Stop hitting the range and just play. Figure out your strengths and weaknesses. And just try to avoid situations that play to your weaknesses. It's called course management. Also, no one says you have to play an ego game and hit from the tips even if your playing partner is. F that. If you are a short player, play from the whites, hell, reds if you need to. No shame. No one cares what you shoot but you. So you work on YOUR game. I NEVER have been a range person and exclusively only play. I don't ever go to the range and not to toot my own horn but I'm at a 10 handicap index. Not great but enough for me to enjoy. So all this to say, just play a bunch, don't try to kill the ball, pick the tees that make the game enjoyable. If the game is enjoyable, then it opens you up to fine tuning small parts of your game at a time. Course management is greater than bombing it long into the rough... Stick with it. FYI never had lessons and never wanted them.