PGA TOUR 2K21 - Best Clubs In The Game (Hit More Fairways + Greens)

[@tmitchell6552]

Its remarkable to me that no one has mentioned the key thing with hitting more fairways and greens which is this. The segment at the top of the shot feedback meter (which is smaller the higher your skill level) shrinks once you reach the overswing. When that happens you WILL lose accuracy. Therefore its critical to not allow this to shrink , ie puh forward on the stick before that happens. This will ensure more perfects and less red fasts and slows. This knowledge just helped me beat my previous best on Pro by 4 shots.

[@davidgiurlanda2884]

I did notice that awhile ago too and also surprised no one has mentioned that either bro

[@nigeljones1969]

I agree but it can be awkward timing the downswing with the controller rumble

[@Early1981]

Yea I noticed that a few hours into the game but I found it difficult to get good timing with it. Great comment though pal

[@tmitchell6552]

@@Early1981 Cheers Early. It helps although its no cure-all by any means....if it was the game would be dull I guess.

[@tmitchell6552]

@@nigeljones1969 U can try to use the rumble. Theres 3 other options ...use the segment as I mentioned ,watch the golfers backswing until he reaches the required point or go by feel. We have to accept that nothing will work every time....even PGA golfers average only about 60% of F.I.R so why should we hit more in game? The best thing to do in my view (once uve deterrmined which of those 4 swing mechanics to go with)is to play for 2 options....if u find yourself hitting more fasts than slows then aim a little right of where u normally would. If u get the perfect youll be ok and likewise with the fast. Vice versa for slows of course. Thats helped me hit more fairways.

[@JuniorHarvey-zh4jr]

Replace the 5 wood with a 4 iron, you can thank me later. Still hit 200+ yards with half the roll out or less depending on your shot shape

[@Remixedknightyt]

I made the switch & won my first tournament! Thanks for the tip & keep it in the short grass. 🙂

[@JuniorHarvey-zh4jr]

@@Remixedknightyt no problem. Glad my tip helped someone.

[@arstxz319]

The Bridgestone Tour B XW-1 wedges will offer almost all the same forgiveness as the CV Master but with a marginal increase in Distance, Shaping and Swing Plane. I love them and I gap out 4 degrees between each of my Pitch, Gap, Sand and Lob Wedges from 46-58

[@jasonkimerling4544]

Thanks so much for this! Your club recommendations helped me reduce my score by 4 to 5 strokes. And I just got the "GIR Collector" achievement!

[@Early1981]

Hey pal it's a pleasure. I'm delighted it helped

[@dannyrand1733]

I'm on a Facebook PGA Tour 2k21 Group and the complaints are nonstop, lol. The biggest complaints are about the many glitches in the game from putting to "fast and slow" swing meter. Sadly, most people that have bought this game don't understand that the Golf Club is a "golf simulation" game. It's not your typical pug-N-play "arcade" game like Rory's 2014 golf game where anybody can play it. They don't understand that in order to learn how to play this game they will have to spend time on the range and learn how to putt and swing. I'm afraid these people won't stick around long enough to learn how to play the game and will just go back to playing Rory's game. Great video btw Early. Thanks for breaking down club selection.

[@Early1981]

Yea the game is completely different to TGC2019 and I think lots are struggling to get there head round that. On the pro settings and upwards you cant just swing away. Like you say practice and understanding is key.

[@Spineloro]

They should lock the swing tempo in the settings in order to get no fasts and slows. It’s also a great way to discover exact club distances

[@_dboy_]

I'm loving how difficult it is to learn and that you have to put in work. Real players would probably get bored quickly if it was really easy. Those ppl just don't want to grind to get better, and they should just play on beginner and quit bitching lol

[@djstellmon]

you want to hit better shots you have to practice swing prior to every shot. each club uses a different tempo (like real life) and finding that tempo prior to hitting the ball is huge. I started my PGA Career (on PRO) with scores of +18, +13, and +12.. I just won my first tournament with a 1 under score.

[@Early1981]

I agree with you pal

[@golfweekly841]

Early1981 thank you soo much for this informative video regarding club selection and the stats accompanied with them. I cant wait to try these out. Keep the videos coming.

[@Early1981]

It's a pleasure. I hope it helps

[@NonnyStrikes]

There is a certain level of greatness to be achieved when you learn how to properly fade/draw. It actually makes hitting into the wind a lot more productive, as long as you can hit perfect nearly every time. On PC, the swing plane is almost none existent. I hit perfects 9/10 times. Kinda broken. I switched back to controller just to get some sort of challenge. Love your courses m8. I really have enjoyed the time spent on the channel too. Cheers to you, and GL this coming "real season".

[@Early1981]

Hey pal thank you. That's interesting to know regarding the pc. Thanks for the support

[@Demon_Pilot_GT]

Thanks for taking the time for showing us that. I hadn't a clue what clubs to use so I'm going to try these tonight. Much love god bless. I also subbed pal

[@Early1981]

I hope it helps. Thank you pal

[@Demon_Pilot_GT]

@@Early1981 straight away I felt a difference just need some cash to unlock my wedges and I'm rock and rollin

[@MrDejavu1982]

I just want you to know I recommend this setup to everyone I know that is just starting out. We have had a few intactions in your comments. Keep up the videos they are great.

[@JuniorHarvey-zh4jr]

Do yourself a favor and replace the 5 wood with a 4 iron, I use the Wilson 4 iron I think. U can still hit it 200 yards without a 20 yard roll. U can set the 4 iron down with a 6 yard roll out

[@MrDejavu1982]

I personally have never used the 5 wood but the driver is the big killer in this bag.

[@JuniorHarvey-zh4jr]

@@MrDejavu1982 yeah, try putting a 4 iron in your bag. It'll work great for 200 yard approach shots, like when you're In the rough, it also works well as a driver for par 3 holes, especially when the green is tight. Trust me, it's a must have in your bag

[@MrDejavu1982]

@@JuniorHarvey-zh4jr lol thanks for the advice bro but I am well past this set of clubs

[@Spineloro]

Excellent advices, big thxs!!! I adopted all yr clubs and it really improved my Pro results! However I kept a 287 yds drive that I can shorten when needed, so I keep an efficient tee shot. Thxs man!!

[@Early1981]

Delighted to hear it pal.

[@MrDejavu1982]

This is the first bag of clubs I put together after the default bag you start out with. Having said that it was a great set to start out with but I felt like the driver left me short alot on perfect swings (which I got 97% of the time). I was having to hit 3 wood and 3 hybrid on second shots and it seemed nearly impossible to hit par 5 greens in 2.

[@Early1981]

Hey pal, great club set but yes driver can leave you short.

[@MrZola1234]

Thanks for sharing your bag @early-1981, I have 6-7 sets of each type of club other than the putters. I have tinkered around (still will going forward too) with more conservative to more aggressive bags. In general you trade forgiveness and plain ease for distance and shot shaping (which is spin and distance as well as left to right) control. For the most part I use clubs to the more conservative side of things, because end the end, the tempo is the dominant factor in all non-putting shots (almost think it is a little to dominent). To get a little better spread and avoid gaps, I tend to play 8.9 from the set you play iron wise, then 7, 6 from just the next set up to keep that 10-12 full yards between clubs and the 6 is only 16 from my first hybrid, which is the most forgiving hybrid at 178. As far as the woods, I carry a 4 and a 3, and I have opted mostly for 218 and 237, a little less forgiving, middle of pack on forgiveness woods, but i do sort of vasilate back to the 4wd 212 and 3 wood 227 at times more forgiving. I love the amount of choices. One last thing I have opted for shorter more forgiving wedges, and you can't beat their tempo advantages, especially inside 50 yards, but.. when I have tried the longer wedges interestingly enough, they do have a certain feel or touch that seems better, but obviously on Masters and Legendary their tempo cones are super small on the specialty shots.

[@Early1981]

Hey pal your welcome. Great reading your thoughts and club selections. Cheers

[@scaffscazz8497]

What a fantastic video, so helpful, i have been switching clubs every other round, i will give this set a real go, great work early! And nice to hear you are swinging better.

[@Early1981]

Thank you pal. I hope it helps

[@Aron_Spencer]

Great video as always mate. Just to let you know that the distance control feature actually is the size of the back swing to downswing transition window (the white section before overswing on the bottom power bar). The better the distance control, the bigger the white 100% area. It was on the official site mate. Ill add pictures of what i saw to your twitter page.

[@Early1981]

Hey pal yea a few have mentioned that. It doesnt make sense to me but thank you so much for pointing that out. I appreciate it

[@MrJbaron1]

How do I remove the 9 iron, buy the 4 hybrid? Also, my angles are different from your wedges, do they alter when the 9 iron is removed?

[@killswitch_darhk447]

Best video I have seen on the best clubs to use

[@Early1981]

Hey pal thanks

[@daimo_4750]

Thank you, Lee. The real info we were waiting for. 👍

[@bigrigger5617]

I am having a problem getting different lofted clubs. Seems like when you pick irons they come in a set and I cant figure out where to get different lofts. My 5 and 6 iron have the same loft and my 9 iron rated at at 142 yds and PW is 118 which is too much variance

[@Early1981]

Hey pal I'm not sure what you mean? However different brands of clubs have different loft and yardages. Check out my best clubs in the game video it may help you.

[@NickelbackSavedRocknRoll]

Will be trying this out tonight! I may do some slight tweaking here and there but I dig the setup AND your vids! Cheers.

[@Early1981]

Hey Andrew I hope it helps pal. Thank you for the support

[@jobruce8520]

Very informative video.....love how you broke it all down. I've bought the whole set of TaylorMade Sim Max, the driver, the woods, the hybrids, the irons, and the wedges.....even got the Spider-X putter from TaylorMade..........lol!

[@Early1981]

Haha I love it. You must have shared in Taylormade

[@10spro]

Keep these informative videos coming, good job.

[@Early1981]

Thanks pal

[@Palmer_ESG]

Now I can't seem to find a list of iron sets but are there any sets with 1 and 2 irons? I know Hybrids have kind made teeing irons a bit obsolete but I personally have preferred the irons even in the games. I know the hb irons have 3 but they have less distance than the 4 irons in all the name brand sets so that kinda defeats the purpose. I have been in and out of golfing my whole life so forgive me if I'm missing something lol but id like to have the options of 1 2 and 3s.

[@Early1981]

Hey pal no your not missing something. I've not come across a 1 or 2 iron in any of the club sets. So I'm using hybrids

[@420camk]

I think you're wrong on some of the club attributes. Distance control is the transition from backswing to downswing. Shot Shaping is what controls the loft/de-loft, fade/draw, basically anything that you can adjust with the True Shot feature. Forgiveness is only for the timing for the downswing. If you play with the swing timing off, Forgiveness will not matter at all.

[@Early1981]

Yea looks like I was wrong with the distance control.

[@xaininpc5625]

Great breakdown! I completely agree on the importance of forgiveness. At least until I become a tempo machine. Hell, I'm still on the fence as to whether I'm going to focus on using stick or mouse. Apparently my tee shots have a lot to repent for so for now I'm sticking with forgiveness on masters lol. According to HB info though, shot shaping isn't just fade/draw it's also spin/loft (basically shaping increases the max effect of the adjustments you can make in True Shot). Distance control is about increasing the size of the window where you're considered as perfectly nailing your intended % of backswing before reaching overswing which reduces your forgiveness on the shot. So far I feel like I definitely agree with this. Have you found in your play that spin/loft is affected by distance control as opposed to shot shaping? If so I think that would be a pretty big deal because I don't believe it's their intent.

[@Early1981]

Great post pal. I feel like backspin is affected more with timing. If I hit perfect timing the backspin really kicks in. If I hit fasts or slows the backspin doesnt have much effect

[@xaininpc5625]

@@Early1981 Ty, bud. Yes absolutely right that errant timing puts a big hit on intended backspin. While testing mouse swings earlier, can confirm that clubs with higher shot shaping do increases max potential for backspin as well as fade/draw. And better forgiveness does make the bad tempo spin penalty a little less severe just like it does for hook/slice.

[@Early1981]

Brilliant findings. Thank you so much for sharing pal.

[@michaellarko7731]

Real good breakdown! Good chance I'll make some changes to my bag next time I play. There looks to be an error in the lofts for your wedges though.

[@Early1981]

Thanks pal. I hope it helps. Yea I've reported the loft errors to the devs. Cheers

[@paulpisanitv]

Nice video bro....do you play with controller? I am using a keyboard and mouse and have no idea how to put spin on the ball...if that is even possible at all....thanks! later

[@Early1981]

Hey pal thank you. I play on ps4 with controller. To apply back spin you need to hold L1 if you’re on PS4 (LB on Xbox One), at which point you’ll see the two gauges on middle-left of the screenshot down below appear. The right of those two indicates where on the ball you’re hitting. Move the left thumbstick up and you’ll get topspin on the shot and moving it down will get backspin

[@paulpisanitv]

@@Early1981 right on! Well, I am on keyboard and mouse and not sure how to do it on it...not many PC players yet for this game...hmmm...I think Ill make a video on that one :) Subbing to your channel now...check out ours! Greetings from Florida mate....

[@julianmichael2791]

How do you take clubs out of the golf bag ? It just lets me replace them not take them out

[@Early1981]

You cant remove clubs you can only change them. It forces you to have the full 14 clubs pal.

[@milanbaros2005]

Why does my putting sometimes not play the ball? I pull back on the right stick,but when i pull it forward it won't hit the ball. Any help please.

[@aidencora8363]

Make sure it's one fluid motion. I found out I was pausing my putting swing in the middle on the analog stick instead of taking it straight down and straight back up

[@Early1981]

It's an issue that the devs are aware of. Some are saying plugging your headset into the controller may help

[@aidencora8363]

@@Early1981 ahhhh interesting

[@Early1981]

An update should be released today

[@ralphgiofre4316]

This is a great review and should really improve the enjoyment of the game. Now I need to unlock some clubs and head to the bank for a loan to purchase clubs!! Thanks for the insight!!

[@Early1981]

Haha thanks Ralph most of the clubs I reccomend are easily attainable

[@fasttracksportsphotography6311]

I find that with a 10.5 degree driver you can ht it off the deck. It's riskier than the old 2 wood but it works. Totally agree the hybrids are fantastic compared to them on TGC2109. Long irons have gone the way of the Dodo bird. Great advice...time to change a few of my clubs

[@Early1981]

Yea I love hitting the 10.5 driver off the deck pal. Yea hybrids are really good in this game.

[@bullshed5819]

I can tell you some days I play and I am fasting everything and have to calibrate my swing a few times. I want to get a little more consistent before I buy more clubs. This will be very helpful when and if that day comes...thanks

[@Early1981]

I think most of us are experiencing that pal. Hopefully those clubs help you out.

[@douglasweston2742]

Hi Lee Great information. I might go into my bag and change a few things around, and see what happens. My next course on the Korn Ferry Tour is the dreaded "House on the Cliff" - which I really cant handle lolol. To be honest, like a number of people have said - I dont think it should be one of the qualifying courses. Maybe when you get to Master or Legend level bring it in. But at pro - its brutal lolol. Anyway we love the challenge so here goes. I'll take anything under +8 Cya Doug

[@Early1981]

Hey pal I hope it helps. Yea tough course. I'm sure you will conquer it. Stay safe Doug

[@westoftherockies]

yeah its a tough course, i got a 17 on it the time i played it, i kept hitting it off the cliff on the first hole to the left then the hole with the green where it just rolls back over and over oh geez, what a nightmare.

[@scottyboy3255]

Can u create more than one player if u wana play against mates. Iv already created myself but that's all. If I'm play with mates they goto go guest

[@Early1981]

Not to my knowledge pal. However my sons guest character saves when he plays with me

[@PiqueBlind3r]

im new to this game and loving it so far but is there a way to not have as many woods and have more irons ?

[@Early1981]

I'm not 100% sure about that pal. Glad to hear your loving it.

[@llewellynnolan]

Hi mate. Yes you can. If you click on the club you want to change I.E woods you can slide across to irons/hybrids and select which one you want to choose. Certain brands only have selected degrees available, but you can't see this until you buy the clubs. Hope this helps

[@westoftherockies]

thanks for the details on what the stats are, that helps me a lot in choosing clubs.

[@Early1981]

I hope it helps pal

[@anthonylarios2124]

How come my 3 hybrid is my second longest club? Not sure why and my 4 hybrid is longer than my 5 wood Any help would be appreciated thank you

[@Early1981]

Hey pal must be due to the club selection you choose and obviously the brand of the club.

[@anthonylarios2124]

Early-1981 I was just wondering because I did the exact same setup as you but I did a little tweaking and got it to work thanks for the response

[@Highlander4400]

Have you been in my bag 😅 apart from the irons I have all those clubs. Good video.👍

[@Early1981]

Great choices pal

[@firemonkey229]

how do u get a 56 degree pitching wedge i only have a 46

[@Early1981]

Have a good look. It’s maybe down to club brands pal

[@golfholic1977]

Aright Early I so needed this video. The way you've explained it is superb like. Your a Legend bud. Ta

[@Early1981]

It's a pleasure Rab

[@Talote1983]

How do you select between a 3 wood or a 5? This is in PS4

[@TroyDann]

It’s draining me this game haha. I must have held the pad in 15 different ways. Calibrated my swing 100 times. Tried nearly every putter. I do the same swing in my head (thumb) and it’s fast one minute then slow the next. The putting was decent in the first few days then all of a sudden I have to pull the putter back to a certain point for it to register and it shoots out like a cannon now and can roll 20ft past. Yet I love the game. I managed -2 on master. Just hope a patch is released soon to help save me hours on the driving range every day. Great vid and keep up the good work. And because I’m lazy a video about wind and shot shaping and effects on the ball would be great 👍 ha

[@28russ]

Hey mate, I've been havin the same issue with the putting. Try plugging your headphones into your controller and for some unknown reason it fixs it. I've just got an AUX cable with nothin attached to it plugged into mine and it's fixed it. I don't care why as long as it works lol. I've been told it's a bluetooth issue with the controller so apparently pluggin your controller in and changing the controller setup to USB input will fix it too. I didn't seem to able to make that work but the headphone plug in works anyway. Or you can play it without the update installed works too. No idea why but the putting got worse after they updated it instead of better lol. Hope they get it all patched and sorted soon because other than the glitchy putting I've really been liking the way it plays with the true shot and better ball physics. Hope that helps mate :-)

[@nigeljones1969]

Great comment, I'm not to bad with the putting even though the club comes back to quickly, I've got to try n judge it to push back as the controller rumbles, it's the driving I'm struggling with, like you its fast one shot then slow the next and Im only on pro difficulty. This game is nothing like the previous game so it's a case of starting over again with more n more practice. I've not even thought about starting my career yet as I'm way off the pace

[@Early1981]

That is an issue with the game. A patch should be out today to help fix a few issues

[@TroyDann]

Russell Reilly I read that on reddit last night. So it’s legit. I’ll have to try that later. Thanks for the reply.

[@TroyDann]

Early-1981 I really hope they patch societies.

[@shayemion9523]

I cant roll without a 9 Iron. The 3 and 4 hybrid are the same club in my eyes with only 8yrds difference in carry, but no way I can have a 26 yard gap between my last iron and my first wedge. I am assuming you kick yourself on any shot from the fairway 2nd or 3rd cut laying out 132 to 127 yards form the pin. Nice video though good explanations.

[@Early1981]

I think my club selection is slightly different now but I had no issues with that set up. Certainly good for new players. Thanks

[@reaper7264]

How can you tell what a club is? Whether it's a 3 iron or a 5 iron or a 7 iron. How do you tell?

[@MrJbaron1]

How do you change the degrees on the wedges??

[@davidchambers134]

I've tried your set up and all I can say is thank you

[@Early1981]

Your welcome pal

[@dalescherbenske4084]

Personally I went for the Bridgestone driver for max distance, and everything for max shot shape for my wedges, and a blend of both with my irons 🤷‍♂️, seems to work well for me so far

[@Early1981]

Great stuff pal. It's all about finding what suits you best

[@sloppy1355]

yeah i went full distance for everything a little practice you can get the shot down

[@anthonygregory1391]

Well informative vid m8 ⛳👍👍

[@Early1981]

Thanks pal

[@LiamHoyo]

Hi just wanted to let you know that only Kucher uses all Bridgestone and Tiger uses TaylorMade from driver to his wedges and putter he uses a Scotty Newport 2 and Bryson uses cobra irons till wedges they all use Bridgestone balls

[@Early1981]

Thanks

[@kbmoore01]

Thanks Lee for a very informative video 👍👍⛳️

[@Early1981]

Pleasure pal.

[@switemadness]

Correct me if I am wrong, but the TGC CX Master irons have the exact same stats as the Bridgestone irons for 200 less coins

[@28russ]

I think ya right. I've noticed that too and thought it was a bit of bs. What's the point of buying them except they look a bit prettier lol

[@Early1981]

Slightly different stats I believe pal. I think it's about getting clubs that suit your play. The clubs I choose certainly helped me

[@brenttate6413]

@@Early1981 Want to add to this.... whatever club set you use.... play a few hours with them. You can't adjust to the nuances of your club set until you have really given them a go.

[@28russ]

Hey early, a fix for the putter down swing thing has been found (not by me). If ya just plug ya headphones into ya controller it fixs it. No idea why but I don't care as long as it works lol. I've just got an AUX cable with nothing attached to it plugged into mine as I don't own any headphones and that's made it better. Apparently it's a bluetooth issue with the controller so I've also been told that pluggin your controller in and changing the controller to USB will fix it too. I tried that but didn't seem to be able to make it work. It still seemed to be using bluetooth. But anyway, it seems to have been fixed with the headphone port plug in so don't need the USB fix :-)

[@Early1981]

Yea I've heard a few mention the headphones work, but for some no. There should be an update out today to fix a few issues pal

[@28russ]

@@Early1981 Downloading the new update as I type so hopefully that sorts it out. The headphone fix seems to be working anyway lol

[@pauladams2435]

Excellent review mate , thank you... gunna have a reshuffle of my bag after that 👍🏌️‍♂️

[@Early1981]

I hope it helps you pal

[@ReddyFreddygo]

Hi Early Thanks for the club info, I've loaded up the exact set that you recommended, put the others I bought out to grass, although it cost me ££££'s to do it I am looking forward to using them, one again thank you.

[@Early1981]

I hope it helps you out pal.

[@philh3041]

Top video Pal cheers 👌🏻👌🏻

[@Early1981]

Thanks pal

[@michaelphillips1095]

Good video. I switched to the Ben Hogan irons and got better 10 fold in one switch. Ckubs appear very important in this..

[@Early1981]

Glad to hear that. Yea club selection is critical pal

[@steholden1975]

For me I think club choice is everything. I play on pro and have tried all different combos to see which works best; and I have found the clubs with high level distance control to be far more consistent in hitting a perfect shot, or maybe only a minor slow / fast. I am pretty consistent at hitting the swing plane line, so it makes good sense to take advantage of other gains. I still have the odd bad round, but on tour I am regularly hitting between -4 and -8 depending on course conditions. This game is certainly more "sim" based; and can prove quite tough / frustrating, but it feels more like real golf than anything I have ever played before. My scores certainly reflect that. None of this -20 garbage every time you tee it up.

[@jaw5h1985]

Game is fun but my game lags bad in career mode it’s annoying.

[@Early1981]

I have reported your issue to the game Devs pal

[@ravenwda007]

Haha. I was already using the SIM Max. It's TaylorMade. I'm going to use it lol

[@thomasjn4471]

What difficulty should I play on

[@Early1981]

Depends how good you are

[@mysticaldragon2740]

so am I missing something? Can you not change out an entire iron set all at once and instead have to do it one club at a time? Great video overall and its appreciated.

[@Early1981]

Hey pal to my knowledge you must select each club individually. I'm glad it helped cheers

[@johnsullivan6843]

Now this is a unique and helpful video. I could tell from my average/pedestrian skills on 2019 that I would be better served with the more forgiving brand of clubs. I did not know how to select the wedges I would need, but I know your channel is one I could trust for this advice. This video is a great help!

[@Early1981]

I really hope it helps you pal.

[@arilious]

this took 14:50 to talk about? I feel like this video could have been 2 mins max

[@adambradywiffleballleague7017]

I personally like the mavrik pros for my irons, but the rest of my setup is identical

[@Early1981]

I have released a new video on my clubs pal

[@wernercollins1319]

I took out all woods in my bag, there are hybrids that has more distance and more forgiveness than woods. so i have a driver, 2 hybrids. then irons starting at the 4, think that is a better setup than this

[@Early1981]

It's all about what suits your style of play and requirements.

[@Ninjaman2444]

Where’d that gold driver come from?🤔

[@Ninjaman2444]

Early access type deal?

[@Early1981]

Early access or Deluxe Edition pre order

[@_dboy_]

Wish I'd seen this before I fitted the bag with the Callaway Mavrik Max through the JAWS wedges and TM Spider putter. Simply did it because I play Callaway in real golf and it seemed to be relatively similar to the TM Sim clubs. Guess I'll have to try some sponsorships to get some clubs because I don't want to spend 💰. Thanks for the info man.

[@Early1981]

I hope it helps pal.

[@danielhutz]

the degrees on your wedges dont make sense since lob wedge is normally the highest with normally 60 degree not 48 dunno how the game got that wrong next would be SW ~55 GW 50 PW 45 and so on till the driver wirh the lowest

[@Early1981]

Yes pal well noticed, its been mentioned to the dev team.

[@dominicbuononato6479]

are these good for pro difficulty

[@Early1981]

I’d say yes

[@katskiitakk]

i unlocked a hogan driver and set of hogan irons through the sponsorships and I love em, good distance and more forgiveness than what I was using and since than haven't lost a head to head game online

[@Early1981]

Hey pal. Not tried them yet. Delighted they are helping you though.

[@stozov2]

Any update to this?

[@Early1981]

On masters I'm still using the Bridgestone irons due to the large forgiveness meter

[@tmitchell6552]

Its key to play for 2 options....if u find yourself hitting more fasts than slows then aim a little right of where u normally would. If u get the perfect youll be ok and likewise with the fast. Vice versa for slows of course. Thats helped me hit more fairways which in this game in particular is critical....apologies to Early if he's mentioned this already...worth emphasising the point I feel.

[@pres3962]

What difficulty are you on?

[@Early1981]

Customised pro

[@honeybadgerhacker2487]

Early- wow this made a ton of difference in my game. Took me a little Practice to get use to the distance change and shape shot but I went from shooting even par on a good round (Beer League on TGC Tour) to shooting -8, -7,-10 through first 3 rounds. Thank you again for the tips even the putter which doesn’t have stats totally helped me with seeing the putt better.

[@Early1981]

Hey pal delighted that it helped you. It's a pleasure

[@bradm3897]

The wedges have the wrong loft. The 48 should be the pitching wedge, the 52 is right, the 56 should be the sand wedge and the 58 should be the lob wedge. Just another of many small bugs in the game.

[@Early1981]

Yes pal well noticed. I did raise it with the dev team

[@onyourkilllist6880]

Brad M That’s not true. That’s an old fashioned way of thinking. Some pros play 64 degree Lob wedges. Wedges are very customizable. They’re more about what degree you want rather than the actual name of the club you want. I know long hitters that carry 5 wedges all based on the degrees they want.

[@bradm3897]

@@onyourkilllist6880 Did you even watch the video? In the video the Lob wedge showed 48 degrees and the pitching wedge showed 56 degrees which is clearly wrong.

[@onyourkilllist6880]

Brad M I agree but I was pointing out that wedges don’t have set lofts like you insinuated. Wedges are customizable. I’ve seen LW’s with 70 degrees of loft. Is it still a lob wedge? Who even knows at that point. So my point is the name of the club means nothing. It’s about getting the degree you want in the face.

[@MrCobra017]

Hi, I you playing on a PC or PS4?

[@Early1981]

Ps4 pal

[@captsparky6566]

The wedge degrees are so weird, 48* is what a PW is a LW is really anything from 58-64*. But whatever, good info

[@Early1981]

Agreed. I'm glad the info helped.

[@wardydoes]

PGA 2K21 ProAm Tour (PS4) A warm welcome to anyone who'd like to participate in a 14 week ProAm season which loosely emulates the 2020-21 PGA season. Go to Societies and join PGA 2K21 ProAm Tour. The difficulty settings used are listed at the bottom of this post.

[@davidgiurlanda2884]

What a fantastic review on club selection today! I will implement these clubs right away, thanks for your recommendations!!

[@Early1981]

I hope it helps you pal.

[@Josh11Pogi]

Is there a 2 iron in the game?

[@Early1981]

Lowest iron I've seen is 3 iron pal

[@_warren6659]

thx for the vid. always trying to hit more gdeens.

[@Early1981]

I hope it helps pal.

[@conor9298]

Another very helpful video. So you are saying maximize hybrids for the forgiveness, and having the club gap between 8 iron and PW is ok because you are using clubs with distance control. So different from 2019 where it was all about maximizing the irons and wedges. Maybe in 6 months it'll be all about wedges and irons again. Thanks Early!

[@Early1981]

Something like that pal. I think it comes down to what suits you. Those clubs are forgiving though.

[@milanbaros2005]

Callaway mavrick standard 5 wood is the same as the taylor made sim max, save your coins.

[@Early1981]

I know what your saying. I have both and find the Taylormade easier to hit

[@colinrack]

Hard to shoot low in society events that have longer courses for sure

[@Early1981]

Yea good point

[@onyourkilllist6880]

The Bridgestone’s... they’re the longest. Golf is about power and distance!

[@Early1981]

Good luck with them on pro/master settings

[@onyourkilllist6880]

Early-1981 I play Pro. I have a -11 handicap. I’m good fam!

[@tmoney0212]

@@onyourkilllist6880 how do you hit those?

[@onyourkilllist6880]

KINGxTERRY pull’m back... push it through

[@garrettnobles8956]

As a golf instructor you tell me you have a 30 yard gap between your longest wedge and shortest iron and I’m laughing at you...might try it in this game tho lol

[@Early1981]

Haha yea not very realistic but it works Virtually for me😂 thanks for watching pal

[@virginianative847]

This game is so fucking hard, I turned off the swing momentum just to make the pga tour

[@Early1981]

Yea it can be very hard. Hang in there pal

[@scott-Kasper]

Are you useing the same clubs today

[@Early1981]

Yes I'm still using the majority of these clubs pal

[@scott-Kasper]

Are there’s still the best ones to use like wedges cause it’s wedges my problem

[@scott-Kasper]

What can u tell me what clubs beat or there’s still the best

[@Early1981]

@@scott-Kasper I still use the irons but I think it's about finding a club set that suits your needs. If you struggle with timing choose clubs with timing forgiveness. If it's your swing line that you struggle with choose a set with swing line forgiveness

[@scott-Kasper]

@@Early1981 ok cheers for advice

[@TruckerxMGDx]

Thank you

[@Early1981]

Pleasure pal

[@tcmae]

That is weird, why is it different for me? I have the SIM MAX fairway woods and for me, the 3 wood carrys like almost 250 and the 5 wood carrys 230 for me. I first bought that SIM MAX hybrid and it does carry 195, but I then bought the P790 irons, and my 4 iron then went 199 carry which is further than that SIM MAX 3 hybrid at 195. So I then bought the Mavrik MAX hyrbid which now goes 224 carry for the 3 hyrbid and put that in the bag. Are the distances probably based on difficulty or something maybe, I'm set at like pro difficulty?

[@Early1981]

That is bizzare pal. Difficulty does not change the distance or any stats of the clubs.

[@brianwysel390]

Im noticing the same thing. The sim max 5wood carries 217 for me (rather than 204) and the stats are different than in the video (much less forgiveness). Wish I could attach a picture because my screen looks exactly like the paused video of the 5wood selection at 5:00min, except the stats are different. Must be doing something wrong

[@brianwysel390]

Figured it out. There are 2 sim max options, one you unlock from the sponsor, the other you pay coins for... the one you pay for is the one recommended by Early. They look identical and have the same name and model.

[@tcmae]

My bad I think I noticed what I have now, he has the SIM Max fairway and what I have is the SIM fairway which is adjustable, the MAX is not, that’s why the distances are different

[@faymo8925]

Thanks good to know.

[@Early1981]

I hope it helps

[@nicks.6341]

Happy belated 40th!

[@Early1981]

Haha thanks

[@brent4770]

So always look for the best forgiveness.

[@Early1981]

Depends on your game pal. But I've found that the best set up for me so far.

[@ashleyhoban5979]

anyone fancy a game on xbox? I've just got it so im really bad at putting lol.

[@nigeljones1969]

I've never really used a 5 wood before or any hybrids, always stuck with a 2,3,4 iron. Think I'll have to give this club set a try out n see how it improves my game which at the moment couldn't get any worse lol...thanks Early 👍

[@Early1981]

I hope it helps you pal. However it's about finding clubs that work for you. These clubs are very forgiving though

[@_dboy_]

Hey guys, dumb question but how do you change the makeup of the bag? Like if you want to swap the 5 wood for a hybrid or hybrid for an iron? Haven't messed with it much but it seems like when I click on the woods only other wood options come up. Probably simple but I couldn't figure it out the other day and gave up quickly 🤣. Thanks!

[@_dboy_]

Nevermind I looked through and figured that out quickly right after I posted that. It was a long day lol. Thanks tho!

[@Early1981]

Glad you got it pal

[@nigeljones1969]

@@Early1981 im really struggling with the putting, its ruining my rounds

[@byefelicia8429]

Thanks brotha went -5 first round, Loving the confidence boost it gave due to shanking everything left past 9 days, Got really bad into the psyche lol or a defected thumb 😂😂😅

[@Early1981]

Hey pal delighted to hear that. Defected thumb 😂😂👍

[@Cap43685]

Too short for my taste. And I think your HCP is showing that somehow (at lvl 33).

[@Early1981]

My handicap is plus 33. So I think the set up is working well

[@Cap43685]

@@Early1981 maybe. But what I see it's +6.9 at lvl 33. So definitely not buying your club selection.

[@stevesumner9988]

I found my saved shots. Right in front of me. DUHHH!!

[@rickfrompawnstars5550]

I hate this fucking game

[@Early1981]

Sorry to hear that