Perfect. Never thought about just giving myself a clean fairway lie with a tee and hitting down normally. Makes so much more sense . Thanks I'll try it out and post an update. [quote name="David in FL" url="/t/73453/par-3-basic-troubles#post_968124"]
If it works for you, that's great, but this game is hard and I'd recommend that anyone take every little advantage the rules give you. Allowing you to have a perfect lie on the teebox by using a tee is one such advantage.....especially given that most of us don't play courses where even the teeing area is pristine all the time.
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[quote name="carpediem4300" url="/t/73453/par-3-basic-troubles#post_968119"]i dont bother with a tee, used to but no matter how far i push it down i cant hit down on it properly, must be psychological but alot of my buddies suffer the same,
i just find a really good lie on the tee box and place it there, and play as a normal fairway to green shot,,...........i find it to be the same sort of lie as placing a tee all the way into the ground, it just removes the thought of it being tee'd up
my buddies followed suite and none of us tee on a par3 now, one guy went from regularly missing every par 3 green, to hitting them all the time now,.......sometimes i should keep the advice to myself...
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[quote name="David in FL" url="/t/73453/par-3-basic-troubles#post_967093"]I tee it just high enough that it gives me what I'd consider a perfect lie in the fairway. Maybe up 1/8 inch or so, no more. Then play my normal shot for the club I'm using.
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