Course Program

Feel the distance: pitch to different targets and control your rollout

Stop close from 30 yards, for a 18-handicap player, ~15 minutes at Lone Pine Country Club

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 18.44 drills74% match to course practice profile

Program Snapshot

Handicap range

10 to 45

Average HCP

18.4

Duration (single session)

1 hr 44 min

1 drill/day: 4 days · 26 min/day

Ideal tee

All

Skill Distribution

Distance Control26%

Aim19%

Precision19%

Dispersion11%

Accuracy10%

Alignment8%

Trajectory6%

Scoring3%

Overview

Program Structure

Feel the distance: pitch to different targets and control your rollout. Feel the distance and stop close from 30 yards. Focus on Distance Control, Aim, Precision, Dispersion, Accuracy, Alignment, Trajectory, Scoring. For a 18-handicap player, in ~15 minutes.

Skill

Distance Control

Shot

Pitch

What you will improve

Distance Control
Aim
Precision
Dispersion

Program details

Sessions: 4 focused drills
Recommended: 2–3 sessions / week
Total duration: 1 hr 44 min
1 drill per day: 4 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 Drill 4

Pitch | Fairway | Flat

Short Game

Up to 5 players hit two buckets of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) from the flat fairway surface.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Make 3 piles with 12 golf balls in each pile.

Mark 3 target zones on the green, each about 6 feet apart and about 2 feet wide.

Pitch all shots from 30 to 40 yards away on flat grass.

Use the first pile and hit balls at the first target zone.

Use the second pile and hit balls at the second target zone.

Use the last pile and hit balls at the third target zone.

Count the balls that land and stop in the target zone.

After all shots, count how many landed in the zones and enter your 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	4

Pitch | Parallel Piles | 9 Stop Zones

Short Game

Up to 5 players compete to stop a pitch shot in the stop zone(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 Pitch | Parallel Piles | 9 Stop Zones

Set up 10 piles of balls in two lines, each line has 5 piles, piles in a line are 4 yards/meters apart, and lines are 5 to 10 yards/meters apart.

Put these piles on grass between 30 and 60 yards/meters from the hole, not on the green.

Mark 9 stop zones on the green with buckets, string, or tees. Space the zones evenly.

Use 36 balls. Make 9 groups of 4 balls for each stop zone.

For each stop zone, hit 4 balls trying to stop them inside it. Do this for all 9 zones.

Count how many balls stop inside the right zone.

Add up your total successes and enter your 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	18	14	10	6	3

Pitch | Scattered Piles | 3 Landing Zones

Short Game

Up to 5 players compete to land a pitch shot inside the landing zone(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 | Scattered Piles | 3 Landing Zones

Set up 3 target zones on the green in a straight line, 6 feet apart.

Make 6 piles of balls between 30 and 60 yards from the hole.

Split 36 balls into 3 groups of

Hit 12 shots to target zone 1 from any pile.

Hit 12 shots to target zone 2 from any pile.

Hit 12 shots to target zone 3 from any pile.

Count how many shots stop inside the correct zone.

Enter the number of successes out of 36 attempts in the app.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	30	28	26	22	17	13	9	6	3

Pitch | Scattered Ball Lines | Multiple Targets

Short Game

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

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch | Scattered Ball Lines | Multiple Targets

Make 8 lines with 5 balls in each line, spread out the lines on grass about 30 to 60 meters from the hole.

Put 6 flags around the green, each at least 3 meters apart.

Use 36 balls, split into 6 groups of 6 balls.

For each group, pick one flag and hit all 6 balls to land near that flag.

Move to the next flag and hit the next group, until using all 6 flags.

Count each ball that stops within 3 meters of the flag.

Add up total successful shots out of 36 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	7	4

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