Wedges from a tee

[inc0gnito]

Do you use a tee when hitting your speciality wedges from the tee box?

My 44* PW is a game improvement type iron which feels fine off the tee. My 48,52, and 56 wedges are vokeys/rtx 2.0s and ive never hit them from a tee. It feels weird thinking about hitting them from the tee. Maybe it’s the loom of them or something.

Is there a advantage/disadvantage to it?

 

[Pin-seeker]

I never use a tee on 8i or less.

 

[chrisd]

I never tee of without using a tee

 

[Imurg]

On my current course there's no hole that j would use less than a 9 iron on u less we're on temps..
But my previous course had a couple of 120 Hardee's and I remember playing one of them in a pretty strong down wind with a front pin and soft fringes so you had to carry all the way.
Got my 50°, put a ball on a very low tee and launched it.
Dropped and stopped pin high and just right.

I think a lot depends on the quality of the tee area.
I'll generally use a tee for any tee shot, the shorter the club the lower the tee to, barely a mm or two for a 9 or wedge....

 

[jim8flog]

The only time I never use a tee is with my 19 degree rescue when I am trying to hit a very low shot in to the wind.

With irons (including wedges) my tee height is such that it equates to a really good lie on grass.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I would always use a tee but if it was a wedge shot the tee would only just be above the ground.

 

[User 99]

Jack once said, from the tee is the only time you get to have the perfect lie, why would you not take advantage of it.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

With irons (including wedges) my tee height is such that it equates to a really good lie on grass.

This for me too. Our shortest par 3 plays around 155 minimum uphill and into any prevailing wind so a wedge is out of the question.

 

[hairball_89]

One course I play 2/3 times a year has a 120yd ish super downhill par 3. It's a sand wedge most of the time. I've always teed the ball up. Why wouldn't you?

 

[pokerjoke]

You have to be a good ball striker to not use a tee imo.
If you watch Mark Crossfield videos Rory who’s a 7 handicapper doesn’t use a tee and is one of the worst for fats,thins and duffs.
Myself personally will use a tee 99% of the time.

 

[TreeSeeker]

My thinking is basically, a tee lets you decide exactly the lie you have, for free. Why wouldn't you take that advantage.

Always use one, our shortest par 3 is 95 yards, tee everytime. I quite enjoy watching people "not bother" and then miss the green.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Wasn't it Jack Nicklaus that said you only get 18 perfect lies per round so why not take them....or words to that effect?

 

[User 99]

Jack once said, from the tee is the only time you get to have the perfect lie, why would you not take advantage of it.

Wasn't it Jack Nicklaus that said you only get 18 perfect lies per round so why not take them....or words to that effect?

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Please accept my humble apologies, i didn't read every post in the thread

 

[MendieGK]

Even sand wedges I’ll use a tee.

 

[User 99]

Even sand wedges I’ll use a tee.

I'm surprised by those who say they tee it down, for me, teeing it down close to the ground isn't much better than just having it on the ground.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

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Nick Dougherty’s tip today is on this subject.

 

[User 99]

His height is my height, except when I'm hitting my 2 iron from the tee, but that's not usually on par 3s

 

[Jamesbrown]

Never hit a full wedge so no I don’t use a tee. Only pitch with them.

 

[Wolf]

Jack once said, from the tee is the only time you get to have the perfect lie, why would you not take advantage of it.

I remember being 14 years old and reading that exact tip in an old golf magazine my dad had lying around and ever since always used a tee on every tee shot no matter what club I use, just varying the height of the tee depending on the club being hit.