Course Program

Can you stop the ball close from 30 yards?

Short game from tough lies, for a 13-handicap player, ~15 minutes at Ortonville Municipal Golf Course

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 12.83 drills60% match to course practice profile

Program Snapshot

Handicap range

10 to 25

Average HCP

12.8

Duration (single session)

1 hr 18 min

1 drill/day: 3 days · 26 min/day

Ideal tee

All

Skill Distribution

Accuracy27%

Distance Control23%

Alignment20%

Precision13%

Aim11%

Dispersion6%

Overview

Program Structure

Can you stop the ball close from 30 yards?. Land 2 feet away and short game from tough lies. Focus on Accuracy, Distance Control, Alignment, Precision, Aim, Dispersion. For a 13-handicap player, in ~15 minutes.

Skill

Distance Control

Shot

Pitch

What you will improve

Accuracy
Distance Control
Alignment
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

Up to 5 players hit two buckets of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) from the flat fairway surface.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Make 3 piles with 12 golf balls in each pile.

Mark 3 target zones on the green, each about 6 feet apart and about 2 feet wide.

Pitch all shots from 30 to 40 yards away on flat grass.

Use the first pile and hit balls at the first target zone.

Use the second pile and hit balls at the second target zone.

Use the last pile and hit balls at the third target zone.

Count the balls that land and stop in the target zone.

After all shots, count how many landed in the zones and enter your score in the app out of 36 attempts.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	30	28	25	20	16	12	9	6	4

Pitch | Deep Rough and Other | Flat

Short Game

Up to 5 players hit two buckets of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) from the flat deep rough and other extreme grass types.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch | Deep Rough and Other | Flat

Put 3 target zones on the green: left, center, right. Each 5 feet apart.

Put 12 balls in a pile, 30-60 yards from the hole, in deep rough.

Hit 12 shots trying to land in Zone A.

Hit 12 shots trying to land in Zone B.

Hit 12 shots trying to land in Zone C.

Keep balls in the same spot and rough for all shots.

Count each ball that lands and stays in the right zone.

After 36 shots, enter your number of successes into the app, out of 36 attempts.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	30	28	25	22	17	13	9	6	4

Pitch | Parallel Piles | 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. One bucket of balls per player is needed.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch | Parallel Piles | 9 Stop Zones

Set up 10 piles of balls in two lines, each line has 5 piles, piles in a line are 4 yards/meters apart, and lines are 5 to 10 yards/meters apart.

Put these piles on grass between 30 and 60 yards/meters from the hole, not on the green.

Mark 9 stop zones on the green with buckets, string, or tees. Space the zones evenly.

Use 36 balls. Make 9 groups of 4 balls for each stop zone.

For each stop zone, hit 4 balls trying to stop them inside it. Do this for all 9 zones.

Count how many balls stop inside the right zone.

Add up your total successes and enter your score in the app, 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	6	3

Next Step

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