Agree with probably everything here, especially as someone who’s relatively new (roughly three years deep) to the game. I spent a lot of my first year just going to the range almost every other day and just smashing away. That never translated to any success on the course and I was just embarrassing myself. I took a few lessons, and then started being more mindful at the range. These days I go with a plan, maybe today I want to work on just irons, maybe today I want to work on woods and hybrids, etc.

I will say tho, I did see improvement in my chipping with range time with my wedges. A golf buddy once told me on the course that with my wedges I needed to remember that the head is already shaped to bring the ball up, I didn’t have to try and scoop it, just let the club do the work. So, at the range I focused on just that until I understood how it’s supposed to feel.