Course Program

Turn Chips into Birdie Chances

Save par clutch, for a 12-handicap player, ~15 minutes at The Ridges

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 11.83 drills

Program Snapshot

Handicap range

10 to 25

Average HCP

11.8

Duration (single session)

1 hr 18 min

1 drill/day: 3 days · 26 min/day

Ideal tee

All

Skill Distribution

Scoring31%

Dispersion14%

Precision13%

Aim13%

Alignment11%

Distance Control10%

Accuracy8%

Overview

Program Structure

Turn Chips into Birdie Chances. Turn into birdies and up-and-down contest. Focus on Scoring, Dispersion, Precision. For a 12-handicap player, in ~15 minutes.

Skill

Scoring

Shot

Chip

What you will improve

Scoring
Dispersion
Precision
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

Chip | Scattered Piles | 9 Stop Zones

Short Game

Up to 5 players compete to stop a chip shot in the stop zone(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 Chip | Scattered Piles | 9 Stop Zones

Put 36 balls into 9 piles. Each pile has 4 balls. Put piles 5 to 30 yards from the hole.

Mark 9 target zones on the green.

Try to hit 4 balls into each zone. Do this for all 9 zones.

Always use the same ball setup. Only change which zone is the target.

Count each ball that stops inside the correct zone.

Add up all the successful shots out of

Enter score in the app, out of 36 attempts.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	31	29	27	23	18	14	10	7	4

Chip | Parallel Piles | Quadrants

Short Game

Up to 5 players compete to stop a chip 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 Chip | Parallel Piles | Quadrants

Set up 10 piles of balls in two lines. Each line has 5 piles. The lines are 5 to 10 yards apart. Each pile in a line is 4 yards apart.

Put the piles 5 to 30 yards from the hole on any type of grass.

On the green, make 4 quadrants with string or tees. Each quadrant is about 6 feet wide.

Hit 36 chip shots. Hit 9 shots to each of the 4 quadrants.

Choose a pile and chip 9 balls, aiming for one quadrant.

After 9 shots, switch to the next quadrant. Do this for all 4 quadrants.

A chip that stops inside the right quadrant counts as a success.

After 36 shots, count how many balls stopped in the target quadrants 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	30	28	25	20	16	12	9	6	3

Chip | Deep Rough and Other | Flat

Short Game

Hit two buckets of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) from the flat deep rough and other extreme grass types.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Chip | Deep Rough and Other | Flat

Place 3 piles of 12 balls each in deep rough or thick grass between 5 and 30 yards from the hole.

Mark 3 target zones on the green, each zone spaced 6 feet apart, in a straight line from your spot.

Hit 36 chip shots in total, in 3 sets of 12 shots.

For the first 12 shots, aim for Target Zone

Then aim for Target Zone 2 for the next 12 shots.

Aim for Target Zone 3 for the last 12 shots. Enter number of successes in the app, out of 36 attempts.

Alternate between the 3 piles for your shots, keeping the balls in deep rough or thick grass.

Count each shot that stops inside the target zone as a success.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	29	27	24	20	16	12	9	6	4

Next Step

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