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Hit More Fairways: 6 Aids I Tested, $15-$600

By Cole Brown · September 26, 2026 · 8 min read

Hit More Fairways: 6 Aids I Tested, $15-$600

You miss fairways for one of three reasons: you are aimed wrong, your path is wrong, or your face is wrong. A new driver fixes none of them. I have watched a guy trade a $500 driver for a $600 driver while aiming twenty yards right of his target every single round. The driver was never the problem.

If you are aimed wrong, the Tour Aim 2.0 at about $50 fixes it. If your path is wrong, the ProSENDR PlaneMate at $120 fixes it. If your face is wrong, the Tour Striker Educator at about $60 fixes it. Most golfers need to fix exactly one of the three, and spending $50 to $120 on the right one beats spending $600 on a driver that was never the issue.

The Three Reasons You Miss Fairways

Before you buy anything, figure out which of these is actually costing you.

Aim. Most amateurs aim at the fairway’s center and think they are done, but their shoulders, feet, and clubface all point somewhere slightly different. You can have a fundamentally sound swing aimed into the rough. This is the most common cause and the cheapest to fix.

Path. You cut across the ball from out to in, or you drop too far inside. Either way the club is not traveling toward your target through impact, and the ball starts off-line no matter how square your face is.

Face. Your clubface points somewhere different than your path through impact. Open to the path means a slice. Closed means a hook. This is the last thing to move before impact, and it is the hardest to feel without a tool.

Fix Your Aim

1. Tour Aim 2.0 $49.95: The Aim Fix

Best for: Golfers who have never actually checked whether their feet, hips, and shoulders point the same direction.

The Tour Aim 2.0 is an alignment board you stand on that gives you a fixed, repeatable reference for your feet, hips, and shoulders all at once. You line up to the target line and instantly see where your body is actually pointing, which is almost always somewhere different from where you thought. It works with alignment sticks to extend the reference down the target line, and it is used on Tour because aim errors are the silent killer of fairways. Wicked Smart Golf and Rain or Shine Golf both stock it, and the base unit runs about $50.

What does not work. It is a diagnosis and alignment tool, not a swing corrector. If your aim is already square and the ball still starts off-line, the problem is path or face, and this will not touch it.

Buy this if you cannot honestly say your feet and shoulders point the same direction. Skip it if your aim is square and the miss is a curve, not a start line.

2. SuperStroke Alignment Sticks $15-$20: The Budget Aim Fix

Best for: Golfers who want the same aim check for a third of the price.

Two fiberglass rods you lay on the ground, one down the target line and one across your toe line. They give you the same fixed reference the Tour Aim does, just with less structure and no body-position feedback. For the price, they are the best value in the entire category, and they double as a path reference when you angle the second stick outside the ball. My swing path guide walks through how to set them up for both.

What does not work. Sticks are loose, so you can kick them out of position mid-session and not notice. They also do not hold your hips and shoulders square the way a board does.

Buy this if you want to check your aim on a budget. Skip it if you want the structured body feedback of the Tour Aim board.

Fix Your Path

3. ProSENDR PlaneMate $119.99: The Path Fix

Best for: Golfers who already know they cut across the ball or come over the top.

A belt around your waist connects via resistance band to a clamp on the club shaft. Swing on plane and the band stays taut. Swing over the top and the band goes slack or yanks, which you feel instantly. When your path travels toward the target through impact, the ball starts on line and the fairway gets a lot wider. Formerly the Tour Striker PlaneMate 2.0, now sold under the ProSENDR name, and used by Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose. If your miss is a slice, this is the tool, and my slice fix guide pairs it with the full routine.

What does not work. At $120 to $150 it is the priciest pure-path tool here, and it does nothing for face angle. You can fix your path and still slice if your face stays open to it.

Buy this if you cut across the ball or come over the top. Skip it if your path is already neutral and the miss comes from the face.

Fix Your Face

4. Tour Striker Educator $57-$65: The Feel Fix

Best for: Golfers whose face is open or closed at impact and who learn by feel, not numbers.

A small rubberized device you clamp onto the grip that gives you immediate tactile feedback on wrist angle and face position through the swing. If you cup or bow your wrist the wrong way, you feel it against your forearm instantly. It teaches the flat left wrist and the square face position by feel, which is the fastest way to stop the open-face slice or closed-face hook. MyGolfSpy called it an “absolute no-brainer” at the price.

What does not work. It is feel-only, so there are no numbers to confirm you are actually changing anything. If you are the kind of golfer who does not trust a feeling without data, the HackMotion below is the better fit.

Buy this if you want the cheapest face-control fix and you trust your hands. Skip it if you want measured wrist angles instead of a sensation.

5. HackMotion Core $295: The Data Fix

Best for: Golfers who want to see the exact wrist angle at impact instead of feeling it.

HackMotion is a wrist sensor that measures your wrist angles in real time and shows you, in degrees, whether your face is open or closed at impact and why. The Core model is the entry tier, and it is the tool my swing path guide flags as the step up from feel-based trainers. It is overkill for a pure aim or path problem, but if you have fixed everything else and the ball still curves, the face data is what finds the last culprit.

What does not work. It is $295, sold direct only through HackMotion’s site, and it is a lot of money for a golfer who has not already ruled out aim and path. Start with the cheaper fixes before you buy a sensor.

Buy this if you have eliminated aim and path and the face is the last thing left. Skip it if you have not done that work yet.

Get the Numbers

6. Rapsodo MLM2PRO $599.99: The Feedback Fix

Best for: Golfers who want to stop guessing which of the three causes is their problem.

The MLM2PRO is a launch monitor that measures 13 metrics, including club path, face angle, and spin axis, using dual cameras. It tells you in one session whether you miss fairways because of aim, path, or face, which turns the entire guessing game above into a single data point. It is the tool that makes every other aid on this list unnecessary, because it tells you exactly which one to buy. For the deep dive on whether it is worth the upgrade over the base model, my MLM vs MLM2PRO comparison breaks it down.

What does not work. It is $600 and iPhone or iPad only, no Android. It also needs your phone propped six to eight feet behind the ball, which requires a little range real estate.

Buy this if you want the data to know which of the three causes you have before you buy anything else. Skip it if you already know your miss and just want the $50 fix.

What I Would Actually Buy

If you are not sure why you miss fairways, start with alignment sticks at $15. Square your aim, and if the ball still starts off-line, you know it is path or face.

If you know you come over the top, buy the PlaneMate at $119.99. If you know you slice or hook because of your wrists, buy the Educator at about $60.

If you have $600 and want to stop guessing entirely, buy the MLM2PRO and let the data point you at the right fix in one range session.

The one thing to remember: you miss fairways for a reason you can name, and you can fix it for a lot less than a new driver. Stop aiming at the fairway and start fixing the one thing that is actually pulling you off it.

Where to Buy

HackMotion is sold direct only at hackmotion.com, not on Amazon. Prices verified September 2026. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

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