First Tee Ladder
Climb a ladder of increasingly public situations, one rung at a time, and score only one thing: whether your pre-shot routine survived. Not how the shot went. The routine is what nerves take away first, so it is the thing worth defending.
Course Management Intermediate ~240 min 4 difficulty levelsDifficulty levels
Setup & execution
Same range, but now the exposure is deliberate: hit only when someone can actually see you. Wait for the group behind to arrive, take a bay next to a lesson, or ask a friend to stand behind you and watch each swing. Still the playable club, not the driver. Hit 12 shots with the full routine at its normal 20 seconds. Record each shot as routine held and playable, routine held but not playable, or rushed.
Goal
Score 10 of 12 on routine integrity while being watched.
Tour context
Graded exposure — starting with a mild version of the feared situation and stepping up only once it stops feeling difficult — is the standard treatment for performance and social anxiety. Skipping rungs is what makes it fail; the rung has to be uncomfortable but survivable.
Scoring options
Pick how you are rewarded. Each option records different outcomes and feeds different insights.
Classic
Only the routine is scored. The shot itself doesn't matter.
Points
Routine plus a playable ball pays double. Rushing costs you.
Pro
Rushing is the only real failure — and it costs you double.
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