Tee-riffic or just missing a tee-rick?

[JohnnyDee]

It's probably the cheapest bit of kit we all use but do we underestimate its importance.

I have been using one of these with my driver now for a while, as indeed do a lot of my playing partners, and although I'm happy enough with them in general the paranoiac in me just wonders whether I'm limiting my possibilities on the teeing front and thus missing a trick.

On the plus side it gives me a constant height but does it give me the right height? I previously used a traditional shaped tee with no ridge on it which in theory allowed me to adjust the height if I wanted to. On short holes I would just use a smaller version. However I found myself always trying to achieve the same height each time when I was using driver - hence me switching to these pinkies and their uniformity etc.

I assessed that the pink rather than the grey or orange variants suited me best so that's where I am currently.

Do we as a group pay a lot of attention to this seemingly minor detail, or is it in your view a very important thing to be considered?

 

[Rooter]

I went to see my pro for a fitting. Best 100 quid i ever spent for the fitting.

 

[richart]

You use iron covers and have a chipper don't you ?

 

[drewster]

I'm a bit OCD about using only white wooden tees but i'm sure that consistency of ball height from something similar to this would help. One thing i do hate about the plastic ones is playing partners taking 20 seconds to find them after having driven off. I've even seen some people be so precious about them that they tie them together on a bit of string !!!

 

[ruff-driver]

Nice colour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdbt-sx5MDc

 

[Dan2501]

Love the pink castle!

 

[tsped83]

You use iron covers and have a chipper don't you ?

Hahaha.

Is this thread a wind-up?

 

[JohnnyDee]

You use iron covers and have a chipper don't you ?

Hey! I don't remember us ever having played together.

Hahaha.

Is this thread a wind-up?

Sort of tongue in cheek to be fair, although I have heard it argued many times that the height and angle of the tee make a huge difference to the relationship of the ball v the sweet spot of the club and thus the quality of the strike.

So...

*Anyway, off now to tuck my clubs up in their bed for the night*.

 

[North Mimms]

As a girlie, I've used pink castle tees since they became availiable.
However recently I was driving into the wind, so pushed the tee a bit deeper to tee it lower.

Much better ball flight - lower.

However the next size down - white- is too low..

I need a pale pink tee!

 

[CMAC]

Hey! I don't remember us ever having played together.



Sort of tongue in cheek to be fair, although I have heard it argued many times that the height and angle of the tee make a huge difference to the relationship of the ball v the sweet spot of the club and thus the quality of the strike.

..

was this by the chuckle brothers?

 

[ScienceBoy]

The only measure I use for tee height on a driver and woods is reference against a club resting behind the ball, if its wrong I adjust. I just can't blindly trust a castle tee to give me a consistent height and I would have adjust it as much as I would a normal tee.

I judge the height as I put the tee in for shorter irons as just enough to give a clean contact above the ground, even then I sometimes use a club as reference and adjust as needed.

As I got my eye in for this I can now judge the height fairly well and can check the height from my address position rather than crouching behind the ball with a club in hand!

I have got it working for me and delivering the tee height I need consistently but only through practice (experimentation) and patience, I can see how it would not work if I was trying to apply it for the first time in a competitive round! I did my experimentation on the practice ground and in practice rounds when I had plenty of time.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I prefer the wooden ones. More eco-friendly and I don't know why but I seem to struggle to find the pink ones when I've used them against the green grass. Clearly my eyes are not what they were

 

[ManinBlack]

You never see a pro using a castle tee.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I'm not sure I buy the consistency of height thing. Tees aren't perfectly flat so you can't guarantee the ball will always be the same height against your driver face.

 

[RobertB]

sorry, i'm missing something what is that pink thing? a new love-aid?

either white or unpainted wooden plus broken scraps for par 3s and non-driver tee shots...

 

[Revrec]

either white or unpainted wooden plus broken scraps for par 3s and non-driver tee shots...

I have an extensive collection of broken tees for the same reason. Seem to work really well. It also satisfies my inner womble every time I get a 'new' one.

 

[Region3]

Near enough is good enough for me. I think I will worry about the exact tee height when I can deliver the driver head with mm precision at 100mph.

 

[JohnnyDee]

You never see a pro using a castle tee.

This true and confirms to me that in no way am I ever in danger of turning Pro. :fore:

 

[ColchesterFC]

I'm a bit OCD about using only white wooden tees but i'm sure that consistency of ball height from something similar to this would help. One thing i do hate about the plastic ones is playing partners taking 20 seconds to find them after having driven off. I've even seen some people be so precious about them that they tie them together on a bit of string !!!

Are you crazy? It's common knowledge that red wooden tees make the ball fly straighter and further than any other colour. At least they do in my mind and that's why that's all I use. If you ever find yourself buying a mixed bag of white and red tees I'll go halves with you and take the red ones.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

I just chuck a ball down and give it a whack regardless of which club I'm using