Course Program

Pitch 20–35 Yds From Fairway Or Rough

Vary landing spot, for a 17-handicap player, ~15 minutes at Maesteg Golf Club

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 16.95 drills64% match to course practice profile

Program Snapshot

Handicap range

7 to 25

Average HCP

16.9

Duration (single session)

2 hr 10 min

1 drill/day: 5 days · 26 min/day

Ideal tee

All

Skill Distribution

Distance Control35%

Precision19%

Alignment16%

Accuracy16%

Trajectory7%

Aim4%

Dispersion3%

Overview

Program Structure

Pitch 20–35 Yds From Fairway Or Rough. Feel the distance and stop close from 30 yards. Focus on Distance Control, Precision, Alignment, Accuracy, Trajectory, Aim, Dispersion. For a 17-handicap player, in ~15 minutes.

Shot

Pitch

What you will improve

Distance Control
Precision
Alignment
Accuracy

Program details

Sessions: 5 focused drills
Recommended: 2–3 sessions / week
Total duration: 2 hr 10 min
1 drill per day: 5 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 Drill 5

Pitch | Parallel Ball Lines | Multiple Targets

Short Game

Up to 5 players compete to stop a pitch shot closest to the multiple target(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 Pitch | Parallel Ball Lines | Multiple Targets

Set up 4 lines of balls, 5 yards apart. Each line has 9 balls, 1 foot apart.

Place the lines 30 to 60 yards from the hole, not on the green.

Put 3 target flags on the green, spaced evenly.

Make 3 groups of 12 shots from the 36 balls.

First 12 shots: aim for the left flag.

Next 12 shots: aim for the middle flag.

Last 12 shots: aim for the right flag.

Always use the same ball setup; only change which flag you aim for.

Count a point when the ball stops closest to the flag you aimed for.

Add up the successful shots out of 36 and enter your 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

Pitch | Parallel Piles | 3 Landing Zones

Short Game

Align a bucket of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) into 10 equal parallel piles of 4 balls and hit-and-land pitch shots inside landing zones. Count the number of successes.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch | Parallel Piles | 3 Landing Zones

Arrange 36 balls into 9 piles of 4 balls each, 30 to 60 yards from the hole.

On the green, make 3 landing zones spaced 9 feet apart.

Hit 36 pitch shots, aiming for 12 shots in each zone.

Start from any pile, switch piles after every shot, and aim for Zone 1 for the first 12 shots.

After 12 shots in Zone 1, aim for Zone 2 for 12 shots, then Zone 3 for the last 12 shots.

Count each shot that stays inside the target zone.

At the end, add up the number of 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	32	30	28	25	20	16	12	8	5

Pitch | Rough | Flat

Short Game

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

26 minFocus: Short Game

Make 3 piles of 12 balls each (36 balls total) between 30 and 60 yards from the hole on flat rough grass.

On the green, set up 3 target areas at different distances around the hole.

Hit 12 balls toward each target area (36 shots total, 12 for each zone).

Hit the first 12 balls to Zone 1, the next 12 to Zone 2, and the last 12 to Zone

Leave the balls in the same position; only change which target zone you aim at.

Count each ball that lands and stops inside the target zone as a success.

When all 36 shots are finished, count the number of 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	31	29	26	22	17	13	9	6	3

Pitch | Deep Rough and Other | Uphill/Downhill

Short Game

Up to 5 players hit two buckets of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) from the sloped deep rough and other extreme grass types; one bucket from the uphill slope and one bucket from the downhill slope.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch | Deep Rough and Other | Uphill/Downhill

Prepare 36 balls in 6 groups of

Set up 2 target zones on the green: one uphill and one downhill, with markers 6 feet apart.

Hit 18 balls to the uphill zone and 18 to the downhill zone.

Hit 6 balls from the tough uphill spot to the uphill zone.

Hit 6 balls from the tough downhill spot to the downhill zone.

Do steps 4 and 5 two more times for all 36 shots.

Count each ball that stays in the right zone.

After 36 shots, enter your number of successes out of 36 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

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

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