Tee Height

[MaRx]

I keep finding these HUGE tees on the tee-boxes and I think to myself "what the hell size of head would need a tee this long!" I think the 400+cc heads on some clubs promote teeing balls wayyyy too high!?.. I've never understood why the heads needed to be sooo big.. For some it works tho, so I guess I cant really say much!

[ragontona]

Center of the ball at the top of the clubface for me too, but it really doesn't matter how I tee it up when I come in steep and sky mark the sonofabitch.

[JonnyRockets]

I ususally have the center of the ball at the top of the driver - though I'm now experimenting with it lower and changing the ball position a little.

No matter what though - my drive seems to rocket out like a bad mo fo - then seems to get a boost of power and rocket straight left. (I'm a lefty.)

so needless to say - I don't use my driver in a game much right now.

[rembrandt]

Yep, center at the crown. Works for me most of the time. I think thats what the pros recommend!

[Maverick]

the best position for me is about 1/4 of the ball above the crown.

[Chas]

I keep finding these HUGE tees on the tee-boxes and I think to myself "what the hell size of head would need a tee this long!"

That would be a 460, like the Cobra I bought recently. Could I have my tees back please?

I bought some absurdly long tees recently and just love them for the 460. Soon the FAA will require strobes attached to alert low-flying aircraft. But really, with the big modern drivers it just feels right to tee up really really high, and you can't argue with the launch angle and distance. I used to be a 130 av. driver, best say 150. Now I'm a 150-160 av., best about 180 breeze at my back. Stats never lie (just the statisticians ).

[cantputt]

Dang chas i envy you.... toerry pines is so a nice and fun course to play :( i wish it was my home course

[cdriver]

I use the 3-1/4" tees and vary tee height with the shot. If I have to hit the ball high (we have a couple of dogleg holes here I can carry over the dogleg), I tee it about 1/4" higher. For straight or fade shots, I tee it down about 1/4". For normal tee shots, I tee it with the top of driver at equator of ball.

[Mr Bogey]

I think I am of the minority to say that I like my ball tee'ed low. However, it does more depend on the driver. I have found (for me) that my Nike SQ likes it tee'ed low. I find that when I tee them higher I tend to get more side spin on the ball and slice it.

[Rezgolf]

with my R7 it has to be tee'd up with the center of the ball to the top of the clubhead, unless I want to hit it lower (and more accurately) I will tee the ball lower.

[Guest]

Tee height is different for each golfer and each club. Finding that height can be a little time consuming but well worth it. What really helps is having graduated tees or the ConsistHITe device. Check it out at http://www.consisthite.com What it does is put a line on the shaft of the tee at whatever height you set it to. What I did was take it to the range and found out what height I needed for each driver.

[ezmoney5150]

I definitely tee it high. I like to hit the ball just above the center of the clubface. The other reason is that my miss is "coming out of the shot." So If I come out of it I might just hit the center instead of the top of the club face.

[BritBoy]

everyone I play with has the tee it high and let it fly approach with the driver, in fact I hear that everytime they tee up, hmmmm getting old now.

I prefer tee it low and let it go unless I have a good back wind and want to gain a couple of yards, then I'll join in the chorus

[milesdowsett]

I tee it with the equator of the ball in line with the top line of my Titleist 983e driver; ditto with my 3 wood (Taylor Made Burner mk1).

My irons I keep pretty consistent through the bag; about half an inch of the deck.

I always like Jack Nicklaus' philosophy about teeing it up on par 3s or with irons:

"Why would you NOT tee it up and guarantee yourself a perfect lie everytime?"

[kafka01]

Not really about tee hight, and probably most people know about this already or wouldnt make that kind of error. A couple of weeks ago i didnt had any short tees at hand for Par 3 iron shots so i just used my driver tees for a few rounds - with most shots that felt really strange like taking a too big divot. Finally i figured that hitting on that long tee which almost complety was in the ground robbed me swing speed. Since then i just use very short broken tees what works marvellous.

[golfchief]

Not really about tee hight, and probably most people know about this already or wouldnt make that kind of error. A couple of weeks ago i didnt had any short tees at hand for Par 3 iron shots so i just used my driver tees for a few rounds - with most shots that felt really strange like taking a too big divot. Finally i figured that hitting on that long tee which almost complety was in the ground robbed me swing speed. Since then i just use very short broken tees what works marvellous.

Don't really know what the problem is, you just put the tee in to the height you want. no matter how long the tee is just push it down where you need it.

[kafka01]

Problem is that most of the time you dont hit the tee out of the ground or hit the head off what gives you unnecessary resistance with your shot.

[golfchief]

If the long tee is giving you that much of a problem break it in half, they only cost a couple of pennies each.