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-Mini- Established Member

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I picked up a new Tour Burner today and took it to the range for a bit. I was losing tees like nobody's business. I would average 1 tee per 2 balls. I started off using the plastic zero friction tees, those were snapping in half or flying 10-15 feet down the range. Then I switched to wooden tees and they were snapping and flying down the range again.

So I am asking what sort of tee should I invest in that won't snap every second swing (I don't want those brush ones, dislike them very much).

In The Bag:
Driver: r7 460 (9.5)
Fairway Woods: r7 CGB Max (3,5)
Hybrid:r7 CGB Max
Irons:AP2Wedges:Vokey Spin Milled Tour Chrome (52/8, 56/14, 60/4)Putter: Studio Select Newport 2Balls:Pro V1x 2009

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You're breaking Zero Friction tees? I used one tee for my whole round yesterday.

Yeah I know, with my old drive I never broke a single one. Sure I lost some that went flying and counldn't find them/didn't have the time to spend 10 minutes looking. But when I saw them snapping in half today I was quite surprised.

In The Bag:
Driver: r7 460 (9.5)
Fairway Woods: r7 CGB Max (3,5)
Hybrid:r7 CGB Max
Irons:AP2Wedges:Vokey Spin Milled Tour Chrome (52/8, 56/14, 60/4)Putter: Studio Select Newport 2Balls:Pro V1x 2009

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Was it colder out when you're playing with the new driver? I use the epoch tee and each one lasts me well over 20 rounds. One time I was playing at around 40F out and snapped about 5-6 of them.

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Was it colder out when you're playing with the new driver? I use the epoch tee and each one lasts me well over 20 rounds. One time I was playing at around 40F out and snapped about 5-6 of them.

nop was right around 100f out when I was playing

In The Bag:
Driver: r7 460 (9.5)
Fairway Woods: r7 CGB Max (3,5)
Hybrid:r7 CGB Max
Irons:AP2Wedges:Vokey Spin Milled Tour Chrome (52/8, 56/14, 60/4)Putter: Studio Select Newport 2Balls:Pro V1x 2009

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wrx_junki Great Member

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You can try those brush tees or 4 feet longer tees. Also, I saw someone using a tee that has a string attached to an anchor so it won't fly away. You might want to look into that if its flying 10-15 feet away.

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Cold or firm ground and they'll break, yeah.

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Cold or firm ground and they'll break, yeah.

That would make sense, thanks... It was a weird ground almost a sand. some spots were soft (I guess for where they went flying) other parts were extremely hard (where they snapped I guess).

But would you have any suggestions to a tee that would work well? or should I just suck it up

In The Bag:
Driver: r7 460 (9.5)
Fairway Woods: r7 CGB Max (3,5)
Hybrid:r7 CGB Max
Irons:AP2Wedges:Vokey Spin Milled Tour Chrome (52/8, 56/14, 60/4)Putter: Studio Select Newport 2Balls:Pro V1x 2009

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klaymon Dedicated Member

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I played on some really hard tee boxes this weekend (had to cram them in the ground) and I never snapped one. I am honestly surprised at your experience.
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golfbarefoot Dedicated Member

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I've been using good 'ol wooden Stinger Tees for some time now. They are thin but very solid with little resistance. Now, I can't say they make anyone hit it longer or straighter and that kind of goofiness, I just like them, they're perfect.
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Chilli Dipper Great Member

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You can try those brush tees or

Word of advice: if you plan on using a four-foot-long tee during the round, make sure you have room in your bag for a sledgehammer to drive it into the ground.

In my UnderArmour Links stand bag...

Driver: '07 Burner 9.5° (stiff graphite shaft)
Woods: SasQuatch 17° 4-Wood (stiff graphite shaft)
Hybrid: 4DX Ironwood 20° (stiff graphite shaft)Irons/Wedges: Apex Edge 3-PW, GW, SW (stiff shaft); Carnoustie 60° LWPutter: Rossa AGSI+ Corzina...

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I started using Zero Friction tees a few years ago but switched exclusively to Epoch tees last year. I use the 3-1/4" ones for the driver and the 1-1/2" ones for fairway woods, hybrids and irons. I can only ever remember breaking one of the long tees and never a short one. I used to break the tines on the Zero Friction tees which is one of the reasons I stopped using them. I also found the shaft got soft after a while and became harder to insert in the ground on firmer tee boxes.

Occasionally I'll lose an Epoch tee otherwise it will normally last many, many rounds.

A tip I saw on the Golf Channel (can't remember but I think it was a Playing Lessons with the Pros ) was to insert your tee lower than you want to tee it and then pull it up to the level you want your ball at. The tee isn't so firmly in the ground that way and can fly out on contact easier. I guess it doesn't generate as much force to cause it to spring out of the ground. Since I started doing that the tees don't fly as far. This works really well on the range especially.

What's in my bag (most of the time)

Exotics 12°, Aldila VS Proto 65S
Exotics CB1 4W, 16.5°, Fujikura Stiff
3DX DC Ironwood 20°, 23°, 26º Hybrids, Proforce V2 Stiff Acer XP905 Pro 6-PW, Dynalite Gold S300Inazone CNC Spin Satin GW 50°/8°, SW 54°/14°, LW 58°/4°Boccieri...

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That would make sense, thanks... It was a weird ground almost a sand. some spots were soft (I guess for where they went flying) other parts were extremely hard (where they snapped I guess).

Eh, if a tee is wedged in hard ground like that, there isn't much you can do to prevent a club going about 100mph (give or take) from breaking it. If it breaks, it breaks.

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pherg Established Member

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When I got my Tour Burner last year I had exactly the same experience. I was snapping so-called "unbreakable" tees consistently. In the end I just went with a big bag of 3.5-inch wooden tees, I stick 3 or 4 in my pocket at the start of the round and usually finish with one or two that have survived.

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I started using Zero Friction tees a few years ago but switched exclusively to Epoch tees last year. I use the 3-1/4" ones for the driver and the 1-1/2" ones for fairway woods, hybrids and irons. I can only ever remember breaking one of the long tees and never a short one. I used to break the tines on the Zero Friction tees which is one of the reasons I stopped using them. I also found the shaft got soft after a while and became harder to insert in the ground on firmer tee boxes.

I saw the same thing on TV. I do this every time and it saves me alot of tees. Wood and plastic.

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Just get a bag of 1500 at Sam's. They're dirt cheap, so no need to worry about breakage.

In my stand bag:
909D3 with 10.5 degrees of loft and a 45 inch Fujikura Rombax 6Z08, x-flex
909F3 15* with a stock Diamana Blue
FT 18* with an Aldila NV
X-forged ('07), 3-PW with Project X 6.0 CG12, 53/11, and 58* with DSG Red X2, 33"All with Lamkin Crossline Full Cord. (except the putter of...

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(I don't want those brush ones, dislike them very much).

haha.

I like the consistent height of brush tees. I either hit the yellow X-large for driver... or the small blue ones for my 3 and 7 wood. I still use regular small wooden tees for short Par 3's, high iron tee shots, etc. I used long zero friction tees for a while and I was always teeing them up too high or too low. I'm glad whoever invented the Brush T did so. To each his own.
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Divider Tour Cart Bag
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SQ Sumo² 5900 11.5° Driver
SQ Sumo² 7 Wood 21° SQ Sumo² 3-7 hybrids, 8-SW iron set SV Tour Black Satin 60° L Wedge (6° bounce) 64° L Wedge IC Series Milled 20/20 Mallet PutterBrush Tees rule. Period.Expensive balls- ProV1;...
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