This is by far the most productive, true to real golf, short game drill you can practice. It is also one of the simplest ones. This was always a part of our weekly drills when I played at Furman and it made a huge difference in my short game confidence. Our coach would set it up for us and give us a target score. You can also play this as a match against a partner. If possible, I believe it works best when you set all 9 holes up ahead of time. Otherwise you may catch yourself making the last few shots easy to insure you beat your target score.

Play 9 (or 18) holes of up and down. Give yourself a target score (ex. 27). Create different types of short game shots (lob, bump n run, bunker, flop). Go through your routine as if you are on the golf course. Drop the ball, don’t place it. Once on the green, mark your ball, take out the flag and read the putt. Treat this drill as if you are on the golf course and you need to get up and down. If you can’t chip on your home course’s practice putting green you can always do this on the golf course when no one is behind you. Repeat until you beat your target score or until you improve at least one stroke from your previous attempt.