Golf Practice Plan to Break 90 (and 100, 80)
A golf practice plan to break 90, with break 100 and break 80 versions, built on real Shot Scope stats and weekly launch monitor sessions you can stick to.
How Pickle Shot works
Launch monitors are brilliant at measuring. They are less brilliant at telling you what the measurements mean. Pickle Shot fills that gap in three steps.
1Set your target
Tell Pickle Shot your current handicap and the one you want. Say you play off 22 and are chasing a 15. Pickle Shot loads the typical numbers for a 15 handicapper, club by club.
2Map every shot
Your sessions land on one dashboard. Every shot is mapped against the target for that club, and your averages build up over time so one bad range session does not wreck the picture.
3Fix one thing
Pickle Shot finds the biggest gap between you and your target and says it plainly: "Your 7 iron is landing short. Fix first: centre strike." Then it gives you something to work on.
What Pickle Shot looks at
- Carry. How far the ball flies before it lands. The honest distance.
- Ball speed. The engine of every shot, and a big clue about strike quality.
- Launch angle. Too low or too high both cost carry.
- Spin rate. Too much and the ball balloons, too little and it will not hold a green.
- Dispersion. How far left and right your shots scatter. Straight beats long.
- Smash factor. Ball speed divided by club speed. It tells you how well you found the middle.
Which of these you get depends on your launch monitor. More numbers mean sharper insights.
Goal handicap
Chasing a 15
15Chasing a 15
Driver7 ironWedge
CarryShort
Ball speedShort
LaunchOn target
SpinClose
DispersionWide
Biggest leakYour 7 iron is landing short of target.Fix first: centre strike. Drill inside.
What Pickle Shot is not
- Not a simulator. Keep using your sim software for virtual rounds. Pickle Shot is about getting better, not playing Pebble Beach from the garage.
- Not a replacement for a coach. It is a way to turn practice into progress between lessons. Coach access is on the roadmap.
- Not magic. You still have to hit the balls. Pickle Shot just makes sure you are hitting them on purpose.
Curious what the targets look like? The handicap targets page shows published numbers by handicap, with sources.
Guides
Go deeper on the numbers
Golf Spin Rate by Club: Driver and 7 Iron
Golf spin rate by club: typical driver and 7 iron spin rates from Trackman tour and amateur data, what too much or too little spin does, and how to fix it.
Launch Monitor Data Explained
Launch monitor data explained: ball speed, club speed, smash factor, launch, spin, spin axis, carry, apex, descent and side, and which numbers matter.
Smash Factor Explained: Good Numbers by Club
Smash factor explained: how it is calculated, good smash factor numbers for driver, 7 iron and wedges from Trackman tour data, and how to improve strike.
Stop guessing. Start getting better.
Join the waitlist for early access. It is free, it takes ten seconds, and Dilly will be stoked.
Rather set up your account now? Create it here.