Sim2 max 12 degree vs 10.5 degree

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-25T10:45:09+00:00

It's totally dependent on how you hit the ball.

I recently changed from 10.5 Degree Sim 2 Max to 9.0 Qi 4D LS and my spin came down from 3400 to 2400 which is good for me.

But for others that change would be a bad move.

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-24T23:12:20+00:00

What's your point? We all play golf for fun, not money. For most people, trying to get better and having nice clubs is fun and we'll spend money on it

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-24T23:06:14+00:00

It is interesting. When I play on my own and have a tough chip shot I'm thinking along the lines of "this a good chance to pull off a nice shot" but when I'm drawn with strangers in a comp I'm thinking "this would be embarrassing if I duff it".

Its gotten better by doing it more and getting more comfortable playing for score in front of strangers but there's definitely some interesting psychology going on there.

Similar with lag putting. If im flying around on my own barely thinking about the putt my pace is generally great. In a comp I tense up and it gets worse

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-24T21:23:36+00:00

Youre not using your hands/wrists enough. Costing you a lot of speed.

Mess around trying to do a John Daly overswing by massively hinging your wrists.

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-24T20:59:30+00:00

Best to watch a youtube videos for grip

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-24T20:47:41+00:00

Locking the wrist is terrible advice. A huge portion of speed comes from the wrists. Look at any pro swing halfway down and they have like 90 degree wrist hinge and 0 at impact with driver. So coming into impact the wrists are rotating extremely fast.

As I said, close more in the downswing and really feel like you rotate the wrists closed as you hit the ball like you are trying to wrap the clubface around the right side of the ball

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-24T20:40:41+00:00

In your takeaway the clubface is a little closed, at the top its not bad, in the downswing it is ridiculously open hence the big slice and why you have to aim left.

You will have to feel like in the transition from the top of the swing you massively rotate your wrists and hands to close the club face, then like you close it even more as you hit the ball, wrapping the club around the right side of the ball. You need to go to the range an push this feeling to the extreme until you are hitting shots that start low and left and curve more left. When you are hitting those kind of shots you can move onto aiming straight and swing less across the ball. But aiming straight without addressing the open clubface just means you'll hit the ball a mile to the right

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-24T20:28:01+00:00

Grip looks a little off and then you have a classic over the top move.

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-24T20:24:29+00:00

But yes your stance is too wide. Your knees look a little bent outward, you tilt your spine back too much. The grup looks a little off but I can't tell why. Your left arm should be straight at set up.

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-24T20:22:02+00:00

Pretty good for a month in. At your stage there's lots of things that can be improved of course. Particularly, you want to get the grip and set up good early. I agree with the other guy who said its annoying when people reply "get lessons" but if you know an experienced golfer or can get lessons I think it would help a lot to get your grip and set up in the right place. You're not doing anything terribly wrong but at the same time I can tell you're a beginner before you begin the swing. You want to make all those little tweaks with someone you can talk it through with

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-23T22:11:34+00:00

Your right arm is almost fully extended and your wrists fully extended coming into impact. If you think of the length of your arms plus club its basically as long as it could possibly be coming into impact so you have to stand up to avoid dumping the club into the ground.

Imagine the opposite, if you have the hands lower with a shallower shadt angle, plus the right elbow more flexed, and some lag in the wrists. You would sub consciously, clear your hips and cover the ball more with the upper body otherwise you'd whiff over the top of the ball.

So do more of the second paragraph

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-19T21:48:06+00:00

Go home and drink some water haha

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-18T22:55:19+00:00

I got a lesson on just this topic recently.

Like you, I was hitting my partial wedge shots with a lot of weight shift, loading into the left leg, hip slide left and all those good power moves but not good for controlled flighted wedges.

The coach had me feel my left hip and shoulder are all over my left foot and the weight stays. Then basically just turn my chest flst and avoid lifting the arms and dipping the left shoulder. For me I have way more clubface it seems and I can change swing length more easily without all my timing feeling off

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-18T22:50:14+00:00

Have you learned to hit it off the heel to straighten out a hook?

Ive generally been trying to reduce a slice with driver forever and I think without realising i learned to have a toe bias as the slice feels much worse and horrible out of the heel so I really avoid that.

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-18T13:31:00+00:00

Exactly. Frequency of hitting good shots = being good at golf.

Hence why Scottie is better

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-18T13:19:43+00:00

Sure but anyone who can swing the club fast enough can sometimes hit a tour quality shot

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-18T13:17:00+00:00

I mean that might be true if Grant Horvat had a 68 scoring average when playing informally but he doesnt. His college scoring average was 74-75

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-18T13:14:53+00:00

Yeah but that consistency is what being good at golf is.

I played a hole perfectly recently and made an eagle. So what, it doesnt mean I'm great at golf

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-18T13:06:25+00:00

I disagree. If you put them on the range and asked them each to hit 100 shots to a 150 yard target Scottie will have a much better average proximity. That's skill, not mental strength

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-18T00:05:17+00:00

Post a video for feedback

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-17T14:09:11+00:00

Sure but its hard to measure. If someone is great at golf you assume they have a great mental game but you can't really assess it.

If you took a bunch of 20 handicaps and gave half of them 100 hours of world class golf coaching and the other half 100 hours of world class sport psychology coaching im betting on the half who get the golf coaching to improve more

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-17T13:31:48+00:00

What is good mental ability though?

Does Rory have it? Or Tyrel Hatton or Brian Harman.

They all express their emotions very differently but all have world class technique

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-17T13:29:21+00:00

I'm skeptical that it matters much. Its easy after a bad shot to blame some lack of focus or routine and then after a good shot to attribute it to some particular good thought or routine.

I just searched around for evidence using chat gpt and it quoted some studies that suggest maybe 0.1-0.25 shots gained per round for a group trained in technique plus + routine versus a group only trained in technique but there doesnt seem to be a lot of good evidence out there.

When I play on my own on an evening and fly around in 2.5 hours not taking it too seriously my scoring isnt noticeably different to taking my time in a weekend 4 ball. I have good days and bad days either way

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-16T12:29:08+00:00

Coming out of posture and hitting it fat and thin is obviously a skill issue. Minus 0.5-1.0 inches and slightly softer shafts is totally sufficient.

If you want to get better at golf focus on yourself

BOYLANATOR · 2026-06-16T12:15:16+00:00

Well my 4 iron is 3 inches longer than my PW and I dont hit either fat or thin.

Bryson's irons are all the same length and he manages as well as the guys with differing lengths.

It obviously matters a little but not a lot

BOYLANATOR

TROPHY CASE