Course Program

Feel the green: mixed shots to different distances and control your rollout

Feel the green, for a 13-handicap player, ~15 minutes at Sinfin

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 12.94 drills

Program Snapshot

Handicap range

8 to 45

Average HCP

12.9

Duration (single session)

1 hr 44 min

or

1 drill/day: 4 days · 26 min/day

Ideal tee

All

Skill Distribution

Scoring49%
Distance Control33%
Visualization19%

Overview

Program Structure

Feel the green: mixed shots to different distances and control your rollout. Feel the green and stop on a dime. Focus on Scoring, Distance Control, Visualization. For a 13-handicap player, in ~15 minutes.

Skill

Distance Control

Shot

Mixed

What you will improve

  • Scoring
  • Distance Control
  • Visualization

Program details

Sessions
4 focused drills
Recommended
2–3 sessions / week
Total duration
1 hr 44 min
or
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.

01

DIY Course Hard

Short Game

26 minFocus: Short Game
Diagram for DIY Course  Hard
1

Place 9 balls in tough spots around the chipping green, like sand or deep rough.

2

Treat each ball as a PAR 2 hole.

3

Hit your wedge shot onto the green and putt to finish the hole.

4

Do all 9 shots, then repeat this two more times with balls in new hard spots each time.

5

You play 36 shots total.

6

Count every time you get the ball in the hole in 2 shots or less.

7

Add up your successes and enter your score in the app, out of 36 attempts.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36
Handicap+9+5+151219273654
Score3129262218141063
02

DIY Course Easy

Short Game

Up to 5 players play easy-difficulty 9 hole ‘PAR 2’ DIY course. Best final score wins.

26 minFocus: Short Game
Diagram for DIY Course  Easy
1

Set up 9 holes around the chipping area in different spots like sand, sloped rough, or deep rough.

2

Put 4 balls at each hole.

3

At each hole, chip or pitch the ball onto the green, then putt the ball into the hole.

4

Finish one hole before going to the next.

5

Count how many shots it takes to finish each hole. Each hole should take 2 shots or less.

6

Add up how many holes were finished in 2 shots or less.

7

Enter your total for holes finished in 2 shots or less out of 36 tries in the app.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36
Handicap+9+5+151219273654
Score232119171411853
03

DIY Course Medium

Short Game

Make a DIY 9 hole medium-difficulty course. Every hole is PAR 2. Count the score.

26 minFocus: Short Game
Diagram for DIY Course  Medium
1

Place 9 balls in different spots around the chipping green, using spots like sand, sloped rough, and deep rough.

2

Each ball is its own PAR 2 hole. Get the ball on the green and then into the hole in as few shots as possible.

3

Do the 9-ball course four times, making 36 shots in total (you get 2 shots for each ball).

4

Play in order, trying to hit good chip or pitch shots onto the green and then putt into the hole.

5

Count every stroke for each hole. Total par for all 9 holes is

8

The best score is 36 shots or less for the whole test.

6

Add up how many times you finished a hole in 2 shots or less. Enter your number of successful holes out of 36 attempts.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36
Handicap+9+5+151219273654
Score2826242118151185
04

DIY Course Hard

Short Game

Make a DIY 9 hole hard-difficulty course. Every hole is PAR 2. Count the score.

26 minFocus: Short Game
Diagram for DIY Course  Hard
1

Place 9 balls in different spots around the chipping green, like sand, sloped rough, and deep rough, 20 to 40 yards from the green.

2

Treat each ball as its own hole with a Par 2 score. The aim is to get the ball on the green and into the hole in as few strokes as possible.

3

For each ball, hit one shot to the green, then putt until the ball is holed. Count how many strokes you used.

4

Do this for all 9 balls to finish 9 holes.

5

Repeat the course 2 more times, moving the balls a little each time, to finish 36 holes.

6

Add up all your strokes for 36 holes. Par is 72 strokes.

7

Enter your total score in the app out of 36 holes.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36
Handicap+9+5+151219273654
Score2726252218141074

Next Step

Ready to start this program?

Start the drills at your own pace or work with a coach to inside drills.golf.