Totaly agree with you guys,
i think another reason for this is that we dont hit the ball any better on the range than the course! it just seems as we do. on the course we are aiming at a target more often than not we are hitting balls in the range aiming straight ahead. it is very hard to see if the ball is 20 yards short of the target in the range but you can on the course, so the shot on the range looks better than it is.