Course Program

Can you hit your intended line from any lie?

Set sights, for a 29-handicap player, ~20 minutes at Montgomery Country Club

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 293 drills53% match to course practice profile

Program Snapshot

Handicap range

10 to 45

Average HCP

Duration (single session)

1 hr 18 min

1 drill/day: 3 days · 26 min/day

Ideal tee

All

Skill Distribution

Aim36%

Alignment13%

Accuracy11%

Precision11%

Scoring10%

Dispersion9%

Trajectory9%

Overview

Program Structure

Can you hit your intended line from any lie?. Dial in aim and hit intended line. Focus on Aim, Alignment, Accuracy. For a 29-handicap player, in ~20 minutes.

Skill

Aim

Shot

Pitch

What you will improve

Aim
Alignment
Accuracy
Precision

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 | Fairway | Flat

Short Game

Hit two buckets of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) from the flat fairway.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Pick two spots on the fairway that are 30 to 60 yards from the hole.

Put three targets on the green, spaced at least 6 feet apart.

Hit 18 pitch shots from the first spot and 18 pitch shots from the second spot.

From each spot, hit 6 shots to each target.

Line up and aim at each target before hitting.

Count every shot that lands close to the target and stops there as a success.

After all 36 shots, record how many were successful out of 36 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

Pitch | Parallel Piles | Multiple Targets

Short Game

Align a bucket of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) into 10 equal parallel piles of 4 balls and stop pitch shots close to multiple targets. Count the number of successes.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch | Parallel Piles | Multiple Targets

Make 10 piles of balls in two lines, 5 piles in each line. Each pile has 4 balls.

The lines should be 7 yards apart. Each pile in a line is 3 yards apart from the next.

Put 3 flags on the green, at different spots, 20 to 40 yards away.

Hit 36 pitch shots in total, 12 shots at each flag.

Pick any pile to start. Hit shots from any pile to the first flag until you finish 12 shots.

Do the same thing for the second flag and then the third flag, 12 shots at each.

Count how many balls end within 10 feet (3 meters) from the flag.

After all 36 shots, add up the number of shots that were successful and enter 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 | Parallel Piles | 3 Landing Zones

Short Game

Up to 5 players compete to stop a pitch shot inside the landing 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 | 3 Landing Zones

Set up 10 piles of balls on the grass, in 2 lines with 5 piles each. Each pile is 4 yards apart, and the 2 lines are 5 to 10 yards apart.

On the green, mark 3 landing zones in a straight line. Each zone is 6 feet apart.

Take 36 pitch shots in total, divided into 3 groups of 12 shots. Aim 12 shots at each landing zone.

Choose any pile for each group of 12 shots. Hit 12 shots at zone 1, then 12 at zone 2, then 12 at zone

Count a shot as a success if it lands and stays in the correct zone.

Count how many successful shots were made in the target zones and enter the total out of 36 attempts.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	30	28	26	21	17	13	9	6	4

Next Step

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