teeing up with irons and woods

[Stacey_E]

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

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

That's me right there. My course has two downhill 9ir/pw type of par 3s (124 & 134). I usually hit PW or 9 depending on pin location, wind, etc. When I tee those two clubs I have a tendancy to get the club sliding under a little too much. That usually leaves me short. Lately I've been finding some grass and really driving down into those shots. Ive had better luck that way.

Otherwise I tee it as high as I can get away with. I'll even tee the 5 iron pretty high and swing a little more around than usual.

[flopdarock]

at my course i always tee it up if its more than 160yrds away

[PiKapp23]

I always use a tee except in very particular circumstances. When using a tee for irons, the ball is just barely teed above ground level. With hybrids it's higher; woods higher still; and driver about 1 inch or so (I tee it much lower with driver than most do). The one circumstance where I do not use a tee is if it's a short par 3 (PW or less distance) I may not use a tee, but it depends on how I have hit wedges that day. Sometimes it's easy to hit the wedge too low below the ball when it's on tee, resulting in a ball coming up too short or catching fat or the opposite happens and I catch it thin.

[ZaPPPa]

Always tee up. People spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars getting the right clubs that will give them an edge, so why not take the advantage of a perfect lie when you can for free?

If you'd made a poll, I wouldn't be surprised if >95% tee it up.