Does Top Golf Success Translate to the Course

[Intriguing]

@CSiders12 and I have been playing 1-2 times a week at a lower level top golf. We have been striking our irons and hybrids well off the mats and having success virtually on the course. Has anyone had a positive translation to the course from practicing in the simulator? Should I try to go to the range over a Top Golf/simulator?

 

Thanks!

 

 

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[Tom the Golf Nut]

I would venture over to a normal driving range. Top Golf has limited flight balls. You need to figure out how far you actually hit balls with different clubs in an outdoor environment. 

[Chris King]

i found top golf balls go much shorter and have a much more aggresive draw/fade. definitely doesnt  hurt practicing your ballstriking but you will see closer to real ball flight at a real range

[PrayingForPar]

The mats will give you a ton of forgiveness; you can fat every shot and it comes out okay off a mat but that's not so on grass. First course I learned on was a mat only range. They had an unlimited range pass so I would go hit 2 or 3 buckets a day and feel great; once on the course I was fatting every shot and felt horrible. Transitioning to a grass range will really tell you a lot about your ball striking with irons, hybrids not so much.

So to answer your question, I have had horrible experience going from a mat to a real range.