ProSENDR PlaneMate Review: $120, 30 Days, Slice Gone

I have been slicing the golf ball for 12 years. Not a polite fade. A full banana that starts left, curves right, and lands two fairways over. I have tried alignment sticks, YouTube drills, three different instructors, and one very optimistic training aid that was literally just a foam roller strapped to my thigh. Nothing fixed it.

So when the PlaneMate made its comeback under the ProSENDR brand earlier this year, I bought one. I told myself I would use it for 30 days straight. I made it the full month. It was embarrassing, painful, and then — around day 12 — something clicked.

One note before we get into it: if you remember the “Tour Striker PlaneMate,” that product no longer exists under that name. It is now the ProSENDR PlaneMate, sold at prosendrgolf.com and on Amazon. Same product. New brand. I will call it the PlaneMate from here.

What It Is

The PlaneMate is a resistance-band system that connects your club to a belt around your waist. It comes with three interchangeable bands (light, regular, and pro-stiff), a velcro belt that fits any waist size, and a clamp that attaches to your club shaft just below the grip.

The concept is simple. The resistance band keeps tension when you are on plane. When you come over the top (the move that causes most slices), the band goes slack or pulls you in a direction that feels wrong. Your body learns to avoid that feeling. Over time, your path changes.

It was invented by David Woods, a Golf Digest Top 100 instructor. The original version sold 30,000 units, won best new product at the 2020 PGA Show, and showed up in tour players’ bags. Most notably Rory McIlroy. The new version adds alignment rod loops to the belt so it integrates with ProSENDR’s other training products.

It costs $119.99 on Amazon right now (usually $149.99) and $149.99 on the ProSENDR site (down from $179.99). That puts it in the same price range as a Lag Shot 7-Iron ($129) and about three times the price of a SKLZ Gold Flex ($40-65).

The First Week: Embarrassing and Painful

Day one, I could not hit the ball solid for 30 minutes. The band pulls your trail arm into positions you have never been in. My first five swings were fat chunks that traveled about 40 yards. The sixth was a hosel rocket that nearly hit the guy in the next stall.

The protocol (5 balls with the PlaneMate on, 5 balls off, repeat) sounds easy. It is not. The band chafes your trail arm if you wear short sleeves. The setup takes 60 seconds each time you switch clubs, which sounds small but adds up when you are rotating through wedges, 7-iron, and driver. By day three, I had a red welt on my upper arm and a deep appreciation for long-sleeve shirts.

The forums warn about tennis elbow. They are not wrong. On the GolfWRX boards, multiple long-term users report lateral epicondylitis from overdoing the protocol. One user said it flat-out: “Planemate work tends to cause issues with the tennis elbow I have been dealing with for years.” I felt it creeping in around day 10 and backed off to every other day. Do not be a hero. The protocol says start slow for a reason.

Week Two: Something Clicks

Around day 12, I hit a 7-iron that drew. A real draw. The ball started slightly right of my target line and curved back to center. I have hit maybe three intentional draws in my life. This was number four.

The PlaneMate forces you to do two things that fix a slice. First, it keeps your trail elbow connected to your body on the downswing, which prevents the over-the-top move. Second, it gives you feedback when you flip your wrists at impact. That is the “anti-flip” feature Practical Golf highlighted in their 9-month test. You literally cannot cast the club without the band fighting you.

What makes it better than alignment sticks is the physical resistance. Alignment sticks show you the path. The PlaneMate forces you into it. You cannot cheat it. Your body either does the move correctly or you hit a terrible shot. That binary feedback is what makes it stick.

Day 30: The Numbers

I took my TrackMan numbers at a local simulator on day one and day thirty. Here they are:

Day 1, 7-iron: Club path 6.2 degrees out-to-in. Face angle 2.1 degrees open to path. Ball flight: high weak fade, 138 yards carry.

Day 30, 7-iron: Club path 2.1 degrees in-to-out. Face angle 0.8 degrees closed to path. Ball flight: medium draw, 157 yards carry.

Nineteen yards. That is a full two clubs. More importantly, my miss changed from a 40-yard banana slice to a 10-yard push that stays in play. I am not striping every shot. But I am not losing three balls a round to the right anymore.

What Does Not Work

The setup is genuinely annoying. You have to re-clamp the band every time you switch clubs. If you want to work through your bag like the protocol suggests, you spend as much time clamping and unclamping as you do swinging.

You will look ridiculous. There is no way around this. A belt with a rail, a band connecting to your club, making half-speed practice swings. You will get stares at the range. Own it.

The price stings. $120 for what is essentially a belt, a clamp, and three resistance bands. MyGolfSpy forum users have been saying this for years: the materials do not justify the price. You are paying for the protocol and the feedback system, not the physical components.

The ProSENDR rebranding is confusing. Tour Striker still exists as a separate company selling different products. If you search for “Tour Striker PlaneMate,” you will find old reviews and dead links. Search for “ProSENDR PlaneMate” instead.

Who Should Buy It

Buy it if you are a 10 to 25 handicap who comes over the top and fights a two-way miss. The PlaneMate fixes the root cause of that problem. Give it 30 days of actual use. Not twice a week, not “when you remember.” Every day or every other day. Follow the protocol.

Skip it if you are a 25+ handicap still working on basic contact. The PlaneMate assumes you can hit the ball consistently enough to benefit from path feedback. Get lessons first. Come back when you have a repeatable swing that needs fixing.

Skip it if you already have a neutral path and a clean release. This is not a general-purpose training aid. It fixes one thing: your swing path. If your path is fine, spend your money on a HackMotion or a Lag Shot instead.

The Comparisons

The SKLZ Gold Flex ($40-65) is the budget comparison. It gives you tempo feedback and helps shallow the club through momentum. But it does not provide the physical resistance or the anti-flip feedback of the PlaneMate. It is a warm-up tool. The PlaneMate is a swing-change tool.

The Lag Shot 7-Iron ($129-149) teaches you sequencing and lag feel. It works on a different problem. The Lag Shot fixes casting. The PlaneMate fixes path. You need both. I do.

Alignment sticks ($15) show you the path. They do not force you into it. If you have the discipline to drill without physical feedback, save your money. I do not have that discipline. I need the band to yank my arm back when I cheat.

The Verdict

The ProSENDR PlaneMate costs $120 on Amazon. That is less than two dozen Pro V1s, one round at a nice course, or two one-hour lessons. It fixed my path in 30 days. Not perfectly. Not permanently. But 6 degrees out-to-in to 2 degrees in-to-out is real, measurable change.

I have bought eight training aids in the last three years. Seven of them are in a bin in my garage. The PlaneMate is not one of them. I still use it before every range session. Ten swings with the band on, ten swings off. My path stays honest.

It will not fix your slice if you use it twice and quit. It will annoy you. It will chafe your arm. It might give you tennis elbow if you go too hard. But if you commit to the protocol for 30 days, it works. It is the only training aid I have ever used that changed the shape of my ball flight. That is not marketing. That is what happened.

Where to Buy

• ProSENDR PlaneMate $119.99 at Amazon (also $149.99 at prosendrgolf.com)

Prices updated July 2026. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.