Course Program

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

Feel the distance, for a 13-handicap player, ~15 minutes at Pines Gc

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 12.83 drills56% 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

Distance Control40%

Precision17%

Trajectory15%

Accuracy13%

Alignment10%

Dispersion5%

Overview

Program Structure

Feel the distance: pitch to different targets and control your rollout. Vary landing spot and stop close from 30 yards. Focus on Distance Control, Precision, Trajectory, Accuracy, Alignment, Dispersion. For a 13-handicap player, in ~15 minutes.

Skill

Distance Control

Shot

Pitch

What you will improve

Distance Control
Precision
Trajectory
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 | Parallel Ball Lines | Multiple Targets

Short Game

Up to 5 players compete to stop a pitch shot closest to the multiple target(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 | Multiple Targets

Set up 4 lines of balls, 5 yards apart. Each line has 9 balls, 1 foot apart.

Place the lines 30 to 60 yards from the hole, not on the green.

Put 3 target flags on the green, spaced evenly.

Make 3 groups of 12 shots from the 36 balls.

First 12 shots: aim for the left flag.

Next 12 shots: aim for the middle flag.

Last 12 shots: aim for the right flag.

Always use the same ball setup; only change which flag you aim for.

Count a point when the ball stops closest to the flag you aimed for.

Add up the 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	30	28	26	22	18	14	10	7	4

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

Pitch | Rough | Flat

Short Game

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

26 minFocus: Short Game

Make 3 piles of 12 balls each (36 balls total) between 30 and 60 yards from the hole on flat rough grass.

On the green, set up 3 target areas at different distances around the hole.

Hit 12 balls toward each target area (36 shots total, 12 for each zone).

Hit the first 12 balls to Zone 1, the next 12 to Zone 2, and the last 12 to Zone

Leave the balls in the same position; only change which target zone you aim at.

Count each ball that lands and stops inside the target zone as a success.

When all 36 shots are finished, count the number of 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	31	29	26	22	17	13	9	6	3

Next Step

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