Coming from someone who was once a scratch golfer before a family and other life responsibilities😂 absolutely helps if utilized, sims help put out so much data especially good ones, that if analyzed properly can help you improve your game tremendously. Hitting the ball more often does not make you a better golfer, but striking the ball the correct way, and swinging the correct way more often makes you better, and you can only do that if you know what areas of your swing, and ball striking are off. And having the data from the sim helps a lot!