To boost or not?

[sb944]

After questioning my skytrak distances for a while, I've slowly come to realize Skytrak seems to mostly get the same results when I hit it the same way, and I'm starting to get good at knowing when it's going to read short or long, and it keeps producing numbers matching what I felt.

So the bitter pill, I guess it's probably not short like I was hoping, just I don't hit it as well as I'd hoped I'd be able to. So do I take the 5% boost off TGC now? It's allowed in the rules, and it's a disadvantage to turn it off.

Who here uses the boost, and do they feel it's only because TGC/Skytrak is otherwise "always" short, or just because the rules say they can use it?

[DirtyGarry24]

I don't use boost. Numbers are good for me and no different than what I've known and used for 15+ years. I can fluctuate my ball speed with a driver from 165 max to 150. I shoot lower scores with 150 driver ball speed. The algorithm is fine, accepting it is part of improving your game. Worrying about competitive advantage will do zero for your game. 2 cents...

[cooke23]

I’ve boosted my irons 3% and my woods the 5% to get them to play the yardage’s that I know I play outside. I’d say match them up to your outside game and go from there. I actually had to dial back my wedges cuz they were going a bit long.

[BadEddieKit]

To each his own. I Personally i dont see the point if your not in a higher elevation. And as you said in your post, you're now discovering your actual carry distances, which will help you play the correct club in your real life game too. But 5% is allowed, if you want it.

[gene438]

To boost or not has nothing to do with tournament competition. In fact, boost is probably the wrong term. Slight adjustments to the defaults is simply a way to try and dial your system to your unique swing, clubs, elevation, ball, etc. In other words, you want to dial in your system to match your real life swing as best you can. Once that's done, you set it and forget it.

Besides, boosting your 7 iron to go 200 yards versus a more realistic 150 yds will not help you in competition if you cannot repeat a swing....think about it. If you set the 7 iron to go 200 and your 200 yds out and hit a fat shot, guess what??? it's still a fat shot and you are going to come up short......

Dial in your system to your swing then set it and forget about it.

For the record, like cooke said above, I have my wedges dialed back because they go too far at the default values for me....my Driver and Woods are at default and my irons are 2% and my wedges are - 4%