Course Program

Feel the distance: pitch to different targets and control your rollout

Feel the distance, for a 19-handicap player, ~15 minutes at Olde Fort Gc

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 18.73 drills53% match to course practice profile

Program Snapshot

Handicap range

10 to 45

Average HCP

18.7

Duration (single session)

1 hr 18 min

1 drill/day: 3 days · 26 min/day

Ideal tee

All

Skill Distribution

Distance Control41%

Aim24%

Dispersion14%

Accuracy8%

Precision7%

Trajectory6%

Overview

Program Structure

Feel the distance: pitch to different targets and control your rollout. Stop close from 30 yards and vary landing spot. Focus on Distance Control, Aim, Dispersion, Accuracy, Precision, Trajectory. For a 19-handicap player, in ~15 minutes.

Skill

Distance Control

Shot

Pitch

What you will improve

Distance Control
Aim
Dispersion
Accuracy

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 | Scattered Ball Lines | Multiple Targets

Short Game

Scatter a bucket of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) into 8 equal lines of 5 balls and stop pitch shots close to multiple targets. Count the number of successes.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch | Scattered Ball Lines | Multiple Targets

Make 8 lines with 5 balls in each line, spread out the lines on grass about 30 to 60 meters from the hole.

Put 6 flags around the green, each at least 3 meters apart.

Use 36 balls, split into 6 groups of 6 balls.

For each group, pick one flag and hit all 6 balls to land near that flag.

Move to the next flag and hit the next group, until using all 6 flags.

Count each ball that stops within 3 meters of the flag.

Add up total successful shots out of 36 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	7	4

Pitch | Scattered Ball Lines | Bullseye 2x

Short Game

Scatter a bucket of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) into 8 equal lines of 5 balls and stop pitch shots inside the Bullseye. Count the number of balls in the inner and outer Bullseye.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch | Scattered Ball Lines | Bullseye 2x

Set out 40 balls in 8 lines of 5 balls each on the grass, with each ball 1 yard/meter apart. Place the lines anywhere from 30 to 60 yards/meters from the hole.

Mark two circles on the green around the hole: one with a 6-foot (2-meter) radius and another with a 15-foot (5-meter) radius.

Hit 36 pitch shots, divided into 3 groups of 12 shots.

In each group, hit 6 balls aiming for the smaller circle and 6 balls aiming for the larger circle.

Pick any ball to hit, but finish the required shots to each target zone in each group before moving on.

Score 1 point for each ball inside the small circle, 0.5 points for each ball in the bigger circle but outside the small one, and 0 for any ball outside both circles.

Add the points from all 36 shots and enter your score, out of 36 attempts.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	28	26	23	19	15	12	8	5	3

Pitch | Parallel Ball Lines | 9 Stop Zones

Short Game

Up to 5 players compete to stop a pitch 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

Diagram for Pitch | Parallel Ball Lines | 9 Stop Zones

Set up 9 stop zones on the green using markers, buckets, tees, or string.

Place 4 lines of 9 balls off the green, with each ball 1 foot apart. Keep each line 5 yards apart and between 30 and 60 yards from the hole.

Hit 36 pitch shots total, 4 shots for each of the 9 stop zones.

Start at any ball line. Hit 4 balls toward the first stop zone. Repeat for each stop zone, hitting 4 balls per zone.

After each shot, see if the ball stopped in the right zone. Count balls that stopped inside the correct zone.

Keep ball positions and distance the same. Only change your target zone after every 4 shots.

After all 36 shots, count the number of 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	31	29	26	22	18	14	10	6	3

Next Step

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