the next and repeat for all 9 zones.

Count each ball that stops in the right zone as one success.

When finished, add up the number of balls that stopped in the right places and enter score in the app, out of 36 attempts.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	33	30	27	23	18	14	10	7	4

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