Off Course is back this week with a fantastic show and this is episode 169. Hosted by Dan Edwards, each Friday he gives you a deep look into the world of golf and equipment in a way unlike any other podcast has done before. Today, THP Staff Writer James Miles joins the show and the discussion centers around the plethora of new releases that have dropped recently.
It wouldn’t be Off Course without some tangents, but Dan and James talk about all of the new releases that have come out over the last two weeks as well as the cost of sim golf. This show has a lot going on and is one you will not want to miss as the new gear goes Off Course.

Episode 169 is here and Dan and James discuss the following topics.
Callaway Apex Pro Series Irons and Super Hybrid
2023 Titleist T-Series Irons
Best Ball vs Alternate Shot
The Cost of Sim Golf
The Progression of Fairway Woods
And so much more
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Looking forward to the chats in here.
Absolutely, between that and the HEAVY gear talk, I’m looking forward to peoples thoughts.
Nothing like talking about something you don’t know anything about on a Podcast with complete hope that it happens hahahhaa
I hit the 1 UT a bunch at lunch today.
It’s going to be a special piece of my bag.
If we talk about it enough, we can will it to happen.
I’d much rather gets the clubs now too as I’m trending up, and when I know I can play. Versus get them during winter, play a round here and there due to weather, without much consistency.
I don’t think it makes any sense to, the allure of a combo set is to make it the way the user wants/needs it. Pre-made combo’s have been done before, Callaway did it with the Apex 19’s, but it just doesn’t make sense.
I think they do it quite a bit, but it’s on the inside of the club and we don’t see it because the outside looks the same, and had the same model #. The 4 and 5 irons are designed to launch better, while the 8, 9, PW are designed to be more accurate.
Thats not a combo set though, that is a progressive design.
I figured there was a name for it
We play year round here, but if I lived in a cold weather spot I’d consider it cruel and unusual punishment to get new sticks in the middle of winter and not be able to hit them on green grass for several months!
It is brutal. We have a few sim golf places, but nothing beats hitting new irons off of real turf!
182 yards with a side wind. Tight little draw off the bunker and just a shade long. Looked effing great the whole way.
I’m surprised this is the first comment about it hahahaha
Wait no, this is the first one.
it’s pretty solid. I’ll need to fall out of love hard with this 1 UT though. It’s crazy
I was about to say you don’t care about me
With that said, my last fitting was at a TopGolf location, but the fitting studio was completely separate from the big booths – it was in a room downstairs with a GC Quad and screen, with current product lines, shaft selections, certified fitters, etc., so they do bring that to the table also but maybe not as their primary focus. They’ve obviously found a very viable market, as evidenced by the fact that they’re constantly packed with people and often completely sold out.
Speaking to other sim establishments – as far as the pricing and density of locations go, I think it’s something that will eventually self-correct. If people are paying what they’re asking and they have enough customers to support their business and turn a profit, there’s obviously no reason for them to alter what they’re doing; if it reaches a point where they’re sitting empty all day and not making money, something obviously has to change. Obviously we’d all love to have a spacious, well-appointed sim place nearby with top of the line equipment and no crowds that we could drop into at any time with no wait for $20 an hour, but those things might be mutually exclusive.
It’s an industry with a lot of potential and I think there’s room for a lot of different segments. It’s going to be interesting to watch it grow and see how it all pans out.
Regarding indoor golf around here places with Trackman get 50-70 an hour in the winter. There is an XGolf that I am pretty sure is 60 an hour and the PGATSS is the deal at 150 for the year. You don’t get any club data but to keep fresh it works fine.
I haven’t generally paid 60 an hour but would likely do it once a month.
Your range prices are substantially below ours. We pay $20-25 a bucket for a large bucket around here to hit off of mats. Land is expensive so there aren’t a ton of ranges and they are always busy so they get what they market will bear.
that’s just nuts to me – but I do understand that location specific costs will reflect what is feasible.
That says they don’t want non-member business.
Memberships: $150/month for an hour a week. $250 for 2 hr. $350 for 3hr per week.