STRESS TEST

The Smarter Iron-Play Test

This test measures your ability to control your misses on approach shots

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OVERVIEW

What You'll Need

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Setting: A green where the pin is tucked toward one side of the green. This can be on the course or the driving range.
Materials: 10 golf balls and an iron.

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Find a green where the pin is tucked on the side of the green. For the purposes of this test, we used a pin on the left side.
A pin less than 8 paces from the edge of the green is ideal.

Drop 10 balls in the fairway, about 150 yards from the hole.
If you're doing this test on the course, be sure to move around a bit with each shot to avoid numerous divots in one spot.

Your goal is to hit the shots as close to the pin as possible without missing on the short side of the hole (left of a left pin, right of a right pin).

Subtract 5 points per shot that misses to the left of the hole (even if it's still on the green!)
Add 5 points for shots that finish inside 25 feet and to the right of the hole.
Add 1 point for each shot that finds the green.
If you're doing this test to a right pin, then flip the scoring and subtract for right misses.

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SCORING

How did you do?

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How skilled are you at avoiding the costly miss?

Beginner/high-handicap: 0 or less

Mid-handicap: 1-10

Single-digit handicap: 11-20

Scratch handicap: 21-35

Pro: 36-50

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