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Brooks Koepka's Distance Tracking: The Grid Challenge

Golf Digest's "The Grid" challenge involves landing a ball in ten 10-yard zones, ranging from 180 to 280 yards, using as few balls as possible. Brooks Koepka gives it a try, fresh off his break, and talks about his training between shots.

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Brooks Koepka
Brooks Koepka · his YouTube channelFree lesson selected by Fred P.

To be continued

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What the lesson shows

Brooks Koepka often hits the green within a yard. He explains that with his caddie Ricky, with whom he has been working for nearly eleven years, he’s always torn between two clubs. A former college golfer, he now plays a fade, which gives him more control and leeway. At the driving range, he spends an hour warming up, then works on his swing mechanics on a side slope, ball above the feet: This sets up his backswing, flattens the swing plane, and forces him to rotate through the ball.

When he plays poorly, this is what tends to happen: the ball rolls back in his stance, he leans back and “freaks out,” and the ball goes to the left. So he resets the ball further forward, aims to the left and turns sharply. He spends a lot of time on the Controlling Distance with Wedges, since he already knows his distances with the irons. His basic rule: posture, grip, alignment, practiced at home and reviewed with his coaches during tournaments.

The Exercise, Step by Step

  1. Start the session with some ball exercises to warm up.
  2. Work on your technique on a slope, with the ball above your feet.
  3. Check the ball's position: it should not move back in the stance.
  4. Aim slightly to the left and turn your upper body toward the target through the ball.
  5. Finish by practicing your wedge shot distances.
  6. Check your posture, grip, and alignment before each set.

Key Takeaways

The fade gives Brooks Koepka more control and a wider margin of error.
Side slope, ball above your feet, to set up the backswing.
Ball too far back: he stays behind, and the ball goes to the left.
Distance control is best practiced with wedges.
Posture, grip, and alignment repeated with every shot.
Don't reinvent what works—just refine it.

Mistakes to Avoid

  • Let the ball roll back into the stance.
  • Leaning back and relaxing your wrists too early.
  • Let your left shoulder rise, which brings the club below the plane.
  • Changing the way things work instead of refining what already works.

Driving Range Mode

Keep it in plain sight, on the rug.

  1. Challenge: Complete 10-yard sections using as few balls as possible
  2. Feet on a side slope, ball above the feet
  3. Controlling Distance with Wedges
  4. Checklist for Posture, Grip, and Alignment

Your Questions

What is The Grid Challenge?

A Golf Digest challenge: ten 10-yard zones, ranging from 180 to 280 yards, each to be hit with a single ball in as few strokes as possible.

Why does Brooks Koepka practice on a side slope?

With the ball above his feet, his backswing settles into place, the plane flattens out, and the ball only goes straight if he really swings through. This corrects his tendency to swing too vertically.

Why did he switch from a draw to a fade?

He used to hit draws as a junior, but then he found that the fade was easier to control: he knows how the ball will behave and has more room for error.

What fundamentals does he keep emphasizing?

Stance, grip, and alignment. He works on them at home, away from the course, then goes over them with his coaches at tournaments before he plays.

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