Course Program

Can you stop the ball close from 30 yards?

Feel the green, for a 23-handicap player, ~20 minutes at Point Sebago Golf Resort

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 23.33 drills76% match to course practice profile

Program Snapshot

Handicap range

10 to 45

Average HCP

23.3

Duration (single session)

1 hr 18 min

1 drill/day: 3 days · 26 min/day

Ideal tee

All

Skill Distribution

Distance Control31%

Accuracy27%

Alignment20%

Scoring14%

Precision8%

Overview

Program Structure

Can you stop the ball close from 30 yards?. Stop on a dime and feel the green. Focus on Distance Control, Accuracy, Alignment, Scoring, Precision. For a 23-handicap player, in ~20 minutes.

Skill

Distance Control

Shot

Pitch

What you will improve

Distance Control
Accuracy
Alignment
Scoring

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 | Uphill/Downhill

Short Game

Up to 5 players hit two buckets of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) from the sloped deep rough and other extreme grass types; one bucket from the uphill slope and one bucket from the downhill slope.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch | Deep Rough and Other | Uphill/Downhill

Prepare 36 balls in 6 groups of

Set up 2 target zones on the green: one uphill and one downhill, with markers 6 feet apart.

Hit 18 balls to the uphill zone and 18 to the downhill zone.

Hit 6 balls from the tough uphill spot to the uphill zone.

Hit 6 balls from the tough downhill spot to the downhill zone.

Do steps 4 and 5 two more times for all 36 shots.

Count each ball that stays in the right zone.

After 36 shots, enter your number of successes out of 36 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 Piles | Multiple Targets

Short Game

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

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch| Scattered Piles | Multiple Targets

Put 36 balls into 6 piles with 6 balls in each pile between 30 and 60 yards from the hole.

Place 3 flags on the green far apart and label them A, B, and C.

Hit 36 pitch shots, in 3 sets of 12 shots.

Hit 12 balls so they stop within 10 feet of flag A.

Hit 12 balls so they stop within 10 feet of flag B. Use any pile.

Hit 12 balls so they stop within 10 feet of flag C.

Hit from any pile and change piles or targets as needed.

Count each shot that stops within 10 feet of the target as a success.

Count the total successful shots and enter the 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	3

Next Step

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