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Purposeful Practice

Short Putting: Focuses on making all putts inside 4′. Start at either 3′ or 4′ until you can make 10 for 10 and then move back one foot and repeat.
2. Distance Putting: Play nine holes with one ball and keep track of your score for nine holes from recommended distanced based on your handicap score.
3. 9 Holes Chip/Pitch/Lob: From 10, 15 and 20-yards away, play three balls. Hit a low chip, a medium pitch and a high lob from each distance for a total of 9 shots. Complete each ball putting and keep track of your total score for the nine holes. No noodling, play as it lies.
4. Wedge Boards- On the far side of the range at Deer Run there are 4’x4′ boards laid out in 10-yard increment. Start with 20 or 30 balls and add 10 balls for each board you hit until you run out of balls. Record your score.
5. Pitching Gate- On the right side of the range there are 4’x8′ boards set at about 25, 50 and 75 yards. Hit 10 shots and record your score of how many you can hit through the gate. You may also use two alignment markers set three steps apart at recommended distances.
6 & 7. Gate Drill: Use the Red Flag gate or posts that are 15′ left and right and hit 10-balls through the gate and keep track of successful attempts. Repeat from 150-yard gate where posts are set 20′ left and right, Blue Flag where the posts are set 30′ left and right.
8. Fairway Gate: Use the tall telephone posts in the back of the range to set your width. The posts are 10 yards apart. Most fairways are 30-yards wide or 4 posts in width. Hit seven drives if you play 9-holes or 14-drives if you play 18-holes and keep track of your successful attempts.
9. 7 Shot Drill: Can you hit each of the seven shots controlling the face and the path. Push away from your body. Pull towards your body. Fade curves away from you. Draw curves toward you. High trajectory. Low trajectory. Straight at the target.