Vary your landing spot and see how soft you can land it
Stop on a dime, for a 25-handicap player, ~20 minutes at Nantucket Golf Club
Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 24.56 drills58% match to course practice profile
Program Snapshot
Handicap range
25 to 45
Average HCP
24.5
Duration (single session)
2 hr 35 min
or
1 drill/day: 6 days · 26 min/day
Ideal tee
All
Skill Distribution
Distance Control38%
Aim11%
Alignment11%
Scoring11%
Trajectory10%
Dispersion9%
Precision7%
Accuracy4%
Overview
Program Structure
Vary your landing spot and see how soft you can land it. Feel the green and stop on a dime. Focus on Distance Control, Aim, Alignment, Scoring, Trajectory, Dispersion, Precision, Accuracy. For a 25-handicap player, in ~20 minutes.
Skill
Distance Control
Shot
Sand
What you will improve
Distance Control
Aim
Alignment
Scoring
Program details
Sessions
6 focused drills
Recommended
2–3 sessions / week
Total duration
2 hr 35 min
or
1 drill per day
6 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.
Up to 5 players compete to stop a sand shot in the stop zone(s). The player with the most points at the end wins the challenge. Up to 80 balls are needed.
26 minFocus: Short Game
1
Set up 4 lines of balls in the bunker. Each line has 9 balls. Balls are 1 foot apart.
2
Mark 9 stop zones on the green. Space them out so there is 1 zone for each shot.
3
Hit 36 sand shots: 4 balls for each zone.
4
For each shot, aim to stop the ball inside the zone on the green.
5
Hit 4 balls for the first zone, then 4 for the second, and keep going until all 9 zones are done.
6
Count balls that stop inside the right zone as successful.
7
After all 36 shots, enter your number of successful shots out of 36 attempts 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
02
Sand | Scattered Ball Lines | Multiple Targets
Short Game
Scatter a bucket of balls in the sand (avg. bucket is 40 balls) into 8 equal lines of 5 balls and stop sand shots close to multiple targets. Count the number of successes.
25 minFocus: Short Game
1
Put 35 balls in 7 straight lines, 5 balls per line, 2 feet apart, on grass or a slope, 20–40 yards from the hole, outside the green.
2
Put 7 flags or markers on the green, one for each line of balls.
3
For each line, hit the 5 balls from the sand, trying to make each ball stop within 10 feet of the flag for that line.
4
Do this for all 7 lines and hit a total of 35 shots.
5
Count each ball that ends up inside the 10-foot circle as a success.
6
Write down the number of successful shots out of 35 attempts in the app.
Scoring benchmarks
Repetitions35
Handicap
+9
+5
+1
5
12
19
27
36
54
Score
30
28
25
21
17
13
10
7
4
03
Sand | Perpendicular Piles | 3 Landing Zones
Short Game
Align a bucket of balls in the sand (avg. bucket is 40 balls) into 10 equal perpendicular piles of 4 balls and hit-and-land sand shots inside landing zones. Count the number of successes.
26 minFocus: Short Game
1
Put 36 balls into 10 piles near the sand, each pile with 3 or 4 balls, about 2 yards apart, in two lines between 20 and 40 yards from the hole.
2
On the green, set up three landing zones with sticks or string, each zone 6 feet apart in a straight line.
3
Hit 36 sand shots total: 12 shots for Zone 1, 12 shots for Zone 2, 12 shots for Zone
4
Start hitting balls from any pile, aiming at Zone
1
Do 12 shots, then aim for Zone 2 for 12 shots, then Zone 3 for 12 shots.
5
You can pick balls from any pile, but keep aiming for the same zone until you finish its 12 shots.
6
Count a shot as successful if it lands and stays in the right zone.
7
After all 36 shots, record how many successful shots out of 36 attempts in the app.
Scoring benchmarks
Repetitions36
Handicap
+9
+5
+1
5
12
19
27
36
54
Score
30
28
25
20
16
12
9
6
4
04
Sand | Parallel Ball Lines | Quadrants
Short Game
Up to 5 players compete to stop a sand shot inside the quadrant(s). The player with the most points at the end wins the challenge. 25 balls per player are needed.
26 minFocus: Short Game
1
Lay out 4 lines of 9 balls each, spaced 1 foot apart.
2
Put these lines on grass, 20 to 40 yards from the hole for sand shots.
3
On the green mark 4 equal quadrants, each a 6-foot circle around the hole.
4
Hit 36 sand shots, in 4 groups of
5
For each group of 9 shots, try to stop balls inside one specific quadrant.
6
Start with quadrant 1 and hit 9 shots, then do the same for quadrants 2, 3, and
7
Count how many balls stop inside the planned quadrant.
8
Add the number of successful stops.
9
Enter your total successes out of 36 attempts in the app.
Scoring benchmarks
Repetitions36
Handicap
+9
+5
+1
5
12
19
27
36
54
Score
31
29
27
23
18
14
11
7
4
05
Sand | Perpendicular Piles | Bullseye 2x
Short Game
Up to 5 players compete to stop a sand shot in the bullseye. The best final score relative to PAR wins the challenge. One bucket of balls per player is needed.
26 minFocus: Short Game
1
Arrange 10 piles of balls in two lines that cross at a right angle, with 5 piles in each line. Each pile has 3 or 4 balls.
2
Place the piles 3 yards or meters apart, between 20 and 40 yards or meters from the hole, in sand bunkers and not on the green.
3
On the green, mark two target circles around the hole: an inner circle with a 6-foot or 2-meter radius (bullseye) and an outer circle with a 15-foot or 5-meter radius (outer bullseye).
4
Take 36 sand shots in total. Do 18 shots aiming for the inner bullseye, then 18 shots for the outer bullseye (including the inner).
5
Start at any pile and hit one sand shot at a time, trying to land the ball in the target area.
6
After 18 shots at the inner bullseye, switch to the outer bullseye for the next 18 shots.
7
Count each ball that stops inside the targeted circle as a success. Balls outside the outer circle are misses.
8
Add up the number of successes out of 36 attempts and enter the score in the app.
Scoring benchmarks
Repetitions36
Handicap
+9
+5
+1
5
12
19
27
36
54
Score
32
30
28
24
18
14
10
6
3
06
Sand | Scattered Piles | Multiple Targets
Short Game
Scatter a bucket of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) in the sand. Scatter into 8 equal piles of 5 balls and stop sand shots close to multiple targets. Count the number of successes.
26 minFocus: Short Game
1
Divide 40 golf balls into 8 piles of 5 balls each in the sand between 5 and 60 yards/meters from the hole.
2
On the green, set up 3 flag targets in a straight line, each 6 feet (2 meters) apart. Label them Target A, Target B, and Target C.
3
Hit 36 sand shots in total, with 12 shots aimed at each target.
4
Start from any pile. Hit 12 shots at Target A.
5
Move to Target B, hit 12 shots, then hit the last 12 shots at Target C.
6
Switch between piles after every 2 to 5 shots.
7
Count a shot as a success if it stops within 10 feet (3 meters) of the target.
8
Add up successful shots 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
27
23
18
13
10
7
4
Next Step
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