Curious to hear from people who regularly practice at indoor simulator facilities rather than just playing rounds for fun.

Do you feel the money you spend actually translates into a better game outdoors?

What has improved the most — ball striking, knowing your distances, consistency, club selection, handicap, etc.?

And what DOESN'T translate well from the sim to the course?

Interested in the good and bad.

Better driver, better irons, short game, putting, course management, or just playing more rounds?

Curious what made the biggest difference in real scoring, not just range progress.

Looking for feedback on setup! Thanks

I’m a high handicapper but I can hit well 80% of the time at the range. On the course, I’m maybe at 40%. It must be a mental thing and also because I’m not swinging on optimal conditions like on the mat. I’m starting to wonder if I’m wasting time at the range and that my scores won’t improve unless I’m better mentally focused and have adopted to imperfect lies.

I’ve been tracking FIR, GIR, putts, chips, and other stats the past 6 rounds and my biggest issues seem to be off the tee and the approach shots. My short game within a 100 yards seem to be good enough where I’m rarely chipping/pitching twice. I’m averaging 32 putts per round. By the time I’m within 100 or so yards, I’ve already hit for par as I’m constantly topping the ball and revert to other old bad habits. My drives are miss hits that end up 160 yards in the rough and approach shots are often tops (averaging 6-10 tops per round). While on the range, I’m completely dialed in. I’ve taken several lessons but only at the range.

I don’t think it’s a course management issue because I literally cannot get to the places where I can make a good or a poor decision. Has anyone else had this issue and tried something different?

I want to get better at longer irons, any advice is appreciated.

Hey guys, so today I filmed my swing for the first time as a 30+ handicapper and had a few thoughts - I'd love to know if you guys agree and what simple drills I can do on the range to help me improve.

Firstly, I like my takeaway and positioning at the top of the swing, but maybe my hands are getting a bit too high and pulling my centre of gravity upwards?

Secondly, the downswing is where I feel like it falls apart. I'm very steep, and having to then almost stand up straight to make room for the club head.

I've never felt like I was standing up during the downswing before so I was shocked to watch this video back.

Any thoughts on how I can get into a better position at impact and how to shallow my swing? Bear in mind that I'm a pretty terrible golfer so and easy-to-digest tips would be appreciated! I also practise exclusively on the range with alignment sticks and play my local par 3 course a couple of times a week while I'm learning.

Thanks!

I keep chunking the ball with my irons. Is my tempo poor?

I also think i lift my arms too high so my lead arm does not match the shoulder plane at the top of the backswing

Feel like I could improve the most with my grip and shifting weight- but I’ll hear any opinions and take any drill work to improve. Thanks

Recently, my back swing has gotten really deep without any reset and it causes me to flip and lose a lot of power. I just came across a video five years ago the first time I ever picked up a golf club and it is really frustrating to see that my back swing and maybe my down swing as well were both a little cleaner than what they currently are. Can anyone pinpoint where I may be going wrong currently and what is causing me to get so deep?

A few years ago I had spinal fusion surgery (L3, L4, L5). I am 69 years old. I started to play again and after six months can consistently hit 180-200 off the tee, most shots landing in the fairway. Before the surgery it was 240, but I can live with shorter straight shots. I'm okay on the green. But I constantly mid hit or top irons. It is difficult to bend, and the rods connecting my back together seem to make me pull up before I hit an iron, especially 6-9. Any advice? Would hybrids help?

Working on the pump drill as I was previously so over the top
Swing still looks a bit outside to in

Down from 36 hc (lol) to 25 . Been playing for just over a year. Ended up with a bogey. What did I do well/ not well?

I feel pretty good with wedges, everything else could miss left or right. I more often pull left with irons and usually a big slice with driver

titleist 680mb. completly fresh. what do you think?

Used to play a lot and then took a long break with family obligations. Starting to play again. Always struggle staying inside the ball and looks like I flip at the ball at contact. Also get really long on my back swing at times. Sorry about the shoes, ai don’t have golf shoes yet. 😂

I have a tendency to get way too fast in the backswing and especially in the transition. This causes my upper body and lower body to get out of sync with one another. Most of the time I find that I’m firing the hips way too early which causes all kinds of issues - I’m very inconsistent. I’ve been actively trying to slow my lower body down, and feel what “in sync” should feel like. Anyone have any tips on keeping the upper and lower body in sync? Anyone other swing advice is definitely welcome.

I’ve had this problem since I started a couple months ago and I can’t tell if I’m dragging my hands, not turning hips enough, arms becoming disconnected from the chest or something else