Golf practice challenges
Structured golf drills for the range — each with a goal, setup, how to play, scoring rules, and a par to beat. Browse by area: driving, approach, chipping, pitching, and putting. Add challenges to a session in the app, score every attempt, and track your progress.
How these challenges work
Every drill on this page has the same structure: a clear goal, step-by-step setup, how to play, and scoring rules with a par and max score. Open any challenge to see equipment, tips, and awareness questions. Build a session in the TeeBetter app, run it at the range, and log every score so you can beat par and see real improvement over time.
Bunkers
Escaping the sand traps
Bunker 3-in-a-Row Pressure
Build consistency under pressure by requiring consecutive successful bunker shots.
Bunker 6 Hole Challenge
Play six sand holes to realistic targets with a putter finish—commit to carry and conversion so bunk...
Bunker Distance Ladder
Nine sand shots through short, medium, and long tee-marked zones with one wedge—change length and sp...
Bunker Distance Ladder Pressure
Same triple-zone bunker ladder, but one miss into your zone ends the run—distance choices have to su...
Bunker Entry–Exit Lines (Ball)
Keep the same entry–exit lane idea and add real splashes—score shots that travel between your lines...
Bunker Entry–Exit Lines (No Ball)
Draw entry and exit lines in dry sand and trace them with the sole only—feel the slot the club shoul...
Bunker Splash Consistency Challenge
Trace entry along a line in the sand until splashes repeat—you are calibrating depth and release so...
Bunker Splash Pressure Challenge
Same splash-line discipline with a tighter scoring frame so entry and sand interaction stay honest w...
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Bunker Strike Challenge (Ball)
Develop awareness and control of how the club enters and exits the sand, improving consistency of st...
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Bunker Strike Challenge (no ball)
Develop awareness and control of how the club enters and exits the sand, improving consistency of st...
Bunker Strike Control (no ball)
Map entry, exit, and three narrow strike lanes in the sand, then take divots only from the lane you...
High vs Low Bunker Flight
Learn to control trajectory in bunker shots by adjusting setup, face, and sand interaction.
Short-Sided Bunker Challenge
Develop the ability to hit high, soft bunker shots with minimal rollout.
Driving
Off the tee — driver and fairway woods. Start line, curvature, distance, and pressure under tee shot conditions.
Call it & Commit
Before each swing, name your target, start line, and shape or distance window—then see how often you...
Curve From the Line
Hold one start line while alternating curves that peel right, then left—you practice separating wher...
Curve to the Line
Alternate draws and fades that both finish on your target line—you bend flight on demand while the e...
Fade Start / Draw Start
Five draws that start right of a downrange stick and curve back, then five fades that start left and...
Fairway/Green Finder
Play ten simulated holes from tee and approach with a chosen safe miss—score fairways and greens so...
Intermediate Target Target Drill
Roll ten shots directly over a mark a few feet ahead so you judge start line at real speed without b...
Low Face Awareness Challenge
Develop awareness of low-face driver strikes and learn to correct them by controlling the swing bott...
One Side Elimination
Pick a downrange target, name one side as forbidden, then bias ten swings so nothing finishes there—...
One-Ball Pressure
Ten fresh targets, one ball each, routine pieces scored separately—nowhere to hide, so commitment ge...
Range 9 Holes
One ball, nine range targets mapped as holes with par adjusted for no putting—practice planning, com...
Shrinking Goal Posts
From one aim line, curve max left and max right with face-only changes at half swing speed, then shr...
Start + Curve Read
After each shot, call start direction, curve, path, and face relative to path before checking tech—b...
Start Line Ladder
Run a five-line ladder (five yards left through five yards right off your target) three times, scori...
Start Line Test
Place a tee a few feet ahead as an intermediate mark, ignore curve, and score only where the ball st...
Tee Height Strike Test
Improve driver strike quality by learning how tee height and swing bottom influence strike location...
The Big Miss
Call an exaggerated start-line and curve before each swing—big rights, big lefts, hooks off right pa...
Thread the Needle
Send the ball through a narrow alignment-stick gate a few paces ahead so start direction is judged b...
Two-Target Switch
Alternate ten shots between two range targets while ignoring curve—each switch is a fresh face assig...
Approach
Irons and wedges into greens — distance control, strike quality, tempo, and directional accuracy from 50–200 yards.
3 points (no ball needed)
Brush spray dots under your trail foot, mid-stance, and lead foot on command until you miss—grooving...
3-Ball Tempo Test
Pick a carry band (for example 140–160 yards) and land three different clubs inside it on purpose—pr...
Centre Strike Ladder (horizontal)
Spray the face, hit ten focused shots, and score centre versus slight or big misses so horizontal st...
Distance Windows
Keep one club and stack different carry bands back to back—Toptracer or visual posts—so you practice...
Finish on a Make
Define what a make means for the session, then you cannot leave until two makes land in a row—any mi...
One-Leg Low Point Challenge
Improve low point control and strike quality by reducing body movement and increasing balance awaren...
Stretch Armstrong
Nudge the ball toward the target but leave your stance aimed at the old spot—forcing a reach that te...
Strike Window
Outline a small strike window on the face after spray shows your pattern, then earn points only when...
Swing Output % Ladder
Same club from whisper-soft to near-full effort—earn execution points only when carry matches the in...
The Clearout
Brush turf beyond a mark placed just ahead of the ball so your low point moves forward—training ball...
The Pause Tempo Challenge
Hold a deliberate pause at the top with one club, then swing through—tempo shows up in strike when t...
Toe-Centre-Heel Challenge
With spray showing each imprint, hit intentional toe, centre, and heel patterns so horizontal strike...
Towel is Lava
Keep a towel a few inches behind the ball untouched while you nip the ball—if the towel never moves,...
Vertical Strike Control (High / Centre / Low)
Learn to land impact high, centre, or low on the face on purpose. Vertical strike changes launch, sp...
Yardage Bank
Start with yardage in the bank and spend it only when carries hit your band—misses cost distance, so...
Chipping
A range of shots around a green. Bunkers, Chipping, controlling shot distance and height.
Chipping Carry Distance Ladder
Climb landing-zone rungs with one wedge, scoring carry first so rollout becomes the predictable resu...
Chipping Landing Spot Discipline
Improve precision by focusing purely on landing spot accuracy rather than the hole. This builds pred...
Chipping Low Point Gate
Train consistent ball-first contact by controlling where the club reaches the bottom of its arc. Thi...
Chipping One-Club Trajectory Matrix
Train the ability to change trajectory and rollout using setup and strike control, without changing...
Chipping Step Sequence Challenge (Ball & Landing Zone)
Combine sequencing, strike quality, and distance control by introducing a landing zone target.
Chipping Step Sequence Challenge (Ball)
Transfer the step sequencing movement into real ball contact, improving strike consistency and forwa...
Chipping Step Sequence Challenge (No ball)
Improve chipping sequencing by training the correct order of movement. Backswing, pressure shift, th...
Up-and-Down Pressure 6
Simulate real on-course pressure by requiring conversion inside a realistic scoring zone.
Pitching
Short game shots from 20–80 yards — higher trajectory, spin control, distance wedging, and landing zone accuracy.
Putting
On the green — start line, distance control (pace), strike quality, and pressure putting.
3 Distance Pressure Ladder
Hole three consecutive putts from 10, 20, and 30 feet inside a three-foot ring or restart and burn a...
Around the World Pressure Ring (10ft)
Tour-realistic ten-footers around the hole—each make raises the stakes at the next station so lag ne...
Around the World Pressure Ring (4ft)
Circle the cup from short range (four-footers) while a streak builds—routine and start line get test...
Around the World Pressure Ring (6ft)
Work the ring at mid-length (six-footers): enough break to demand a read, enough distance that start...
Breaking Putt Start Line Gate
Improve the ability to start the ball on the correct line on breaking putts rather than under-readin...
Catch The Sweet Spot Test
Improve centred strike consistency to produce better roll, improved speed control, and reduced face...
Dead Weight Finish Zone
From long lag range, roll putts into rectangles just short and a little long of the hole so pace die...
Don't Touch my Pole!
Lag from twenty-five feet into narrow bands short of a horizontal stick without bumping it—touch the...
Long–Short Reset Drill
Alternate a forty-foot make-zone lag with a fresh six-footer, twenty putts total—same tempo, differe...
Metronome Tempo Test
Stabilise stroke rhythm using a consistent tempo, improving distance control and face stability.
Progressive Distance Ladder
Develop precise lag putting by gradually increasing putting distance while maintaining consistent te...
Putting No-Backwards Ladder
Improve distance control under pressure by requiring consistent progression through increasing dista...
Speed Zone Control
Develop elite long-putt speed control by rolling putts into a defined finish zone beyond the hole.
Start Line Only Drill
Isolate and improve start line control by removing distance and outcome distractions.
Pick your challenges, build a session, and run it at the range. Score every attempt, beat par, and track your progress in the app — free to start.