teeing up with irons and woods

[imtomtomim]

Just another habit question that I was curious about. When I don't hit driver for my first shot, I don't really tee up the ball. I'll take whatever advantage I can get and I'll basically put broken tee nub that I find into the ground to take the small variables out of my lie but I found that when I tee the ball up for my irons/wedges/hybrids, my distance control is not as consistent.

Do you guys tee the ball up for your irons and woods or do you guys basically hit off the deck?

[chriskzoo]

Always tee the ball whenever you can. If I'm on a par 3 and looking for exact distance, I basically shove the tee nub down to the ground, maybe having the ball sit up 1/8" or so. If I'm on a shorter par 4 where I'm not too worried about distance, I'll tee it even slightly higher, especially with a wood in my hand.

Take every advantage you can get.

[Zeph]

Always tee it up, no matter what club.

[IcemanYVR]

Always tee it up, advice from Bobby Jones.

[MI Rob]

I always tee my ball up for whatever club im using off teebox.

[GaijinGolfer]

I always tee it up, but when Im hitting a short iron I will tee the ball up pretty low. With an iron, you want to hit the ball with the bottom 1/3 of the clubface, so there is really no reason to tee it up high.
With a driver you would want to tee it high enough that the ball hits the top 1/3 of the clubface (so you can maximize the trampoline effect), but not with an iron.

[Clambake]

I always do. As Sam Snead once said "I've never seen a player good enough not to use a peg when the rules give it to him".

[jcorfive]

I'll always tee it up on the box. I'll use a broken tee no problem as long as it gets the ball where I want it.

[Kcas77]

If I can find good grass I don't like to tee it up with my short irons.

[wedge player]

Just another habit question that I was curious about. When I don't hit driver for my first shot, I don't really tee up the ball. I'll take whatever advantage I can get and I'll basically put broken tee nub that I find into the ground to take the small variables out of my lie but I found that when I tee the ball up for my irons/wedges/hybrids, my distance control is not as consistent.

i never tee up an iron me and the ball have a agreement i toss it and it rolls where it wants to go then it flies where i want it to go

[microcrayfish]

I always tee up my irons as Mr Nickalus once said, "air offers less resistance than dirt".

[GaijinGolfer]

I personally dont understand the logic of not teeing it up when hitting an iron. You can give yourself a perfect lie, so why not?

[misty_mountainhop]

I always tee it up even if it's very low for my irons. Take every bit of help you can I reckon; the game's hard enough anyway.

[goblue107501]

I use a tee for any shot on a tee box. The exception is if it is a short, downhill par three where the shot is all feel and I am hitting a wedge. I don't want to use a tee as this may throw off my 'feel' and I may hit the ball too high or too hard since it is on a tee.

[Slim 11]

I don't tee it up on short irons (anything closer than 7 iron distance for me). I am very comfortable with these clubs and consistent with the distance. Even a nub of a tee seems to through me off hitting 7, 8, 9 etc.
I am all for any help I can get, this is just what I've found works best for me. Maybe I'm not good enough to tee it up each time?

[ProfessorGAC]

Always tee it up, advice from Bobby Jones.

And from Hogan, Nicklaus, and Trevino, as well.

If it's good enough for them, it sure is good enough for me! GAC

[Big_M]

I never tee up any wedge, and the 9-iron is a game time decision... the rest always get tees.

[David in FL]

The game is hard enough. I'd be foolish not to take advantage of any help that the rules will allow.