Single-digit handicappers, do you break tees?

[madcityscott]

A common bit of wisdom to us high-handicappers is that the golf tee should remain unbroken on our drives, signifying that we have properly swept the ball. True or false?

[iacas]

A common bit of wisdom to us high-handicappers is that the golf tee should remain unbroken on our drives, signifying that we have properly swept the ball. True or false?

It depends more how firm the ground is than anything else, I think. You can't hit the ball in the center of the face without ticking the tee a little bit.

[anthonykim3]

shorter iron par 3 yes drives never i haven't broke a tee of a drive in like a year

[RC]

Modern drivers are designed to be hit higher on the clubface than in years past so yes, if the ground is firm, you will break a lot of tees. That is not unusual any more. Now if the tee box is soft, maybe not. I break at least 50 percent and hit a fairly high flight with an 8.5 driver. I don't think there is much to the old "don't break the tee" bromide but I used to hear it sometimes, so there must have been some reason for the idea.

[Lebowski]

I dont break tees when hitting a driver, I can usually use the same tee for the entire round unless the top gets chipped, or if I break it fixing a pitch mark

[TN94z]

Like previously stated, I only break them if the ground is really dry and hard. If the tee box is fairly soft then I usually don't break them. I think it is a pretty common thing to break them. I don't know many people that don't

[JGulkCG]

i agree with most everything stated above by the low handicappers

[goblue107501]

For me, it totally depends on how hard the ground is. When it is pretty soft I can use one tee for the round. In those conditions my tee either leans forward a bit or pops straight up. If it hasn't rained in a while and the ground is hard they will break.

Odd thing happened over the weekend -- I broke a tee in two places. The bottom part broke at the ground and it also broke just below the top part, leaving about an inch of tee no connected to anything. That was a first for me.

[Jay-Bird]

I break tees.

[wedge player]

i dont know my tees go flying somewhere most time i cant find them.

[bjw181]

Par three tees usually break. Driver not so much. If the tee flies straight up out of the ground like it was bounced then I know I am swinging pretty well with my driver.

[enarhi]

I break the tee on at least 2/3rds of my drives. I tend to tee it up a bit lower than most, and play at courses with generally firm ground, so that has a lot to do with it. Every golf instructor I've talked to has shunned the "don't break the tee myth", so I'll jump on their bandwagon and say breaking the tee is fine.

[Jay-Bird]

I use 3.25" white, wooden tees - I can always see the exact spot of impact on my driver face. I tee the ball up higher than most. The sweet spot is in the high/center of the face. If I hit a perfect drive - about .5" of the tee is taking the impact of a 110+ mph swing.

I think tees should be broken.

[anthonykim3]

i realized why i don't break tee i use plastic zero friction

[Parker0065]

I don't use a tee on par3's so I only use them with the driver. I've played as many as 3-4 rounds of golf with the same tee before it gives out and it usually chips at the head before it breaks in half.

I guess all I can say is if you are breaking a lot of tees with your Driver then you may be swing a little steep, if thats why your asking?

[SpacklersEdge]

Right now I have some of the plastic zero friction tees. So, this is not related to breaking them, but I find that when I use them, they come out of the ground and end up about 8-10 feet behind me on the tee box. What does that tell you?

[shades9323]

Right now I have some of the plastic zero friction tees. So, this is not related to breaking them, but I find that when I use them, they come out of the ground and end up about 8-10 feet behind me on the tee box. What does that tell you?

That you are playing into a stiff headwind!

[zeg]

Thinking of the slow-mo shots of drives they show in commercials, it seems like the tee always flies up straight up or backwards. I take that to mean it was clipped at an upward angle and its rebound on the way out of the ground gave it the backward momentum.