Course Program

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

Feel the distance, for a 16-handicap player, ~15 minutes at River Golf Club, The

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 16.23 drills67% match to course practice profile

Program Snapshot

Handicap range

7 to 25

Average HCP

16.2

Duration (single session)

1 hr 18 min

1 drill/day: 3 days · 26 min/day

Ideal tee

All

Skill Distribution

Distance Control35%

Precision22%

Scoring13%

Dispersion10%

Alignment7%

Aim7%

Trajectory3%

Accuracy3%

Overview

Program Structure

Feel the distance: pitch to different targets and control your rollout. Vary landing spot and feel the distance. Focus on Distance Control, Precision, Scoring, Dispersion, Alignment, Aim, Trajectory, Accuracy. For a 16-handicap player, in ~15 minutes.

Skill

Distance Control

Shot

Pitch

What you will improve

Distance Control
Precision
Scoring
Dispersion

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 | Perpendicular Piles | Quadrants

Short Game

Up to 5 players compete to stop a pitch shot inside the quadrant(s). The player with the most points wins the challenge. One bucket of balls per player is needed.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch | Perpendicular Piles | Quadrants

Set up 10 piles of balls in two lines. Each line has 5 piles, and the piles are 3 yards apart. Piles are between 30 and 60 yards from the hole.

On the green, mark 4 circular target zones. Each is 9 feet in radius.

Make 36 pitch shots. For each target zone, make 9 shots.

For each shot, aim to land and stop the ball in the correct target zone.

After 9 shots in one zone, switch zones and repeat until all 4 are done.

Count each shot that stops in the right zone as a success.

Total successful shots out of 36 attempts 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	6	4

Pitch | Parallel Piles | 3 Landing Zones

Short Game

Align a bucket of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) into 10 equal parallel piles of 4 balls and hit-and-land pitch shots inside landing zones. Count the number of successes.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch | Parallel Piles | 3 Landing Zones

Arrange 36 balls into 9 piles of 4 balls each, 30 to 60 yards from the hole.

On the green, make 3 landing zones spaced 9 feet apart.

Hit 36 pitch shots, aiming for 12 shots in each zone.

Start from any pile, switch piles after every shot, and aim for Zone 1 for the first 12 shots.

After 12 shots in Zone 1, aim for Zone 2 for 12 shots, then Zone 3 for the last 12 shots.

Count each shot that stays inside the target zone.

At the end, add up the number of 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	32	30	28	25	20	16	12	8	5

Pitch | Scattered Piles | Quadrants

Short Game

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

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch | Scattered Piles | Quadrants

Make 4 piles of 9 balls each, with the piles 30–60 yards from the hole on different ground.

On the green, mark out a 15-foot circle around the hole and divide the circle into 4 equal parts.

Hit 9 shots from a pile to try and stop the ball in the first part of the circle.

Move to another pile and hit 9 shots for the second part.

Repeat for the third and fourth parts, from any pile.

Count each ball that stops in the right part as a success.

Enter number of successes in the app, out of 36 attempts.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	30	28	25	22	18	14	10	6	3

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