Course Program

Can you match your plan to your shot?

Visualize perfect mixed, for a 13-handicap player, ~15 minutes at Sutton Coldfield

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 12.57 drills52% match to course practice profile

Program Snapshot

Handicap range

8 to 45

Average HCP

12.5

Duration (single session)

3 hr 2 min

or

1 drill/day: 7 days · 26 min/day

Ideal tee

All

Skill Distribution

Scoring46%
Distance Control30%
Visualization18%
Precision6%

Overview

Program Structure

Can you match your plan to your shot?. Match plan to shot and visualize perfect mixed. Focus on Scoring, Distance Control, Visualization. For a 13-handicap player, in ~15 minutes.

Skill

Visualization

Shot

Mixed

What you will improve

  • Scoring
  • Distance Control
  • Visualization
  • Precision

Program details

Sessions
7 focused drills
Recommended
2–3 sessions / week
Total duration
3 hr 2 min
or
1 drill per day
7 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 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

Put 9 balls in hard spots around the chipping green, like sand, slopes, rough, or uneven ground.

2

Each ball is a PAR 2 hole. Chip onto the green and putt in, aiming for 2 strokes per hole.

3

Play all 9 balls, counting strokes for each.

4

Do the 9 balls two more times in new spots if possible, for a total of 36 shots.

5

Add up all your strokes for 36 shots. Fewer strokes is better.

6

Count how many holes you finished in 2 strokes or less.

7

Enter the number of holes finished in 2 strokes or less out of 36 attempts in the app.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36
Handicap+9+5+151219273654
Score161718212427303336
03

DIY Course Easy

Short Game

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

26 minFocus: Short Game
Diagram for DIY Course  Easy
1

Set up 9 balls in easy spots around the short game area like sand traps and rough. Each ball is its own hole with par

2

For each ball, hit a wedge shot to the green and putt to finish the hole in as few shots as possible.

3

After each hole, move to the next ball and do the same until all 9 holes are done.

4

Do the 9-hole course 4 times, changing ball spots a bit each time, so you have 36 tries.

5

Add up all your shots for the 36 tries. Par total is

6

Mark a hole as a success if you finish it in 2 shots or less.

7

At the end, enter your number of successful holes out of 36 in the app.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36
Handicap+9+5+151219273654
Score3028262318141074
04

DIY Course Hard

Short Game

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

26 minFocus: Short Game
Diagram for DIY Course  Hard
1

Set up 9 hitting spots around the green with balls 20-40 yards away in hard places like sand or rough.

2

At each spot, hit 4 shots to the green using wedges or putters.

3

Finish all 4 shots at one spot, then go to the next. Each spot is like a PAR 2 hole.

4

After all 9 spots, you will have hit 36 shots.

5

Every shot that lands and stays in the target area on the green, or goes in the hole, counts as a success.

6

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

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36
Handicap+9+5+151219273654
Score3129262318141064
05

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 short holes around the practice area. Put one ball per player on different lies like sand, rough, and slopes.

2

Each hole is a PAR 2 challenge.

3

Play the 9 holes two times. Take 2 shots per hole each time. This means 36 shots total.

4

At each hole, hit your wedge or short shot to the green, then putt until you finish the hole.

5

Go to the next hole when you finish. Do this for all 9 holes, two times.

6

Count each hole finished in 2 shots or fewer as a success.

7

Add the number of successful holes. Enter your score in the app out of 36 attempts.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36
Handicap+9+5+151219273654
Score3028262218141074
06

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 hard spots around the green like bunkers, rough, or tight lies.

2

Each ball is like a hole on a 9-hole course. Par for each hole is 2 shots.

3

For each ball, hit onto the green with a wedge or chip.

4

Once on the green, putt until finished.

5

Count shots for each hole and track your total score for all 9 holes.

6

Do the 9-hole course 4 times, moving balls to new tough spots each round.

7

You will hit 36 shots (4 rounds × 9 holes). At the end, add up how many holes you finished in 2 or fewer shots (par or better). Enter your score out of 36 tries in the app.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36
Handicap+9+5+151219273654
Score262421181411853
07

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

Put 9 balls in different spots around the chipping green in areas like sand, sloped rough, or deep rough.

2

Each ball is its own hole with par 2, so total par is 18 for all 9 balls.

3

Hit one wedge or chip shot to get each ball onto the green.

4

Use a putter to finish each hole by putting the ball in the hole.

5

Go through all 9 holes once.

6

Do the 9 holes again, then another time, to reach 27 holes.

7

Play 9 more holes so you have played 36 holes total (4 rounds of 9).

8

Count your total shots for all 36 holes and compare that to par

9

At the end, enter the number of holes finished at or under par in the app, out of 36 tries.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36
Handicap+9+5+151219273654
Score2220181614121086

Next Step

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