Course Program

Get square for a pure strike: alignment focus

Set up for success, for a 23-handicap player, ~20 minutes at South

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 23.33 drills

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 Control25%

Alignment23%

Accuracy15%

Scoring13%

Aim10%

Precision8%

Dispersion5%

Overview

Program Structure

Get square for a pure strike: alignment focus. Get square for strike and set up for success. Focus on Distance Control, Alignment, Accuracy. For a 23-handicap player, in ~20 minutes.

Skill

Alignment

Shot

Pitch

What you will improve

Distance Control
Alignment
Accuracy
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 | 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 | Rough | Above/Below Feet

Short Game

Up to 5 players hit two buckets of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) from the sloped rough grass; one bucket with balls above feet level, and one bucket with balls below feet level.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch | Rough | Above/Below Feet

Make 3 piles of 6 balls each on sloped ground above your feet, 20 to 40 yards from the hole.

Make 3 piles of 6 balls each on sloped ground below your feet, same distance, opposite slope.

Hit 18 shots from above your feet and 18 shots from below your feet.

Mark 3 target zones on the green (left, center, right).

Hit 6 shots from above your feet at each zone.

Hit 6 shots from below your feet at each zone.

Score one point for each ball that lands and stops in the right zone.

Count successes and enter the total 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

Pitch | Fairway | Uphill/Downhill

Short Game

Hit two buckets of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) from the sloped fairway; one bucket from the uphill slope and one bucket from the downhill slope.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch | Fairway | Uphill/Downhill

Pick a spot on an uphill slope 30 to 40 yards from the hole.

Put three targets around the hole, about 5 feet apart: left (A), center (B), right (C).

Hit 18 pitch shots from the uphill slope, 6 at each target.

Move to a downhill slope 30 to 40 yards from the hole.

Hit 18 pitch shots from the downhill slope, 6 at each target.

Count every shot that stops within 3 feet of the target as a success.

Add up your total successful shots 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	29	28	26	22	18	14	10	7	4

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