🎯 Focus: The 47-Stroke Delta (Bogey Avoidance)

The Problem: Over the last two matches, the team leaked 47 strokes to doubles, triples, and worse.

The Goal: Turn every "big number" into a "boring bogey." Only one player has played clean of doubles/triples recently.

📋 Practice Plans

Plan A: On-Course Simulation (Preferred)

The Under-the-Tree Challenge

• Setup: Every player starts with a ball placed under a tree (compromised position).
• Objective: Get down in 4 strokes or fewer from under the tree.
• Competition: Players compete against their own group.
• Focus: No hero shots. Punch out, wedge close, 2-putt for bogey. Reward the discipline of the "safe" play.

Plan B: Station Rotations (Competitive)

Three-Station Rotation: Range, Short Game, Putting

The focus is still recovering from a poorly placed tee shot. Therefore, we are HYPER-FOCUSED on getting up and down.

• Station 1: Range (The Recovery Punch)
• Players must practice flighting balls under a specific "bar" (tree limb simulation).
• Focus on 50% swings with long irons/hybrids.
• Station 2: Short Game (The Scramble)
• Focus on the 30-40 yard pitch that secures a look at bogey/par after a recovery.
• We need to get up and down in three shots or fewer from these positions.
• BUNKERS: Let's set some understanding of bunker play.
• FAIL = Your ball is still in the bunker after your shot.
• C = Ball out of the bunker.
• B = Ball on the green.
• A = Ball within 10' of the hole.
• Station 3: Putting (The Bogey Saver)
• 3-6-9 foot drill.
• Lag putting. Practice putts from 20 feet and beyond. The most important thing is distance control.
• Teaching Station: I will camp at the Short Game station to teach the high-percentage wedge play and reward disciplined landing zone choices.

💭 Reflection

• I gave the first poker chip to Matthew Hao '27 because he was the only one with a clean scorecard this week: no big numbers!
• We talked a lot in practice about big numbers. Let's have less of those. I told students that a clean scorecard for us is nothing higher than bogey.
• Forgot to talk about bunkers.