Course Program

Feel the green—leave every Bump'n'Run inside the safe zone

Feel the green, for a 25-handicap player, ~20 minutes at Oakwoods Cc

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 24.53 drills57% match to course practice profile

Program Snapshot

Handicap range

25 to 45

Average HCP

24.5

Duration (single session)

1 hr 18 min

or

1 drill/day: 3 days · 26 min/day

Ideal tee

All

Skill Distribution

Distance Control43%
Scoring22%
Trajectory14%
Alignment10%
Precision7%
Dispersion3%

Overview

Program Structure

Feel the green—leave every Bump'n'Run inside the safe zone. Master touch and control rollout. Focus on Distance Control, Scoring, Trajectory. For a 25-handicap player, in ~20 minutes.

Skill

Distance Control

Shot

Bump'n'Run

What you will improve

  • Distance Control
  • Scoring
  • Trajectory
  • Alignment

Program details

Sessions
3 focused drills
Recommended
2–3 sessions / week
Total duration
1 hr 18 min
or
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.

01

Bump-n-Run | Perpendicular Piles | 3 Landing Zones

Short Game

Align a bucket of balls next to the green (avg. bucket is 40 balls) into 10 equal perpendicular piles of 4 balls and hit-and-land bump-n-run shots inside landing zones. Count the number of successes.

26 minFocus: Short Game
Diagram for Bump-n-Run | Perpendicular Piles | 3 Landing Zones
1

Set up 10 piles of balls with 4 balls in each pile.

2

Make 3 landing zones on the green, 6 feet apart in a straight line.

3

Hit 36 shots, with 12 shots at each landing zone.

4

Start from any pile and try to land 12 balls in the first landing zone.

5

After 12 shots, aim 12 shots at the second zone, then 12 at the third zone.

6

Count each ball that stays in the correct zone as a success.

7

Add your total successful shots and enter your score in the app, out of 36 attempts.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36
Handicap+9+5+151219273654
Score3129262318141074
02

Bump-n-Run | Parallel Ball Lines | 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 at the end wins the challenge. 25 balls per player are needed.

26 minFocus: Short Game
Diagram for Bump-n-Run | Parallel Ball Lines | Quadrants
1

Set up 4 rows of 9 balls each, spaced 1 foot apart. Each row is 3 yards apart.

2

On the green, use strings or tees to mark 4 circles, each 6 feet wide.

3

Hit 9 balls at each circle, for a total of 36 shots.

4

Start at any row. Hit 9 balls at the first circle, then the next 9 at the second, and so on for all circles.

5

Keep the balls in the same place and aim at the target circle each time.

6

Count how many balls stop inside each circle after 9 shots.

7

Add up the number of balls that stopped inside the target circles out of 36, and enter score in the app, out of 36 attempts.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36
Handicap+9+5+151219273654
Score3028262218141074
03

Bump-n-Run | Scattered Piles | Multiple Targets

Short Game

Scatter a bucket of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) next to the green. Scatter into 8 equal piles of 5 balls and stop bump-n-run shots close to multiple targets. Count the number of successes.

26 minFocus: Short Game
Diagram for Bump-n-Run | Scattered Piles | Multiple Targets
1

Scatter 40 balls into 8 piles of 5 balls each, between 1 and 10 yards from the green and 5 to 30 yards from the hole.

2

Mark 3 targets on the green, about 6 feet apart in a line.

3

Hit 36 bump-and-run shots.

4

Aim 12 shots at each of the 3 targets.

5

Hit 12 shots at the first target, then 12 at the second, then 12 at the third.

6

Count shots that stop inside 10 feet of the target as successful.

7

Add successful shots out of 36 and enter score in the app.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36
Handicap+9+5+151219273654
Score3230282520161285

Next Step

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