say you’ve never had a club fitting and had the opportunity to get one and purchase the recommended clubs(full bag), or get a simulator setup for the same price which would you take? I’ve been wanting to get opinions because I’m hoping I an manage one or the other next year.
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Id probably go new clubs first, personally… but I have some questions for you.
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What’s your expected budget for these projects… I could put together a bag without a putter for around $2500 and probably not be missing out on a ton… $500 driver, $1200 irons, $400 woods, $400 wedges… that would be pretty much everything I wanted, with maybe an upgraded shaft costing me more… a simulator setup id be looking at spending $10,000…
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What’s your bag like now? Happy with it? Has some flaws? Can you replace thing’s piecemeal? Might go well with a simulator… find the big flaws and start replacing them.
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Do you have the space for a simulator? Full swings? Leave it up all the time?
I think this comes down to how much you want new clubs… if you need them, do that first… simulator will be a great long term investment when you can do it, but it can wait
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Give me the club fitting. A home simulator would be awesome but you can use a range or go to a simulator with your fitted clubs and then dominate on the course
Give me a good simulator all day…one that I can use regardless of cold Utah winters…and the space to do it in a warm room!
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And that’s another good question… what’s your seasonal access like?
Simulator all day. If you have even a reasonable set of clubs to start, I’d assert that a good fitting gets you max 2 strokes (max!). More likely half a stroke per round, most likely with a driver that you can hit farther/straighter. Your swing is probably tuned already to the clubs you have.
The difference in the practice quality between having a sim (really, a launch monitor) vs mashing balls on the range is massive. I have come to realize that I had no clue why a ball that I hit was doing what it was doing. If you have no clue why a ball is behaving in a certain fashion, you have no hope of fixing behaviors you don’t want. I recognize I’m kind of a zealot on this, but I can’t unsee what I’ve experienced over the past 1.5 years 
YMMV
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I think my thinking overall is:
If you can afford the setup you want and have clubs you like, go simulator…
If you are going to make compromises on the simulator, go clubs now and simulator when you can do it right.
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I was thinking a good ol skytrak setup so would cost bout the same as new clubs and I like my clubs now but I’m 6’5" and wonder if I could gain a lil more from clubs that fit a little better. oh and I live in Illinois so I never know what kinda weather we gonna have lol. I have a net setup now that I can use so having space for a sim shouldn’t be any problem. I have room enough to use my sc200+ in there
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Assuming I had the budget and the room, I’d pick the simulator - winter is long!
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A simulator is my long term dream. But requires space, which I don’t have (no garage). I often daydream about building a garden room/cabin and fitting it out as a multi-use space, with TV, internet, a stocked bar, poker table and SkyTrak or similar. Would serve many purposes and I like the idea that I could get friends round to make social use of the simulator (with beer and snacks!) as well as practice.
However…that’s a lot of £££££ !
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I’m 6’4 and play everything +3/4, so I definitely think it’s worth getting clubs built to your specs…I’m happy to help build out a cheaper set and you can do both! Sub70 irons are great, especially for the price…
$10k simulator Vs. $2k clubs … 1 sim please.
Count me as another vote for the sim. Here’s an argument I don’t think I’ve read here: if you have a good understanding of the sim numbers (with something at least SkyTrak class or better), you have the tool you need to do at least a rough fitting for yourself.
I’m not about to compare what I do in my garage to going to TXG and getting a fitting there. But I am able to gap my own clubs, see that this particular club has too much a left tendency, etc. It might not result in the Platonic ideal of the bag of clubs for me, but it means that I know that, in principle, the clubs in my bag are at least functional for the task at hand.
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thanks for the input everybody i really thought it was gonna go the other way lol.
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I’d get both, indeed I have just done that buying a set of Mavericks after a fitting, and then to use them during Covid Lockdown I have purchased & used a Rapsodo MLM into a net, my Rapsodo cost £469 delivered to UK however they retail at in the order of $500 in USA and I believe they are (or were) available with a big Black Friday Discount direct from Rapsodo. Have to say I am very pleased with both my Clubs and my Rapsodo MLM, getting great value from both - appreciate this depends on your budget but that my advice
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My reply is a bit off topic, but I would like to know your experience using the sc200 into a net, and specifically hitting 40-50 yard shots. The reason I ask is that when I try to use my sc200 with my lob or sand wedge, I get a very inconsistent result from the monitor.
Thank You
Rob
I hope to some day have this problem.
My guess is if you’ve got the $ for a simulator, you can handle both. If you can only do one next year and the other the year after, go simulator first to improve and groove swing so the fitting is more effective.
I’ve used my sc200+ several times and thats the area where it is kinda sketchy but 60 yds and above it does pretty good all the way up too long irons the woods get a little sketchy at times too.