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roccokj

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Does anyone here has a preference about tees? I use wooden tees and although they don't make any difference to my game I still like the look of them. I really hate the "kingdom" tees and the tees with artificial grass coming out of the base.
 
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Always wooden tees for iron and 3-wood tee shots, for driver I'm not fussy on material or type as long as they're long enough to tee it nice and high. I don't believe brush tees make any difference.
 

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still wooden for the driver (and that also sounds wrong) but going back to castle tees for the consistent height for irons. no doubt it will change again.
 

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Preference is wooden, but sometimes use the grey plastic driver ones, if I am striking the ball well I like to tee it down further so I go bac to the wooden ones
 

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Not meaning to hijack this thread but does anyone know if they have stopped making the pro-length wooden tees (the ones with the red, yellow or blue stripe to ensure same height each time). I ask because the blue ones were perfect for my driver but all of my old usual stockists have run out. Spoke to my club pro today who thinks they have stopped making them. Would be a real shame as I do not like castle tees but as a high handicapper find real benefit in being confident that the tee is at the same height every time.
 

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They were the last pack I bought from AG only a month ago! SO up untill a month ago they had them, I should be in AG in the morning to get some gloves I will check for you! AND if you are struggling to get some, let me know, I will get you a pack and send them to you aswell.
 

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Thanks, my nearest AG has become a Nevada Bobs and they do not have them. I still need to try JJB as they used to have them and may have some old stock if nothing else.
 

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I find the stinger tee's excellent but snap very easily. They go into rock hard ground so easily because they are so thin.
 

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Not meaning to hijack this thread but does anyone know if they have stopped making the pro-length wooden tees (the ones with the red, yellow or blue stripe to ensure same height each time). I ask because the blue ones were perfect for my driver but all of my old usual stockists have run out. Spoke to my club pro today who thinks they have stopped making them. Would be a real shame as I do not like castle tees but as a high handicapper find real benefit in being confident that the tee is at the same height every time.

They still make the Pride Golf wooden tees & I can find them everywhere, however to guarentee a good supply JJB sports always have loads in. One of the few decent reasons to visit one of their outlets.

I love using white wooden tees, though I have found a plastic tee I like in the Zero friction that is available in about any colour you want & also in nice plain white.

When I started playing I did use castle tees but as I wasn't keen on either the colour or the fact the heights wern't where I wanted them. I tend not to use them. Much prefering wooden

I will keep one or two white castle for driver tee shots & a few red or orange castle tees in my bag for irons & wood shots off the tee. But only in emergencies when I've run out of wooden tees or can't find any laying about around the teeing ground.

As for the debate on which sort of tee is better for the environment. On one hand a plastic tee will last for ever & can be reused almost et'infinitum. However plastic tees lost & eventually broken are then to be seen as damaging the environment.

However if you look into what goes into making wooden tees they are not that good for the environment. Most can be used but once or maybe twice for tdiver shots. Okay they can be reused for iron shots, but only until the head itself is damaged.However the thing is trees are cut down & there is a lot of waste of wood in creating wooden tees then there is the paint & or varish used in coating the wooden tees. Add to this the packaging as considering the short life of a wooden tee there will be more packaging over the course of a year buying wooden rather than plastic tees.

Niether are perfect. Ironically the old traditional way off teeing off on the course isperhaps preferable in using sand & or disloging turf on the teeing ground to hit off of, this last technique is used by Laura Davis, wheere she takes a wedge to the teeing ground to prepare the sod for her teeshot.

However, I think for modern large headed driver the amount of sand needed to tee up a driver would be prohibitive.
 
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