2020 TaylorMade SIM and SIM Max drivers (in hand photos, M5/M6 comparison pics)

[Nickthurgood]

Did you request a certain swing weight or did they just add weight on their own? If so, I didn't know you could request a certain swing weight. Do you think they added hot melt? Thanks!

[Kale_m]

Have not been on TM since I added it.

[Kale_m]

You can’t request a swing weight but you can request it being put back to The stock Sw if ordered at a longer or shorter playing length.

[third-times-a-charm]

Keegan dumped the SIM, back to the Srixon.

Brooks didnt take it over the Mavrik.

Is anyone that's not paid to play one, playing one?

Rose? Because it's all he know prior to Honma...?

[awtryau89]

Just went back to my Ping G410 LST. I posted my experience earlier. The Max was great but not good enough to stay in over the Ping. Too much left in it. May try a regular Sim later I the year so I can move the weight into the toe.

[awtryau89]

They added without a request for added weight. I just requested the shorter length. I think it was more melt as my back weight was only 11 grams.

[RonSwanson]

Fleetwood, Hideki, Woodland, Casey...

 

I'm sure there are more.

[QuigleyDU]

Thanks to getting old and tweaking my back at the gym. I have not been able to swing a club for about 2 weeks. Starting to feel better but I think I need one or two more weeks off. My driver is sitting there mocking me...

[Brooks_Cupcake]

I guess third-times-a-charm trying to make a relevant point with facts?

[Krt22]

Quick 2 minute search of this forum. Kevin Chappel, Padraig, Aaron Wise, Sneds

 

But you are right, I'm sure there are more.

[bgray0321]

Sim is so long! Got it on 11 degrees for now. At 9 it fell out of the sky and ran like Forest Gump! The 3 wood is a Monster. Hit my first par 5 from 290 yards out down wind. Never thought I would be able to do that.

[bogeypro]

I'll second this... I bought mine with ventus blue in 60 x. Played first round on sunday... slow round, lots of waiting around... that ventus really showed how stiff it plays. I couldn't swing it unless I warm and stayed warm. I put the Atmos Black tour spec 6s from my 2017 m1 and played yesterday. Unbelievable driving day yesterday!! Sim is just good. I didn't think it would beat my 2017 m1, but it does. Just a fantastic driver.

[jetmech879]

I gave the SIM a good honest test against my M3 440. It beat the M3 in looks, sound, and feel but could not beat it in the most important aspect. Performance. My M3 is safe for another season! Well.... unless I can find a sweet deal on a M5 tour...?

[DFS PFD]

Bought SIM on a whim not expecting much, but man is it solid. Hitting lots of fairways and as long as anything else I've owned. One of my favorite feeling and looking drivers in some time. Continues to grow on me...

[getitdaily]

My Texas golf trip is over. Played 1 practice round and 3 competitive rounds Thur-Sun. This trip was going to either be the solidifier of SIM in my bag or the weekend that kicked it out.

It's staying. I didn't miss a single drive hard right. Further, the swings that produced those hard right misses, the slight over the top quick in transition hard fades, turned into just a slight push fade.

I've commented that this driver is the easiest to hit off the deck I've ever played. I don't hit it off the deck in the fairway much but I will hit it off the deck on a par 4 if the hole sets up well and the wind is blowing hard to the right. Playing in Texas hill country where the wind blows like crazy, the off the deck tee shot came in really handy several times.

Overall, of the 3 competitive rounds, I hit driver on avg 9 times per round and 3wood or iron the other holes. Hit 11-12 fairways every day. Worst driver misses were on the same hole, 3rd hole, toughest tee shot. Pulled one into a hazard on day 1 and pushed one into a hazard on day 3. It's a hole where I shouldn't hit driver anyway so I pushed the envelope when i shouldn't have. Just a hard tee shot hole that doesn't suit my eye.

SIM is solidly in my bag now. It's deep and it's trusty.

To retread a bit: I'm a fader and originally setup sim with an extra 4g weight in the front track. I put the 10g toward the toe and 4g in the "center". Had a lot of success with it but found an occasional ball would be off the planet right. After a couple weeks and more toying I still had a setup that produced that off the planet right miss about every 15th drive. Got frustrated and decided to see if I could setup the driver so I would hook the dog pee out of it. Got into a setting where I started missing several drives left and adjusted from there. I am in upright lie, standard loft (9), 10g weight all the way in the heel and 4g weight in the "center".

One note about the "center" weight position...I find the center/neutral weight setting to be fade biased. Look at where the neutral setting is in relation to the center of the face...it's toe side. Also, look at where the rear weight sits in relation to the face...again, toe side. We can't see internal weighting but I'd be really surprised if SIM is not fade biased when the other site publishes MOI and CoG data later this year.

[Krt22]

Nice, glad you got it working. I put a Rogue white 130MSI into mine and it's firmly in the bag. My driver and putter will not change this season, that is for sure!

[akao1029]

Found a mint 10.5 SIM on the bay for a really good price. Put my blue Ventus 6x in and proceeded to hit some balls. Defi felt solid but also felt light and was causing me to flip cuz I couldnt feel the club head. Took it to my local club fitter/builder to get some hot melt added. Before hotmelt it came in at C9 play my driver at 44.5". Now its at D4 and feels much much better.

Ended up hitting it on the simulator tonight. Decided to play around with the setting a little as I would occasionally get the left and was launching it slightly higher and spinning a bit much. Finally got it dialed it at upright and 2 clicks down. So now it’s playing at 9*. Now launches at 11-12’ish degrees and spinning at roughly 2,600rpm.

[Jace_bkr]

SIM 10.5 and "DANG" in my best joe dirt voice

To be totally honest, i was pretty well set with my driver and didn't see that changing .. BUT..

After some brilliant marketing on Taylormades behalf (150% trade enhancement) and a few too many beers I decided they needed those old closet ornaments & that deal was just too good to pass on.

Having never swung a SIM, let alone held one I'll be the first to admit it was a 100% drunk buy (its a real thing LMAO).

Couple days later, low and behold a new SIM sitting @ my doorstep..

With feelings of remorse, having cheated on my poor LST @ no fault of her own i threw my drunk buy in the bag next to her & hit the course..

No range time, no adjustments , just a quick round determined to prove to myself I had made a mistake and move on..

Man, Was i wrong......Straight out of the box , zero adjustments (neutral,neutral) the thing just flatout performs...

Seems to be very well balanced and almost helps you stay down the line if that makes any sense...

Forgiveness on a toey shot is off the chart & its sound is amazing, can only describe it as a crisp crack...

It's Biggest plus for me though, as a guy who's miss is mostly left is that it has almost completely eliminated that miss FOR ME lol...

Going to be real hard to top the SIM...

 

 

[GR8Birdie]

$499 Better than the M1?

[Valtiel]

I did a quick testing session with the SIM Max and I was getting some insane numbers on GCQuad, topped out at 178mph ball speed and the spin was LOW, but in its stock form these things are so damn light that i'll need to find a way to get some weight in one to test it properly as I had no consistency. I was swinging an Atmos Black TS 7x at 45" and it felt like it was probably in the high C range in terms of swing weight.

[MCoz]

I played the M3 440 for at least a year. I liked the driver but respectively it isn't the new SIM, which if fit correctly one can find numerous low spin monsters! I have not seen this in any driver to date. Once in a while maybe, but not like this !!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MCoz]

No Question this SIM is a quantum leap. I loved the M3 and the M5 but they did not have the occasional low spin knuckleball jumper that this club has!

[akao1029]

Yeah they are defi light...even the previous M models were fairly light. My SIM came in at C9 but I also play my driver at 44.5". Added some hot melt and its at D4 on the dot.

[jetmech879]

Just placed my order for a SIM Max. I have a feeling that will be much better for me than the standard version. I like the slightly deeper face on the Max and the sound is even better! Looking forward to trying it out!

[oneaugusta]

Anyone weight the sliding weight on their Sim driver? wanted to get more swingweight so I removed the slider and weighed, was shocked when it weighed on 5 grams?

[Carson33]

Has there been any feedback on the position of the sliding weight and changes in ball speed? In other words, do you get more ball speed with the weight directly in line with the sweet spot or out in fade or draw.

[jabwind51]

Love this MAX driver. Now I’m replacing my 4 iron with the 4H rescue.

[Rohan182]

Mine was about 10g, and everyone else that I can remember mentioning it was the same. Was your total head weight light as well?

[tbone18]

The sliding weight is the same in all heads, 10g. The total weight is the top and bottom with the screw. Not just the bottom weight.

[Ti-Cip]

How does one simple take out the bottom part of the weight?

i tried to take it out of an m5 and it was so difficult, can’t imagine trying to re install it..

so how do you put in and out of a sim driver?