Practice Regimen

Complete the following for two days a week. The other two days, warm up on the range and practice short game, then play at least nine holes with tournament focus.

Putting: Ladder drill

1. Start at 3 feet, make 15 in a row.
2. Back up to 6 feet. Make 12 of 15.
3. Back up to 9feet. Make 10 of 15.
4. Back up to 20 feet. Putt 10 balls. Each ball should finish inside a 2 foot radius. Try to make at least one.

**If at any step you fail to reach the goal, you must start over at 3 feet.

Up and downs:

Use four balls. Complete each step before moving on.

1. Pitch and run with 7 or 8 iron. Get all four up and down.

2. Chip shot requiring PW or 9 iron. All four up and down.

3. Lob shot requiring lob wedge or sand wedge (very little green to work with). All four up and down.

4. Bunker shots: Choose 3 different bunker shots:short, intermediate, long. All four up and down at all 3 shots.

Wedge Play:

1. Start at 20 yards. Hit 10 balls. Try to get each one within 6 feet.
2. 30 yards: 10 balls, each one within 8 feet.
3. 40 yards: 10 balls, each within 10 feet.
4. 50 yards: 10 balls, each within 12 feet.
5. 60 yards: 10 balls, each within 12 feet.
6. 70 yards: 10 balls, each within 14 feet.
7. 80 yards: 10 balls, each within 15 feet.
8. 90 yards: 10 balls, each within 15 feet.
9. 100 yards: 10 balls, each within 15 feet.
10. 110 yards: 10 balls, each within 15 feet.
11. 120 yards: 10 balls, each within 18 feet.
12. 130 yards: 10 balls, each within 20 feet.

Full Swing:

1. 20 balls with an 8 iron. Try to get all within 20-25 feet.
2. 20 balls with a 7 iron. Try to get all within 25 feet.
3. 20 balls with a 5 iron. Try to get all within 35 feet.
4. 10 balls with a 3 iron. Envision a par 3 green or a fairway. Try to hit 7 out of 10 on the green and 9 of ten on a fairway.
5. 10 balls with the driver. Envision a fairway with specific boundaries. Try to hit 8 of 10 fairways.