Course Program

Beat Best Streak of Up-and-Downs

Turn lies into pars, for a 23-handicap player, ~20 minutes at Monarch At Royal Highlands

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 23.33 drills46% match to course practice profile

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

Scoring47%

Accuracy12%

Dispersion11%

Aim10%

Alignment10%

Green Reading7%

Precision4%

Overview

Program Structure

Beat Best Streak of Up-and-Downs. Turn lies into pars and save par. Focus on Scoring, Accuracy, Dispersion. For a 23-handicap player, in ~20 minutes.

Skill

Scoring

Shot

Bump'n'Run

What you will improve

Scoring
Accuracy
Dispersion
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

Bump-n-Run | Fairway | Flat

Short Game

Up to 5 players hit bump-n-run shot two buckets of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) from the flat fairway.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Set up 3 target zones on the green, called Zone 1, Zone 2, and Zone

Space them about 6 feet (2 meters) apart in a straight line.

Place your ball at the same spot on the fairway for every shot.

Hit 36 bump-and-run shots, with 12 shots aimed at each zone.

Hit 12 shots aiming for Zone

Each ball that stops inside the correct zone counts as a success.

When all shots are done, count how many were successful and enter your total number of successful shots 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	7	4

Bump-n-Run | Parallel Piles | Quadrants

Short Game

Up to 5 players compete to stop a bump-n-run 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 Bump-n-Run | Parallel Piles | Quadrants

Make 10 piles of balls in two lines, 5 piles in each line. The lines are 3 yards or meters apart, and each pile in a line has 4 yards or meters between them.

Put the piles between 1 and 10 yards/meters from the green and between 5 and 30 yards/meters from the hole.

On the green, mark 4 equal quadrants using string or tees. Each quadrant is about 6 feet or 2 meters in radius.

Do 36 bump-and-run shots in total. Divide them into 4 groups of 9 shots. For each group, aim for a single quadrant (Quadrant 1, then 2, 3, 4).

Start at any pile. Hit 9 balls trying to land in Quadrant

Then do the same for Quadrants 2, 3, and 4, hitting 9 shots for each quadrant.

Count each shot that lands in the correct quadrant as a point.

Add your total points out of 36 tries and enter the score in the app.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	30	28	25	22	18	14	10	7	4

Bump-n-Run | Rough | Flat

Short Game

Hit bump-n-run shot two buckets of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) from the flat rough grass.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Place two markers on the green, 15 yards apart.

Split 36 shots into two groups of

Hit 18 bump-and-run shots from the first rough spot at the first marker, aiming to stop the ball near it.

Move to a different nearby rough spot.

Hit 18 shots at the second marker from the new spot.

Count each shot as a success if the ball stops within 3 feet of the marker.

Use the same setup and stance for all shots.

Total the number of successful shots 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

Next Step

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