Course Program

Can you stop the ball close from 30 yards?

Stop close from 30 yards, for a 23-handicap player, ~20 minutes at Kiruna

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 23.33 drills

Program Snapshot

Handicap range

10 to 45

Average HCP

23.3

Duration (single session)

1 hr 18 min

1 drill/day: 3 days · 26 min/day

Ideal tee

All

Skill Distribution

Distance Control35%

Alignment17%

Precision16%

Scoring14%

Accuracy13%

Dispersion5%

Overview

Program Structure

Can you stop the ball close from 30 yards?. Feel the distance and stop close from 30 yards. Focus on Distance Control, Alignment, Precision. For a 23-handicap player, in ~20 minutes.

Skill

Distance Control

Shot

Pitch

What you will improve

Distance Control
Alignment
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

Pitch | Perpendicular Piles | Quadrants

Short Game

Up to 5 players compete to stop a pitch shot inside the quadrant(s). The player with the most points wins the challenge. One bucket of balls per player is needed.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch | Perpendicular Piles | Quadrants

Set up 10 piles of balls in two lines. Each line has 5 piles, and the piles are 3 yards apart. Piles are between 30 and 60 yards from the hole.

On the green, mark 4 circular target zones. Each is 9 feet in radius.

Make 36 pitch shots. For each target zone, make 9 shots.

For each shot, aim to land and stop the ball in the correct target zone.

After 9 shots in one zone, switch zones and repeat until all 4 are done.

Count each shot that stops in the right zone as a success.

Total successful shots out of 36 attempts and enter 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

Pitch| Scattered Piles | Multiple Targets

Short Game

Scatter a bucket of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) into 8 equal piles of 5 balls and stop pitch shots close to multiple targets. Count the number of successes.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch| Scattered Piles | Multiple Targets

Put 36 balls into 6 piles with 6 balls in each pile between 30 and 60 yards from the hole.

Place 3 flags on the green far apart and label them A, B, and C.

Hit 36 pitch shots, in 3 sets of 12 shots.

Hit 12 balls so they stop within 10 feet of flag A.

Hit 12 balls so they stop within 10 feet of flag B. Use any pile.

Hit 12 balls so they stop within 10 feet of flag C.

Hit from any pile and change piles or targets as needed.

Count each shot that stops within 10 feet of the target as a success.

Count the total 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	25	20	16	12	9	6	3

Pitch | Fairway | Above/Below Feet

Short Game

Up to 5 players hit two buckets of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) from the sloped fairway; one bucket with balls above feet level, and one bucket with balls below feet level.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch | Fairway | Above/Below Feet

Put 36 balls into 3 piles of 12 balls each.

Put 3 target zones on the green in a straight line, about 6 feet apart.

Pick one sloped fairway spot to shoot from (above feet or below feet).

Hit 12 shots to the first target zone.

Hit 12 shots to the second zone.

Hit 12 shots to the third zone. For each shot, count how many balls land and stay in the correct target zone. When done, count successful shots out of 36 and enter the score 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

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