Thread Needle: Narrow Landing Zone

Make 9 stop zones on the green. Mark them with tees, string, or buckets. Line up or put them in a grid.

Put 36 balls in 4 rows. Each row has 9 balls, spaced 1 foot apart. Put the rows about 5 yards apart on the grass, between 5 and 20 yards from the green.

Plan to hit 4 balls at each of the 9 stop zones. That is 36 shots.

Start at any row of balls. Hit balls, trying to stop each one in the first stop zone.

After 4 tries at the first zone, go to the next zone and do the same. Keep going until you try all 9 zones.

Count a shot as a success if the ball stops completely inside the target zone.

When all shots are done, count the number of successful shots and enter the score in the app, out of 36 attempts.

Place 36 balls into 9 piles of 4 balls each. Arrange piles in two lines, with 4 in one line and 5 in the other, 5-10 yards apart and 2 yards between piles.

On the green, set up 3 landing zones side by side, 6 feet apart, using sticks, clubs, or string.

Hit 36 chip shots, 12 shots at each landing zone.

Hit 12 chip shots at the first landing zone from any piles.

Hit 12 chip shots at the second landing zone. Change piles if wanted.

Hit 12 chip shots at the third landing zone. Change piles if wanted.

Count a success each time the ball stays in the correct landing zone.

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

Mark 4 areas on the green with string or tees. Each area should be a circle about 6 feet wide.

Put 36 balls into 4 piles of 9 balls. Place the piles between 5 and 30 yards from the hole.

Hit 9 balls from each pile. Aim every group of 9 at a different circle.

Try to land each ball into the correct circle. Move to the next pile and repeat until all 36 balls are hit.

Count the balls that stop inside the correct circle.

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

Set up 10 piles of balls in two lines. Each line has 5 piles. Lines are 8 yards apart. Piles in each line are 3 yards apart.

Place the piles on grass between 5 and 30 yards from the hole. Keep the same setup.

On the green, mark 9 stop zones using buckets, string, or tees. Zones cover different short chip targets.

Take 36 chip shots in total. Chip 4 balls to each of the 9 zones.

For each shot, chip from any pile. Try to stop the ball in the assigned zone. Chip 4 balls to one zone before moving to the next.

Count each ball that stops in the correct zone as a success.

After 36 shots, count how many were successful. Enter your score out of 36 in the app.

Set up 10 piles of 4 balls each in two rows. Each row has 5 piles.

Keep piles about 2 meters apart, rows 5–10 meters apart.

Place piles 5–30 meters from the hole, not on the green.

Mark two circles around the hole on the green: a small one (2 meters out) and a big one (5 meters out).

Take turns hitting balls from different piles, trying to stop balls in the circles.

Hit 36 balls total: 18 try for the small circle, 18 for the big circle.

Count how many balls finished in each circle.

Add these for a score and enter your total out of 36 tries.