Skills Games
PitchingCore
The 25–50 Band
Twenty pitches from 25–50 yards, every one holed out.
Set up
- Mark 25 and 50 yards from the hole.
- Every ball from somewhere between the two, no two alike.
- Play the ball as it lies, same ball throughout.
- Record each first shot's leave: short, pin-high or past.
How to play
- Hole every ball out; the score is shots to finish.
- Record the result and the leave before the next.
- Do not retake a shot.
Full notes
details · launch monitor · retesting · benchmark · equipment
Details
- Move between shots: a different distance, lie and angle each time.
If you are using a launch monitor or radar
- A monitor cannot score this game and it cannot be run indoors. The score is shots to hole out, and no monitor can see that.
- Its use is before the test: knowing your carry with each wedge from 25 to 50 yards.
Retesting
- Warm up first — ten to fifteen balls with the club you will use. Same set-up, same ball, same conditions every retest. One run is a snapshot; two or three averaged is a standard.
Benchmark
- The benchmark is up-and-down from 25 to 50 yards, confirmed in the reference data. It is the universal weak band: scratch gets up and down about a third of the time, a 25 handicap fewer than one in ten. A low score here is normal. The score includes the putt, so it is read alongside the putting cards — the leave tally shows how much of it was the pitch.
Equipment
- Wedges · 20 balls · two marks at 25 and 50 yards · rangefinder or a consistent pace. No specialist technology is required.
Scoring
- 5 Holed in 2
- 3 Holed in 3
- 0 4 or more
How the set went
Benchmark gap
Your up-and-down rate against the reference row for 25–50 yards. How it is worked out is in Full notes.
Save the round and your Skills Rating sheet picks it up. Or enter it by hand: Game score 0, band —.
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