Drill

Drills

Golf

Random-Distance One-Ball Challenge

Transfer from blocked practice to on-course distance adaptation

8 min
12-18 one-ball trials.
Intermediate

Why this drill

Make practice more representative of on-course one-attempt decisions.

Setup

Choose a different target/distance for every ball.

How to perform it

  1. 1Use full read/routine and score whether ball finishes inside a defined leave zone.

Key feel

Read, commit, execute once.

Success cue

Consistent leave-zone performance across random distances.

Recommended reps

12-18 one-ball trials.

Progression

Add uphill/downhill and breaking putts.

Common mistake

Repeating the same putt after a miss, which turns it back into blocked practice.