Tees

[Khamelion]

Just bought a new golf mag to read while on the throne and got some sample tees as a freebee, which when reading the bumph reckon that they can add distance due to less friction.

EHHHHHHHH!!!

The golf ball is on the face of the club for 0.005 of a second give or take a few thousandths so how much difference will the tee make?

Dave

 

[Region3]

Just be careful that the forward-most facing prong is down your target line, otherwise you will get a hook or slice depending on which way it is pointing.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

My favourite bit of their marketing is that the 6 prongs make it easier to balance the ball

 

[CMAC]

It also sticks in the ground easier giving less earth friction therefore increasing my club head speed. They don't mention that in the marketing.........for some reason

 

[6inchcup]

who remembers the brush type tee that were the best thing since sliced bread from a few years ago,came in various sizes and packaged in little plastic tubes,cost a fortune when first on the scene trouble with them after a few hits the ball refused to stay on them we must be the most gullible bunch us golfers.

 

[CliveW]

It disturbs me to think of you sitting on the throne pondering over what to put your balls on!

 

[Slicer30]

These expensive, special tees cause slow play in my opinion

If I break or lose one of my wooden tees its no big deal.

I have seen tee hunts which have held up the next tee shot, or the walk up the fairway. Understandable given how much some of the special tees cost. Hunting for a cheap plastic Tee is not on though!

 

[Threeoffthetee]

I played with a couple of retired golfers who attached their "posher" tee to a length of fishing line which they attached to another peg in the ground a few feet away from them. This way after the tee was sent flying it could not go anywhere.....not sure what the rules of golf would say about that one. I did consider trying a similar tactic with my ball when driving but apparently this is frowned upon.

 

[Andy808]

It disturbs me to think of you sitting on the throne pondering over what to put your balls on!

Badum tish. Try the fish he's here till Friday!


I had some of these and they made NO difference what so ever. Gotta love the BS media jargon on them though.
Tried the 3 prong things once ( found a couple on the course) same thing nothing different in distance or direction.
Think I'll stick with my cheap and chearfull wooden tees.

 

[TriggerTech]

Just shave your balls

 

[Ian_S]

Just be careful that the forward-most facing prong is down your target line, otherwise you will get a hook or slice depending on which way it is pointing.

Interesting, I'll have to remember that one. I've got those zero-friction ones and just stick them in the ground.

 

[Andy808]

These expensive, special tees cause slow play in my opinion

If I break or lose one of my wooden tees its no big deal.

I have seen tee hunts which have held up the next tee shot, or the walk up the fairway. Understandable given how much some of the special tees cost. Hunting for a cheap plastic Tee is not on though!

I have to agree especially with seniors. Mind you I've wathched them spend more time looking for a cheap plastic tee longer than they look for their ball!!!!:rofl:

 

[stevelev]

I played with a couple of retired golfers who attached their "posher" tee to a length of fishing line which they attached to another peg in the ground a few feet away from them. This way after the tee was sent flying it could not go anywhere.....not sure what the rules of golf would say about that one. I did consider trying a similar tactic with my ball when driving but apparently this is frowned upon.

A gent who plays with my Father In Law ties a short piece of twine / string round the waist of his castle tee's. It isn't attached to the ground and is only about an inch long. It prevents it flying off, and really works. I just told him to get bigger shoelaces and tie a tee of different heights to the 4 end of his laces then he had one for different clubs.

:rofl:

 

[Khamelion]

I have to agree especially with seniors. Mind you I've wathched them spend more time looking for a cheap plastic tee longer than they look for their ball!!!!:rofl:

My dad plays in the seniors at his club and every friday he plays with two other fellows, who are older than him, lets call these other two sweary John and sweary Pete. THe first time I played with them I was kind of shocked to hear such expletives coming from to elderly gentlemen, anyhoo, back on subject about tees and slow play.

One of the old fellas, sweary Pete uses the tall pink plasctic castle tees and it's alwasy a major hunt when it goes missing after a shot, on this one occasion his tee went walk about, so I pointed out to him where it was, while winding him up a little bit as well.

"Pete!!", I said, "Your cerise tee is over there next to your trolley"

"It's not cerise", he replied, "It's <enter expletive starting with 6th letter of alphabet> pink" :mmm:

 

[PIng]

Just be careful that the forward-most facing prong is down your target line, otherwise you will get a hook or slice depending on which way it is pointing.

So, if I wanted to hit a draw, should I align the forward facing prong at the target, or slightly to the right as per the new ball flight laws?

 

[DaveM]

Not to sure about at lest one reply in this thread. I do hope its a micky take. I really do.

 

[Khamelion]

Rather than have the forward prong facing the target, would it not be better if you split the prongs so that one faced say NW and the other NE, so that when the ball leaves the tee it's confused and doesn't know which way to fly becasue of the left and right facing prongs so it goes straight?

 

[RGDave]

Rather than have the forward prong facing the target, would it not be better if you split the prongs so that one faced say NW and the other NE, so that when the ball leaves the tee it's confused and doesn't know which way to fly becasue of the left and right facing prongs so it goes straight?

Good thinking.

I have some Z F tees at the back of my golf cupboard. I'd use them if they were Pink.....

Actually, my longest ever drive at the 15th was off one of those. Why don't I use them anymore??

 

[Evesdad]

I've still got a pair of those brush tees I never used them, think they were free with a magazine!

 

[Andy808]

Good thinking.

I have some Z F tees at the back of my golf cupboard. I'd use them if they were Pink.....

Actually, my longest ever drive at the 15th was off one of those. Why don't I use them anymore??

*sits toking on a jo*nt*

They've got you man, those marketing b*****ds have got you now man.