Up and down from 20
Up & down · 20 min · Course
Ten balls around a green, different lies. Putter lives in the bag until the chip is done.
Chip then one putt. Keep a score out of 10. Beat last week.
Ten. Not until the bucket is empty.
Already scoring · 04
Travel lite
About 9–13 · Worlds, UA regionals, first real travel
The weekends that travel. U.S. Kids majors / Worlds. UA regionals. A first HJGT Open if the local numbers say they belong. Not 20 starts.
A week on this rung
Nights after the other sport. Family on the weekend.
2–3 weeknights
Home weeks: 2 nights, routine + short game. Travel weeks: pack, sleep, don’t sneak in a range session the night before.
The weekend
The event is the weekend. Worlds / UA regional / first HJGT Open. The other weekends: family 9 and a home local so the year isn’t only hotels.
- Home Tue / Thu. 20 min: boring routine, then up-and-downs from 20. Then stop.
- Travel Friday. Arrive. Short putt. Early food. No extra 40 balls.
- Event weekend. They play. You caddie and drive. That’s the job.
- Home Sunday after. Off. Protect the series.
You, this week
- Budget the hotel before the ranking.
- 6–8 honest starts beat 18 mediocre ones.
- Re-hash hole 8, not hole 2.
Clubs that fit
UL7-57 / UL7-60 or first custom junior. If they compete, get lie and length checked, not a boxed adult set.
Where they compete
- U.S. Kids majors and World Championship (5–12 is the World’s home)
- Under Armour Junior Tour regionals
- Hurricane Junior Golf Tour Opens (8–18) — Opens before Majors
- Keep a home U.S. Kids / UA local so the year is not only hotels
How We Practice this week
Pre-shot routine until it is boring. Three-hole matches vs you from their tees. Up-and-down games from 20 yards.
HORSE from 15 yards
Up & down · 15 min · Course
They play from 15 yards. You play from 25. Same flag. Small stake: loser buys the slushie.
Call the shot (bump, regular chip). Make the up-and-down or take a letter. First to HORSE walks in.
One game. Protect the series.
Drawback
Putting · 12 min · Course
Start at 4 feet. Make it, stay. Miss, the next putt is one grip farther away.
Get back to 4 feet. That’s the game. They keep the tees.
If they’re putting from 20 feet in anger, you already lost. Reset to 4.
Boring routine
The rest · 15 min · Range
Ten balls. Same club. They must: look at a target, take one rehearsal, step in, go.
If they skip a step, the ball doesn’t count. You are the referee, not the coach.
Ten honest reps beat forty wiggly ones.
Three-hole match vs parent
The rest · 45 min · Course
They play their tees. You play from farther. Small stake: they pick dinner if they win.
Match play. You do not give putts you wouldn’t give in a tournament.
Three holes. Protect the series.
Titleist gate
Putting · 12 min · Course
Two sleeves of balls (or two tees) just wider than the putter. 4–6 feet.
Stroke through the gate. If you clip a ball, it doesn’t count. Make 10 clean. Michael Breed / Titleist.
Ten clean. Then one from 8 feet without the gate.
Your job
Budget the travel before you budget the ranking. One honest season of 6–8 starts beats 18 mediocre ones.
If they dread Sundays, you overshot. Drop back a rung. That is allowed.