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On the opposite side from the hazard, so I can hit away from it and attempt to bring it back into the middle of the fairway
Where do you tee up between the blocks?...and why?
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Foxholer
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It's the only time I get a say in where I'm going to play from, so I select the area that's likely to help the shot I have planned most!
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
very important imo. changes every time I am on the tee!
Very interesting stats so far, it seems that many members on here can shot shape both a fade and draw off the tee by using both sides of the blocks, something I must admit I haven't seem much evidence of :smirk:
El Bandito
Q-School Graduate
One Planer
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I vary my position depending on the shape of the fairway I'm trying to hit and any divots on the tee box.
Something I heard a while back (... True or not I dont know) when teeing up. If you have trouble down the left side of a hole, be it water, OOB, large bunker etc, tee up on the left side of the tee box as it will give you more room to the 'safe' side of the fairway.
I'm sure it was a piece Neil Plimmer did for GM a while back.
Edit: ..... Amd no JohnO, I didn't hear it on a Muni' in Glasgow :rofl:
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USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
Not necessarily so. Rarely does the tee box line up exactly down the centre of the fairway, so if I drive the ball fairly straight, then it does make some difference where I tee up from.
Obviously if my partners are already standing on the right of the tee box, I'm going over there to tee it up regardless.
Rooter
Money List Winner
not read any of the answers, just the OP. but i tee up on the flattest bit. dont care which side unless there is an obvious tree to go past or something like that...
I understand that philosophy, most training things I have either watched or read it has always stated that if you fade/slice then tee up on the right aiming down the left of the fairway and if you draw/hook tee up on the left of the tee blocks and aim down the right of the fairway. If either are practised and in the unusual event you hit it straight to your target line, your on the fairway, if your natural shot plays its part, you should also be on the fairway but more central!
Easy said I know but foundations I have read and seen mentioned a lot.
So why so much changing from one side to another when some blocks may only be a few yards apart?
One Planer
Global Moderator
See post #26 :thup:
mikee247
Challenge Tour Pro
I tend to tee up on the same side of the trouble (so if bunkers or hazard is on the right I tee up on the right) and aim play a shot away from it. Also depending on the shape of the hole so dog leg left, tee over on the left to allow for a fade etc so Id set up to play the hole the way its designed to and attempt to shape a shot accordingly. Not always successfully of course but.....hey its the thought that counts. 
I think it helps with commitment to visualise what shot your going to hit each time including off the tee.
I think it helps with commitment to visualise what shot your going to hit each time including off the tee.
CheltenhamHacker
Journeyman Pro
This whole issue was shown to me with great effect the other week on a par 3.
The hole was basically a tee shot cutting the edge of a lake, and to the right hand edge of the green was water.
I was hitting a fade that day (not saying this was on purpose, but some days I go right>left, other days its left> right. No idea why it changes/what I do differently).
I stepped up, and went to the left hand side of the tee box without thinking. A friend I was playing with (off 2, so I listen to him!) pointed out to me that by being that side, I was giving myself less of an escape to the right, if my fade became a slice. If I stepped 5 yards to the right edge of the tee box, the margin for error was much greater, due to the angle I was now approaching the green from. It may seem like a small bit, but I think it's more than we realise.
I then stepped up, hit the usual fade to 6 foot, and sank the putt for a rare birdie. He pointed out that if I had hit that exact shot from the other side of the tee box, I would have been wet.
Since then, I try and think a lot more about which side I want to be on!
The hole was basically a tee shot cutting the edge of a lake, and to the right hand edge of the green was water.
I was hitting a fade that day (not saying this was on purpose, but some days I go right>left, other days its left> right. No idea why it changes/what I do differently).
I stepped up, and went to the left hand side of the tee box without thinking. A friend I was playing with (off 2, so I listen to him!) pointed out to me that by being that side, I was giving myself less of an escape to the right, if my fade became a slice. If I stepped 5 yards to the right edge of the tee box, the margin for error was much greater, due to the angle I was now approaching the green from. It may seem like a small bit, but I think it's more than we realise.
I then stepped up, hit the usual fade to 6 foot, and sank the putt for a rare birdie. He pointed out that if I had hit that exact shot from the other side of the tee box, I would have been wet.
Since then, I try and think a lot more about which side I want to be on!
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I did put the word "attempt" in bold, I try to shape them but it doesn't mean it always happens!
Slicer30
Q-School Graduate
I chose the option "I change from side to side " as I do not deliberately play from the right, left or centre all the time.
I vary depending on where the trouble is on the hole, I think it was a Graeme McDowell article in the mag where I picked this habit up from.
Teeing up on the left, doesnt mean I am trying to hit a draw or that I am trying to hit a fade when I tee up on the right.
One Planer
Global Moderator
Not so much about shot shape pal, more about how the hole, fairway and trouble is layed out.
As an example. Our 3rd is a short par 4 that has a slight dogleg to the left.
Everything for the first 130 yards of the hole to the left is OOB. I always tee up on the left side of the tee box as it brings the whole right side of the fairway into play and takes the OOB out of my eye line.
More often than not no I'll hit a push draw down there with a mid iron to just past the dog leg. Sometimes I get just the push, but is still in the fairway leaving a little longer shot in. Either way I 'feel' I've opened up more of the course by taking the OOB out of play.
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Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Thought it was universally accepted as convention that if you have a fade shot or suffer a slice then actually standing on the right hand side of the tee box is better for reducing a fade/slice
MashieNiblick
Tour Winner
As others have said, it depends on the hole lay out. I was told to tee on the side the trouble is so that you hit away from it. So if OOB is on the left I tee up on the left. Even if tee blocks are not that far apart it does make a difference.
One thing though, I usually tee up well back from the blocks (but obviously within 2 club lengths) to ensure I get a good footing and am not standing where everyone else has chewed up the turf, especially when it's wet.
One thing though, I usually tee up well back from the blocks (but obviously within 2 club lengths) to ensure I get a good footing and am not standing where everyone else has chewed up the turf, especially when it's wet.
2 club lengths back from the box :smirk:
AMcC
Journeyman Pro
I vary from side to side, generally depending on where most danger is on any particular hole, so that I am playing away from it as much as possible
dontfancythisputt
Club Champion
As many have said RH side for a fade, LH side for a draw.
I like to TRY to move the ball away from the worst trouble if the hole shape/wind allow.
Im stating immediately though that I cant control the shot shape with any real talent but i find that an "attempted" draw wont slice and an "attempted" fade wont hook, well not normally anyway!
I like to TRY to move the ball away from the worst trouble if the hole shape/wind allow.
Im stating immediately though that I cant control the shot shape with any real talent but i find that an "attempted" draw wont slice and an "attempted" fade wont hook, well not normally anyway!
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