I'm not in denial, but I am part of the Worst Indoor Golfer Ever Club.

Eddie

As I was reading through the fitting experiences thread, I started thinking about why I gave up on indoor fittings.

I am the worst golfer ever in a hitting bay.

It's not that I just hit the ball a little less solid than when outside, I literally swing the club a totally different way.

And it's not because I'm trying to hit the ball harder than normal, because indoor fitting bays I tell me I max out at 240 carry.

Then there are people who are even better indoors than outdoors, what's your trick?

What am I doing wrong?

KDBeach

Winters in Ohio means simulator golf for me. When we first started playing indoors, I couldn’t hit the ball worth a shit with any of my irons. Problem was I was trying to hit the ball, take a divot and would constantly hit it fat. Started to sweep the ball off the mat and would have better success.

So, I agree with what you are saying about having to swing totally different in a simulator bay.

Eddie

KDBeach

I think you are on to something here. My miss is when I don’t actively rotate through the target, I’m probably just focusing on not chunking the range mat.

tinkerer

I wish I played as well on a real course as I do playing sim golf. Played in a winter indoor league this year 9 holes a week and never shot over a 39, for me I’m a picker so the mats don’t really make a difference and I am always playing a perfect lie but outdoor being so shallow I struggle in the rough.

Jaybananapantsarthur

Indoors or outdoors doesn't matter, it induces the dreaded S word within 10 swings. I tend to stay away from anything that isn't on the golf course golf.

ForeLeft

I think there have been some studies that show swing speed is slower indoors than out.

As a fitter, I noticed the people that struggled the most were people with really negative AOA's. It's really hard to get the same "turf" interaction on a mat (regardless of quality), when your AOA is super negative.

I think the other thing that plays a role is the openness of the space. I've seen people struggle in tight spaces with close walls (a la austads, golf galaxy). While places like club champion do a great some of looking pretty and having an intimate setting for privacy, I think the close barriers can do that. I worked at a place that was completely open with 20+ foot ceilings. I think it freed people up...but you then sacrifice the privacy of a fitting and embarrassment of bad shots for some people. It's really a give and take as to what you are going for.

Eddie

ForeLeft

yes. I hate tight driving range spaces, small fitting bay is probably having the same effect.

OffTheDole

With indoor and outdoor TrackMan readings, I know for a fact that my driver swing drops 3-5 mph indoors, even in a pretty roomy bay.

Something about being inside just throws on the governor and I have to try to John Daly it to see my normal speed. Every other club seems to go just fine, even the 3W. So strange!