Course Program

Up-and-down contest: how many can you save in a row?

Up-and-down contest, for a 22-handicap player, ~20 minutes at East-South

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 21.84 drills

Program Snapshot

Handicap range

1 to 45

Average HCP

21.8

Duration (single session)

1 hr 44 min

1 drill/day: 4 days · 26 min/day

Ideal tee

All

Skill Distribution

Scoring28%

Accuracy19%

Alignment17%

Visualization14%

Distance Control9%

Aim8%

Trajectory6%

Overview

Program Structure

Up-and-down contest: how many can you save in a row?. Save par clutch and up-and-down contest. Focus on Scoring, Accuracy, Alignment. For a 22-handicap player, in ~20 minutes.

Skill

Scoring

Shot

Sand

What you will improve

Scoring
Accuracy
Alignment
Visualization

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

Sand Short

Short Game

Hit two buckets of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) from the sand.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Place 3 piles of 12 golf balls in the bunker, each pile in a different spot between 5 and 20 yards from the hole.

Mark 3 target zones on the green around the hole, each zone about 3 feet wide.

Hit balls from each pile and try to land them in each target zone, 12 shots per zone.

Count each ball that stops inside the right zone as a success.

After all shots, enter the number of successful balls out of 36 in the app.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	28	26	23	20	16	12	9	6	3

Sand Mid

Short Game

Hit two buckets of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) from the sand.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Place 3 piles of 12 balls each in the bunker at 20, 30, and 40 yards from the hole.

On the green, mark 3 landing zones: Zone A (closest), Zone B (middle), Zone C (furthest), spaced about 6 feet apart.

Hit 12 balls to each zone, for a total of 36 shots.

Alternate between piles, but focus each set of 12 shots on one zone.

Count every shot that lands and stops in the correct zone as a success.

Add up your 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	28	26	23	19	14	11	8	5	3

Sand - Long

Short Game

Hit two buckets of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) from the sand.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Pick two different spots in the bunker, 40 to 60 yards from the hole.

Put 3 markers in a straight line on the green, about 6 feet apart near the hole.

Hit 36 shots in total: 18 from the first spot and 18 from the second spot.

From the first spot, hit 6 balls at each target, any order.

Do the same from the second spot: 6 balls at each target.

A shot is good if the ball stops near the target.

Count how many balls land close to the targets.

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

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	30	28	25	22	18	14	10	7	4

Sand | Perpendicular Piles | 3 Landing Zones

Short Game

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

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Sand | Perpendicular Piles | 3 Landing Zones

Put 36 balls into 10 piles near the sand, each pile with 3 or 4 balls, about 2 yards apart, in two lines between 20 and 40 yards from the hole.

On the green, set up three landing zones with sticks or string, each zone 6 feet apart in a straight line.

Hit 36 sand shots total: 12 shots for Zone 1, 12 shots for Zone 2, 12 shots for Zone

Start hitting balls from any pile, aiming at Zone

Do 12 shots, then aim for Zone 2 for 12 shots, then Zone 3 for 12 shots.

You can pick balls from any pile, but keep aiming for the same zone until you finish its 12 shots.

Count a shot as successful if it lands and stays in the right zone.

After all 36 shots, record how many successful shots out of 36 attempts in the app.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

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

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