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LEANDER GOLF
On Course
Individual or Competitive Drills
Safe of the Tee Drill
Purpose: Keep the ball in the fairway.
If you're having trouble off the tee but think the only way to be able to score well is to hit booming drives, hit all of your tee shots for an entire round with the one club you can consistently hit 170-180 yards and keep in the fairway.
You'll be surprised at how well you score, and you will learn that consistently accurate tee shots do more for your score than stubbornly trying to blast huge drives every time you reach the tee box.
If you're having trouble off the tee but think the only way to be able to score well is to hit booming drives, hit all of your tee shots for an entire round with the one club you can consistently hit 170-180 yards and keep in the fairway.
You'll be surprised at how well you score, and you will learn that consistently accurate tee shots do more for your score than stubbornly trying to blast huge drives every time you reach the tee box.
Solo Worst Ball On Course Drill
Purpose: Increase Consistency on the Course.
If you want to add some consistency to your game and learn to keep the ball in play more often, play a worst-ball scramble with yourself in which you hit two balls off the tee.
Play your second two shots from the spot of your poorer tee shot, and continue through the entire round in this manner, hitting all your shots from the point of your previous worst shot.
This will force you to concentrate fully on every shot, which will improve your consistency.
If you want to add some consistency to your game and learn to keep the ball in play more often, play a worst-ball scramble with yourself in which you hit two balls off the tee.
Play your second two shots from the spot of your poorer tee shot, and continue through the entire round in this manner, hitting all your shots from the point of your previous worst shot.
This will force you to concentrate fully on every shot, which will improve your consistency.
No Woods On Course Drill
Purpose: Get More Use From a Variety of Clubs in Your Bag.
Play a round in which you don't use any woods.
This will force you to hit more mid- and long-irons, and it will also force you to hit shots you normally don't have to, such as drawing a 4-iron around a dogleg on an approach shot when you can normally blow your driver through the dogleg, leaving yourself a simple 8-iron into the green.
Play a round in which you don't use any woods.
This will force you to hit more mid- and long-irons, and it will also force you to hit shots you normally don't have to, such as drawing a 4-iron around a dogleg on an approach shot when you can normally blow your driver through the dogleg, leaving yourself a simple 8-iron into the green.
Odd Irons Only On Course Drill
Purpose: Experiment with Your Irons and Get More Creative.
To help teach yourself to hit a variety of shots, don't take any even-numbered irons out on the course with you.
Since this will leave you between clubs on a fair number of occasions during your round, you'll be forced to produce some shots you normally wouldn't hit.
While this might cost you a stroke or two during the round, the new skills you develop will help you shave strokes off your score in the long run.
To help teach yourself to hit a variety of shots, don't take any even-numbered irons out on the course with you.
Since this will leave you between clubs on a fair number of occasions during your round, you'll be forced to produce some shots you normally wouldn't hit.
While this might cost you a stroke or two during the round, the new skills you develop will help you shave strokes off your score in the long run.
1 Club On Course Drill
PROBLEM: Lack of Creativity on the Course
Play a round (or hole) in which you would use only one club for the entire round (or hole).
1 club golf will teach you to improvise on the course by hitting punch shots, knock-down approaches, cut shots, bump-and-run approaches, and other shots you might never consider hitting during a normal round.
Varying the club you use for this drill from round to round will further enhance your creativity on the course.
For instance, use a 4-iron for 1 round, and then a 7 iron for the next round.
Play a round (or hole) in which you would use only one club for the entire round (or hole).
1 club golf will teach you to improvise on the course by hitting punch shots, knock-down approaches, cut shots, bump-and-run approaches, and other shots you might never consider hitting during a normal round.
Varying the club you use for this drill from round to round will further enhance your creativity on the course.
For instance, use a 4-iron for 1 round, and then a 7 iron for the next round.
Partner Calls It On Course Drill
Purpose: Increase Creativity on the Course
Play a round in which you allow one of your playing partners to tell you what kind of shot to hit and with what club on every non-putt stroke you take during the round.
For instance, your partner can tell you that you have to hit a high fade with a 5-iron from just 125 yards off the green.
Or you might be just a couple feet off the green with plenty of green to work with, and your partner might tell you that you have to hit a flop shot with a pitching wedge.
No shot is off limits, whether it's a draw, a fade, a bump-and-run, or whatever.
Play a round in which you allow one of your playing partners to tell you what kind of shot to hit and with what club on every non-putt stroke you take during the round.
For instance, your partner can tell you that you have to hit a high fade with a 5-iron from just 125 yards off the green.
Or you might be just a couple feet off the green with plenty of green to work with, and your partner might tell you that you have to hit a flop shot with a pitching wedge.
No shot is off limits, whether it's a draw, a fade, a bump-and-run, or whatever.
Solo Best Ball On Course Confidence Drill
Purpose: Increase Confidence On The Course
Play a best-ball round, hitting 2 or 3 balls from each spot.
The score you post at the end of the round will be indicative of the types of scores you are capable of shooting w/ a slight improvement in consistency and/or concentration.
Play a best-ball round, hitting 2 or 3 balls from each spot.
The score you post at the end of the round will be indicative of the types of scores you are capable of shooting w/ a slight improvement in consistency and/or concentration.
Get To Green On Course Drill
Purpose: Know Your Game Better
A major problem many golfers have is not properly assessing their strengths and weaknesses, especially when it comes to realizing how far they hit each club.
Since most golfers tend to come up short of greens with their approach shots, play and entire round in which you hit one more club than you think you need on every approach shot, and see if you've assessed your abilities properly.
A major problem many golfers have is not properly assessing their strengths and weaknesses, especially when it comes to realizing how far they hit each club.
Since most golfers tend to come up short of greens with their approach shots, play and entire round in which you hit one more club than you think you need on every approach shot, and see if you've assessed your abilities properly.
Fade Or Draw Approach On Course Drill
Purpose: Hit More Greens With Your Approach Shots
This on-course mental drill is designed to help you hit more greens in regulation and lower your scores. If you normally play a fade, aim all of your approach shots at the left side of the green, regardless of where the pin is.
When you hit your normal fade, you'll end up wither in the middle of the green or on the right side of the green. If you happen to hit it straight, you're still on the left edge of the green. As a result, no matter what shot you end up hitting, your next shot will be from manicured shot stuff instead of the rough.
Conversely, if you normally play a draw, simply aim all your approach shots for the right side of the green and let them draw to the middle of the green.
This on-course mental drill is designed to help you hit more greens in regulation and lower your scores. If you normally play a fade, aim all of your approach shots at the left side of the green, regardless of where the pin is.
When you hit your normal fade, you'll end up wither in the middle of the green or on the right side of the green. If you happen to hit it straight, you're still on the left edge of the green. As a result, no matter what shot you end up hitting, your next shot will be from manicured shot stuff instead of the rough.
Conversely, if you normally play a draw, simply aim all your approach shots for the right side of the green and let them draw to the middle of the green.
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