You hear a lot of people on the driving range ask, “how come I don’t hit them like this on the course?” I found this article by Tom Stickney II to be an interesting answer to that question. He used a launch monitor on the driving range, a wide open golf hole, and a golf hole with danger and measured the results. Click this link to see the article:
http://www.golfwrx.com/280961/is-your-range-swing-the-same-as-your-course-swing-probably-not/