Week 1 Practice Plan – Days 1, 2, and 3
Welcome to Week 1 of our Golf Improvement Academy Program. By now you’ve read
through all the educational material to learn the fundamentals behind putting, chipping,
and the golf swing. You’ve also printed out our Scorecard worksheet as well as each
individual statistic tracking worksheet (FIR, GIR, Scrambling, Putting). These will be
used to track your results when you go out onto the course and play 18 holes.
Now you’ve reached the practice plan portion of our Golf Improvement Academy. This
first week we’ve created a basic practice plan for you to go to the golf course and
complete for day 1, day 2, and day 3. Yes it’s the same practice all week.
The weeks following week 1 will have separate practices usually for days 1, 2, and 3 so
that you mix up your practices throughout the week to hit different aspects of each skill.
Each practice focuses on the key 5 areas of your golf game:
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Fairways in Regulation
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Greens in Regulation
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Scrambling
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Chipping
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Putting
You’ll find the skill name, list of drills, and instructions on how to complete the drills. A
worksheet will follow so that you can fill it out at your practice to track your results as
instructed. You’ll also find an Estimated Completion Time after the instructions so that
you can get a feel for how long each section of drills should take as well as your total
practice time if you were to add them all together.
This program requires your commitment and actually filling out worksheets to track your
results and progress. We hope you enjoy it and feel free to put in extra work in one of
the 5 skill groups if you find yourself struggling to improve or behind the average curve.
Fairways in Regulation
Today’s Drills to Improve FIR %:
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10 shots with Driver to a 30 yard wide zone on the driving range to simulate a 30
yard wide fairway.
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10 shots with Fairway wood to 30 yard wide zone on the driving range
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5 shots with Driver to a 30 yard wide zone on the driving range
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5 shots with Fairway wood to a 30 yard wide zone on the driving range
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10 shots to a 30 yard wide zone alternating with Driver (5) & Fairway wood (5)
Instructions: Pick a target to align your-self to and imagine 15 yards on each side of the target to
create your 30 yard wide zone. Count how many stay within the zone for each of the two clubs.
Use the worksheet to record each club out of 20 and their respective percentage. Try to beat
this next time you do this drill.
Estimated Completion Time: 20 minutes
Greens in Regulation
Today’s Drills to Improve GIR %:
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Hit 5 shots to a target out in the driving range and record how many stay within a 10
yard wide zone that simulates a 10 yard wide green.
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Repeat the bullet above for your 9 iron, 8 iron, 7 iron, 6 iron, and 5 iron for a total of
25 shots to a 10 yard wide zone on the driving range.
Instructions: For each of the 5 clubs, find a target that matches closely to how far you can hit
that club. Aim yourself at the target using alignment rods on the ground. After each 5 shots with
a club, fill in the worksheet for how many would have hit a green out of 5.
Estimated Completion Time: 20 minutes
Scrambling (Up & Down for Par)
Today’s Drills to Improve Scrambling %:
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Complete 25 up & downs from the fringe to a hole approximately 10 feet away from you.
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Complete 25 up & downs from the fringe to a hole approximately 20 feet away from you.
Instructions: Use just one golf ball for this drill to maximize focus. Chip your one ball to the hole
and then go 1 putt it into the hole to complete the up & down. Once you’ve completed 25 up and
downs, check it off as complete on the worksheet and move on.
Estimated Completion Time: 30-45 minutes
Chipping
Today’s Drills to Improve Chipping around the Greens:
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20 chips (2 sets of 10 balls) from the fringe to a hole approximately 10 feet away
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20 chips (2 sets of 10 balls) from the fringe to a hole approximately 25 feet away
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20 chips (2 sets of 10 balls) from the fringe to a hole approximately 40 feet away
Instructions: Head over to the practice green at your local golf course that allows chipping.
Complete the drill above from the fringe and if you have extra time after completing today’s full
practice, then come back and do it again from the rough as extra credit.
Estimated Completion Time: 15 minutes
Putting
Today’s Drills to Improve Putting Statistics:
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Make 20 Putts from 2 feet with no break (flat surface)
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Make 20 Putts from 3 feet with no break (flat surface)
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Make 5 putts in a row from 3 feet and no break (flat surface)
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20 lag putts (2 sets of 10 balls) from 20 feet away from the hole
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20 lag putts (2 sets of 10 balls) from 35 feet away from the hole
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20 lag putts (2 sets of 10 balls) from 50 feet away from the hole
Instructions: Find a flat putt and set tees in the ground at 2 feet and 3 feet. Once you completed
the 3 close putting drills move on to the lag putting drills. Lag putting is an attempt to putt the
ball within 3 feet of the hole. For the lag putting drills, keep track of how many putts you got
within 3 feet of the hole and record them on the worksheet. Use your putter club length to
measure as a putter is about 3 feet in length.
Estimated Completion Time: 45 minutes