The Last Ten Balls
Why this drill
The final ten balls of any bucket are worth more than the first forty, if you spend them rehearsing the thing you will actually do on the course: one routine, one target, one shot, judged. This finisher turns every range session's ending into a bridge to the first tee.
Setup
Ten balls set apart from the pile. Whatever clubs you would hit on the first three holes of your next round.
The drill
Ball one is the opening tee shot of your next round: stand behind it, see the flight, breathe, full routine, swing, and grade it in or out of play. Balls two and three finish that hole. Continue through the next two holes you will face. Between shots, put the club back in the bag and start again from nothing — the reset is the drill. Ten balls, ten verdicts, and note how the score compares with the mid-bucket balls when nothing was on the line.
One thought to take with you
The routine is the shot. Everything before the swing decides most of what happens after it.