18-Hole Approach Shot Game

[iacas]

The text, in case Elon ever kills Twitter (more than he already has):

Quick 18-hole game you can play on a launch monitor:

Write 90, 95, 100, 105… 175 on 18 balls. Put them in a bag, pick one out, try to carry the ball the listed distance.

Scoring:
- ≤ 1 yd, Eagle
- 1.1 - 3 yds, Birdie
- 3.1 - 6 yds, Par
- 6.1 - 9 yds, Bogey
- > 9 yards, Double

Of course, you don't have to do it with 18 balls; you can use slips of paper, etc.

You could also set a start and end point and randomly generate 18 numbers, and play to those yardages.

But… let's see some scores? Let's see what people get.

The nice thing is… you only need a Mevo level device.

[ChetlovesMer]

Okay, I gave this a try today. 

Just for clarity sake I used a "Spin-the-wheel" picker ap on my phone to choose which order to do the distances. Then I used my Voice Caddie SC4, which I think is pretty good. Lastly, I used carry distance not total distance. I finished 9 over par. 

The very first number generated by the ap was 125. Which I hit to 123 and made a birdie. I was like "This is going to be easy." Then I got the 160 which I hit to 171 and went from 1 under to 1 over just like that. 

• 90 yards - par
• 95 yards - par
• 100 yards - par
• 105 yards - bogey
• 110 yards - par
• 115 yards - double
• 120 yards - par
• 125 yards - birdie
• 130 yards - par
• 135 yards - bogey
• 140 yards - double
• 145 yards - bogey
• 150 yards - par
• 155 yards - birdie
• 160 yards - double 
• 165 yards - bogey
• 170 yards - bogey
• 175 yards - par

Overall a fun little game. If you have an SC4 it will let you enter in a distance as a target and record your distance for you. Then once the picker ap tells you you've done all the distances you simply add up your score off the SC4 ap. Easy-peasy. 

BTW - It was hotter than a snake's ass in a wagon rut out there today. 

[ChetlovesMer]

I tried this again today. Again, I used the random picker app on my phone and I set the targets into my SC4. I used carry distance not total distance. 

I did everything the same except today I decided to print out my actual shot distances for you. 

Target	Club	Actual	Difference	Score	Score vs Par
90	GW	101.4	11.4	Double	2
95	GW	93.9	-1.1	Birdie	-1
100	GW	102.4	2.4	Birdie	-1
105	GW	100.6	-4.4	Par	0
110	GW	108.2	-1.8	Birdie	-1
115	PW	128.3	13.3	Double	2
120	PW	117.8	-2.2	Birdie	-1
125	PW	125	0	Eagle	-2
130	PW	130.9	0.9	Eagle	-2
135	9I	126.7	-8.3	Bogey	1
140	9I	139.2	-0.8	Eagle	-2
145	8I	125	-20	Double	2
150	8I	138	-12	Double	2
155	7I	156.7	1.7	Birdie	-1
160	7I	172.1	12.1	Double	2
165	6I	168.3	3.3	Par	0
170	6I	177.6	7.6	Bogey	1
175	6I	169.7	-5.3	Par	0
Average miss			-0.18 yards
Av of Absolute			6.03 yards
			Total is one over par.		1

I did much better today in terms of hitting some close enough to make some eagles. The eagles really help your score. 

The average miss is just the difference between target and actual carry distance, which I guess could be used to see if I'm more likely longer or shorter. Looks like I'm about equally off long and short. The average of the absolute valve of my misses kind of tells me how close to the target I usually am. 

[iacas]

2 hours ago, ChetlovesMer said:

I used carry distance not total distance. 

Correct. That's why the original tweet says "try to carry the ball the listed distance". 🙂 

[ChetlovesMer]

Did this again first thing this morning. 

I like this game a lot. The one issue I have is that couple of these I missed way right or way left. I tried to note these. 

Target	Club	Actual	Difference	Score	Score vs Par
90	GW	91.9	1.9	Birdie	-1
95	GW	98.2	3.2	Par	0
100	GW	102.5	2.5	Birdie	-1
105	GW	100.9	-4.1	Par	0
110	GW	92.1	-17.9	Double	2
115	PW	112	-3	Birdie	-1
120	PW	134.8	14.8	Double	2
125	PW	131.8	6.8	Bogey	1
130	PW	131.1	1.1	Birdie	-1	*Left
135	9I	138.6	3.6	Par	0
140	9I	138.1	-1.9	Birdie	-1
145	8I	147.7	2.7	Birdie	-1
150	8I	158.7	8.7	Bogey	1
155	7I	158.9	3.9	Par	0	*Right
160	7I	157.2	-2.8	Birdie	-1	*Left
165	6I	162	-3	Birdie	-1
170	6I	171.5	1.5	Birdie	-1	*Left
175	6I	176.6	1.6	Birdie	-1
Average miss			1.09
Av of Absolute			4.36 yards
			Total is 4 under par.		-4

[Jamaal]

On 7/8/2024 at 5:57 PM, ChetlovesMer said:

Did this again first thing this morning. 

I like this game a lot. The one issue I have is that couple of these I missed way right or way left. I tried to note these. 

Target	Club	Actual	Difference	Score	Score vs Par
90	GW	91.9	1.9	Birdie	-1
95	GW	98.2	3.2	Par	0
100	GW	102.5	2.5	Birdie	-1
105	GW	100.9	-4.1	Par	0
110	GW	92.1	-17.9	Double	2
115	PW	112	-3	Birdie	-1
120	PW	134.8	14.8	Double	2
125	PW	131.8	6.8	Bogey	1
130	PW	131.1	1.1	Birdie	-1	*Left
135	9I	138.6	3.6	Par	0
140	9I	138.1	-1.9	Birdie	-1
145	8I	147.7	2.7	Birdie	-1
150	8I	158.7	8.7	Bogey	1
155	7I	158.9	3.9	Par	0	*Right
160	7I	157.2	-2.8	Birdie	-1	*Left
165	6I	162	-3	Birdie	-1
170	6I	171.5	1.5	Birdie	-1	*Left
175	6I	176.6	1.6	Birdie	-1
Average miss			1.09
Av of Absolute			4.36 yards
			Total is 4 under par.		-4

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The few big left/right misses stand out, but the consistency across most yardages is impressive. Looks like a great calibration game, and you’re clearly dialed in.

Edited December 23, 2025 by Jamaal