Course Program

Get square for a pure strike: alignment focus

Get square for strike, for a 29-handicap player, ~20 minutes at Executive

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 29.23 drills

Program Snapshot

Handicap range

10 to 45

Average HCP

29.2

Duration (single session)

1 hr 18 min

1 drill/day: 3 days · 26 min/day

Ideal tee

All

Skill Distribution

Alignment29%

Distance Control23%

Accuracy13%

Aim10%

Scoring10%

Precision10%

Dispersion5%

Overview

Program Structure

Get square for a pure strike: alignment focus. Check clubface and set up for success. Focus on Alignment, Distance Control, Accuracy. For a 29-handicap player, in ~20 minutes.

Skill

Alignment

Shot

Pitch

What you will improve

Alignment
Distance Control
Accuracy
Aim

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 | 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 | Fairway | Flat

Short Game

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

26 minFocus: Short Game

Pick two spots on the fairway that are 30 to 60 yards from the hole.

Put three targets on the green, spaced at least 6 feet apart.

Hit 18 pitch shots from the first spot and 18 pitch shots from the second spot.

From each spot, hit 6 shots to each target.

Line up and aim at each target before hitting.

Count every shot that lands close to the target and stops there as a success.

After all 36 shots, record how many were successful out of 36 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

Pitch | Perpendicular Piles | Multiple Targets

Short Game

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

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Pitch | Perpendicular Piles | Multiple Targets

Arrange 10 piles of balls in two lines that cross each other at a right angle. Each line has 5 piles, spaced about 3 meters apart.

Place the piles on grass, 30 to 60 meters from the hole.

Set 5 different targets around the green, spaced apart.

Make 36 pitch shots, in 6 rounds of 6 shots each.

For each round, pick one pile and one target. Hit 6 shots from that pile to that target.

After 6 shots, move to a different pile and a different target for the next round. Keep going until all 36 shots are done and each target has 6 shots.

Count each shot that lands closest to the target as a success.

Add up the number of successful shots from all 36 shots and enter this 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	21	17	13	9	6	3

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