Course Program

Feel Green: Control Rollout

Vary landing spot, for a 26-handicap player, ~20 minutes at Whispering Firs Golf Course

Short GameAll teesProgram HCP 26.34 drills72% match to course practice profile

Program Snapshot

Handicap range

10 to 45

Average HCP

26.3

Duration (single session)

1 hr 41 min

1 drill/day: 4 days · 25 min/day

Ideal tee

All

Skill Distribution

Distance Control30%

Alignment16%

Aim14%

Scoring11%

Trajectory10%

Accuracy10%

Precision10%

Overview

Program Structure

Feel Green: Control Rollout. Stop on a dime and feel the green. Focus on Distance Control, Alignment, Aim, Scoring, Trajectory, Accuracy, Precision. For a 26-handicap player, in ~20 minutes.

Skill

Distance Control

Shot

Chip

What you will improve

Distance Control
Alignment
Aim
Scoring

Program details

Sessions: 4 focused drills
Recommended: 2–3 sessions / week
Total duration: 1 hr 41 min
1 drill per day: 4 days · 25 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 Drill 4

Chip | Perpendicular Ball Lines | 3 Landing Zones

Short Game

Align a bucket of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) into 2 perpendicular lines 20 balls per line and hit-and-land chip shots inside landing zones. Count the number of successes.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Chip | Perpendicular Ball Lines | 3 Landing Zones

Set up two lines of 18 balls each so they cross each other. Place balls 1 foot apart.

On the green, mark 3 landing zones spaced 6 feet apart in a row using sticks or string.

Hit 36 chip shots total: 18 from each ball line.

From the first line, hit 6 shots to each landing zone (18 shots).

From the second line, hit 6 shots to each landing zone (18 shots).

Count each ball that lands and stays inside the right landing zone.

Add up all successful shots, 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	11	7	4

Chip | Fairway | Flat

Short Game

Up to 5 players hit two buckets of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) from the flat fairway surface.

26 minFocus: Short Game

Make 3 piles of 12 golf balls each. Put the piles between 5 and 30 yards from the hole.

Mark 3 target zones on the green, each about 3 feet wide and spaced apart.

Hit 12 balls from each pile to each target zone. First 12 to Zone 1, next 12 to Zone 2, last 12 to Zone

Use the same setup for all shots. Aim to land each ball in the target zones.

Count shots that land and stop in the target zone.

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

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

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

Chip | Scattered Ball Lines | Quadrants

Short Game

Scatter a bucket of balls (avg. bucket is 40 balls) into 8 equal lines of 5 balls and stop chip shots inside quadrants. Count the number of successes.

23 minFocus: Short Game

Diagram for Chip | Scattered Ball Lines | Quadrants

Scatter 40 balls into 8 lines of 5 balls. Each ball should be 1 yard apart. Place lines 5–30 yards from the hole. Keep setup the same for all shots.

On the green, use markers to make 4 equal pieces inside a 6-foot circle around the hole.

Take 32 chip shots total. Aim 8 shots at each quadrant.

For each of the 8 lines, choose a quadrant to aim for. Hit all 5 balls in that line to that quadrant. Move to a new line for a new quadrant. Keep going until all 32 shots are done.

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

Add up successful shots. Enter score in the app, out of 32 attempts.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions32

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	28	26	24	20	16	12	9	6	4

Chip | Scattered Piles | 3 Landing Zones

Short Game

Up to 5 players compete to land a chip shot inside the landing zone(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 | Scattered Piles | 3 Landing Zones

Set up 3 landing zones on the green, 6 feet apart in a straight line.

Place 3 piles of balls around the chipping area, each pile randomly 5 to 30 yards from the hole. Keep this setup the same.

Divide 36 chip shots into 3 groups of

For the first 12 shots, aim for the first landing zone from any pile.

For the next 12 shots, aim for the second landing zone from any pile.

For the last 12 shots, aim for the third landing zone from any pile.

Count each shot that lands and stays in the correct zone as a success.

Total the successful shots out of 36 and enter the score in the app.

Scoring benchmarks

Repetitions36

Handicap	+9	+5	+1	5	12	19	27	36	54
Score	31	29	27	23	18	14	11	7	4

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