Course Program

Stop Ball on Dime

Vary landing spot, for a 18-handicap player, ~15 minutes at Overland Golf Course

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 18.44 drills69% match to course practice profile

Program Snapshot

Handicap range

10 to 45

Average HCP

18.4

Duration (single session)

1 hr 44 min

1 drill/day: 4 days · 26 min/day

Ideal tee

All

Skill Distribution

Distance Control35%

Alignment12%

Precision11%

Scoring11%

Accuracy10%

Aim10%

Trajectory7%

Dispersion2%

Overview

Program Structure

Stop Ball on Dime. Vary landing spot and feel the green. Focus on Distance Control, Alignment, Precision, Scoring, Accuracy, Aim, Trajectory, Dispersion. For a 18-handicap player, in ~15 minutes.

Skill

Distance Control

Shot

Chip

What you will improve

Distance Control
Alignment
Precision
Scoring

Program details

Sessions: 4 focused drills
Recommended: 2–3 sessions / week
Total duration: 1 hr 44 min
1 drill per day: 4 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 Drill 4

Chip | 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 of 12 golf balls each. Put the piles between 5 and 30 yards from the hole.

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

Hit 12 balls from each pile to each target zone. First 12 to Zone 1, next 12 to Zone 2, last 12 to Zone

Use the same setup for all shots. Aim to land each ball in the target zones.

Count shots that land and stop in the target zone.

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

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	31	29	27	23	18	14	10	7	4

Chip | Perpendicular Ball Lines | Quadrants

Short Game

Align a bucket of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) into 2 perpendicular lines 20 balls per line and stop chip shots inside quadrants. Count the number of successes.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Chip | Perpendicular Ball Lines | Quadrants

Place 36 balls in two lines that cross, with 18 balls in each line.

Keep the balls about 1 foot apart, with lines set up 5 to 30 yards from the hole.

On the green, divide a 6-foot circle around the hole into 4 equal parts.

Split the 36 chip shots into 4 groups of 9 balls.

Aim the first 9 shots at the first part of the circle.

Switch to the other line and aim the next 9 balls at the second part. Keep switching lines and aim at the next parts until all 36 balls are chipped.

Count how many balls land in the right part each time.

Enter the number of successful chips out of 36 attempts in the app.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	31	29	26	22	18	14	11	7	4

Chip | Scattered Piles | Multiple Targets

Short Game

Up to 5 players compete to stop a chip shot closest to the multiple target(s). The player with the most points wins the challenge. One bucket of balls per player is needed.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Chip | Scattered Piles | Multiple Targets

Make 3 target zones on the green. Space them 6 feet apart in a line.

Put 36 balls in 6 piles of 6 around the chipping area, 5–20 yards from the hole.

Hit 12 balls at each target zone (36 attempts total).

Start from any pile. Aim 12 shots at the first zone.

Next, aim 12 shots at the second zone from any pile.

Last, aim 12 shots at the third zone. Count shots that stop in the right zone.

Add up how many shots landed in the correct zone out of 36 attempts. Enter 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

Chip | Parallel Ball Lines | 3 Landing Zones

Short Game

Up to 5 players compete to stop a chip shot inside the landing 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 Chip | Parallel Ball Lines | 3 Landing Zones

Set up 4 lines of 9 balls. Balls are 1 foot apart. Each line is 5 yards/meters apart.

Put the lines 5 to 30 yards/meters from the hole, off the green.

Mark 3 landing zones on the green, spaced 6 feet (2 meters) apart.

There are 36 chip shots, split into 3 groups of

Hit the first 12 balls to Landing Zone

Hit the next 12 balls to Landing Zone

Hit the last 12 balls to Landing Zone

Use any line of balls each time. Hit all balls for the current landing zone.

After 12 shots for each zone, switch to the next zone and change lines if wanted.

Count a shot as a success if it lands and stops inside the right zone.

When finished, count how many successes out of 36, and enter score in the app.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	31	29	27	23	18	14	10	7	4

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