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Why Your Range Numbers Don’t Translate to Lower Scores (and How to Fix It)

Monday, June 23, 2025

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Why Your Range Numbers Don’t Translate to Lower Scores (and How to Fix It)

Have you ever felt like your game on the range is great... but your scorecard doesn’t show it? You’re not alone.

Golfers using simulators or launch monitors often see tight shot groupings and strong distances in practice. But on-course, everything changes: uneven lies, hazards, elevation, wind, pressure.

Here’s the disconnect:

On the range, you're hitting repeated shots from a perfect lie.

On the course, you get one chance, with consequences.

Most golfers don’t adjust their aim or club based on real-world risk.

The Fix:

Use your simulator data to understand your real shot pattern (not just best-case).

Factor in conditions and lie — don’t assume a flat practice mat.

Use a tool like Noonan to overlay your dispersion on actual course maps.

Start making aim and club choices that match your data, not guesses.

Bottom line: Your launch monitor data is powerful. But it only helps your scores if you connect it to strategy.

Try Noonan and let your swing data guide you to smarter shots.

With the Noonan App, you can upload your launch monitor data and get on-course recommendations tailored to your game. Noonan visualizes exactly what to do on a GPS map for each hole you play. Your dispersion, your distances, your odds — all automated on the spot so you don't have to do the math.  It's the easiest and most effective way to shoot lower scores without making any changes to your swing.  


Download the Noonan App and start playing smarter golf!

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