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How to analyse your launch monitor data

Your launch monitor records dozens of numbers for every shot. LaunchtoPin reads the file it exports and turns it into a clear report: your patterns, your misses, and the one thing to work on next.

New to this? Start with our guide: How to understand your launch monitor data.

How it works

1. Export your session as a CSV

   From your launch monitor’s app or software. Step-by-step guides for each device are below.

2. Drop it into LaunchtoPin

   Choose Create my report and drop the file in. No tags or setup needed.

3. Your shots, sorted

   LaunchtoPin splits your shots by face, path, speed and strike, one end against the other, on your own swing.

4. What sets your best shots apart, and how to hit more of them

   The difference between your best shots and your worst that matters most, with the numbers behind it, and feels and setup changes to test at your next session.

Export guides

• TrackManExport from TrackMan Performance Studio
• Garmin R10 / R50Export from the Garmin Golf app
• SkyTrak+Export from the SkyTrak app
• GSProExport from GSPro’s Practice Range

Getting your data in

Which launch monitors does LaunchtoPin work with?

TrackMan, Garmin Approach R10 and R50, SkyTrak+, Square, and GSPro (whatever launch monitor feeds it), each tested on real exports.

FlightScope Mevo+, Foresight and Bushnell, Rapsodo and Uneekor are next. If you use one that isn’t listed yet, email us a session file and we’ll add your launch monitor’s format.

How do I export my data from TrackMan?

In TrackMan Performance Studio (TPS), open Shot History, switch to Table View, select the export icon and choose Trackman CSV. Then Create my report and drop the file in. The TrackMan export guide has each step.

How do I export my data from a Garmin R10 or R50?

In the Garmin Golf app, open the range session, select the share icon next to the shot count and choose Export as CSV. The range export has club and ball data for every shot, which is what LaunchtoPin needs. Then Create my report and drop the CSV in. The Garmin export guide has each step.

How do I export my data from SkyTrak?

In the SkyTrak app, open the Driving Range, select History, then Export and choose CSV. LaunchtoPin needs the club data a SkyTrak+ measures; the original SkyTrak measures the ball only, so its files can’t be analysed yet. The SkyTrak export guide has each step.

What file do I need?

The CSV your launch monitor exports, as it wrote it, up to 20 MB. It needs club data: at least club speed and club path. PDFs, screenshots and spreadsheets saved in another format can’t be read.

Why does it say my file has ball data only?

LaunchtoPin sorts your shots into swing groups using club speed and club path. Some files only have the ball’s numbers: the original SkyTrak, Rapsodo without its club data, or a GSPro file from a ball-only launch monitor. If your launch monitor can measure the club, with an upgrade, membership or club stickers, switch it on and export the session again.

Do I need to tag my shots for this to work?

No. LaunchtoPin groups your shots for you, by clubface, club path, swing speed and strike, so you don’t have to tag anything. If you did tag swings in TrackMan, you can compare those groups instead. If your file doesn’t say which club each shot was, you can tell LaunchtoPin before the report is made.

How many shots do I need?

A report looks at one club at a time and needs at least 10 shots of that club, after big misses are set aside, to find swing groups. With fewer it shows your stock shot only. More shots make the groups, and the comparison between your best and worst, clearer.

Can I upload a session with several clubs?

Yes. The report starts on the club you hit most, and you can choose another.

I’ve exported my session — now what do I do with it?

That’s what LaunchtoPin is for. The CSV is rows of numbers; on its own it doesn’t show your patterns. Create my report, drop it in, and LaunchtoPin sorts your session, puts your best shots against your worst, finds what separates them, and gives you one clear fix to work on. No spreadsheets, no setup.

What you get

What is LaunchtoPin?

LaunchtoPin turns a launch monitor session into a clear report on your swing. You upload the CSV your launch monitor exports, and it sorts your shots into swing groups, puts your best shots against your worst, and tells you the one thing to work on first, with things to try at your next session.

How do I analyse my launch monitor data?

Export your session as a CSV from your launch monitor’s app or software, go to launchtopin.com, choose Create my report and drop the file in. No tags or setup are needed. The report shows your shots sorted by face, path, speed and strike, what your good shots did differently, what to work on, and where every shot went.

What makes LaunchtoPin different from my launch monitor’s own app?

Your launch monitor’s app shows you the numbers for every shot and compares them to benchmarks such as tour averages. LaunchtoPin does that too: it rates your numbers against golfers of different handicaps and shows ideal launch and spin windows based on tour averages. What it adds is comparing you to yourself: it splits your session into your best and worst shots, shows what the good ones did differently, and gives you the one change to work on first.

What’s in a report?

What sets your best shots apart (with the numbers behind it), what to work on, your best shots against your worst by face, path, speed and strike, where every shot flew and landed with your swing groups in colour, feels and setup changes to help you repeat your best shots, and every shot’s numbers by group. Open the demo report to see one.

What if my launch monitor doesn’t measure everything?

The report uses what your launch monitor measured. It needs club speed and club path to sort your shots; a file with ball data only can’t be analysed yet. Anything else your launch monitor doesn’t measure, such as attack angle or low point, is left out or clearly marked as estimated. LaunchtoPin never shows a number as measured when it wasn’t.

Is it accurate — are you changing my numbers?

LaunchtoPin reads the numbers your launch monitor recorded; it doesn’t invent data. It converts units (yards to metres, km/h to mph) and left and right into one standard, and reads a 0 that means “not measured” (as GSPro writes it) as not measured. One thing does change a number: for irons, a shot where the club hits the ground before the ball has its carry reduced, so heavy shots don’t look as good as clean ones. You can turn that off in the report.

Metres or yards?

Either. Switch between them in the report at any time, whatever unit your launch monitor used; your browser remembers the choice.

Access, cost and privacy

Is LaunchtoPin free?

It’s free to try. Create my report and see your first results with no sign-up. Opening the full report asks for your email address.

Do I need to create an account?

No. There are no accounts: drop your file in and you get your report. Opening the full report asks for your email address.

What do you do with my data / is my data private?

Your file is sent to the analysis server, analysed, and deleted as soon as the report is made. LaunchtoPin doesn’t keep your shots or your report on its servers, uses no advertising trackers, only counts visits with Google Analytics if you accept its cookies, and doesn’t sell your information. The report only needs the shot data, so you can remove your name from the CSV first if you like. The privacy page has the details.

Can I track my progress across multiple sessions?

Not yet. Each report reads one session, and LaunchtoPin doesn’t keep your sessions. Tracking your patterns from session to session is something we’re working on.

Is LaunchtoPin made by TrackMan, Garmin, SkyTrak or the others?

No. LaunchtoPin is independent and isn’t affiliated with any launch monitor brand. It reads the files their apps and software export.

Getting more from your launch monitor

Why isn’t the TrackMan app enough for analysing my session?

TrackMan shows you the numbers for every shot, your averages and your dispersion. What it doesn’t do is tell you which of your swings were your good ones, what they had in common, and the one change that would help most. LaunchtoPin reads the same exported file that way.

How do I keep my data from a rented TrackMan or range session?

The TrackMan in a rented bay runs on the venue’s computer. If the bay lets you sign in to your own TrackMan account, do that before you start so the session is saved to you. Before you leave, ask the bay or your coach to export the session as a Trackman CSV and send it to you. Then you have it for good, and you can upload it to LaunchtoPin to read it.

What’s the best way to understand my launch monitor data?

Start with what the numbers mean (ball speed, launch, spin, carry, dispersion), then look at your patterns rather than any single shot: which shots were your best, and what your swing did differently on them. One session has the answer in it; it just needs grouping and comparing. LaunchtoPin does that step for you: Create my report.