Tees

[gogolfing]

  piper_clap said:

Exactly the same reason I use the Epoch tees. I bought a bag at the start of the year, have played somewhere around 80 rounds, and have at least enough to last me the rest of the year. I'd have more if my regular playing partner didn't need to borrow one every round.

I bought the Epoch tees this past winter and I'm not exaggerating when I say I probably won't buy any more tees for another two or three years. I have broken one, and I haven't lost any. I have given them to playing partners and they can't break them either. Don't know if there is a performance benefit, but I like them because they don't break and I find they are wider than the Zero Friction and get in the ground easier when the turf is a bit firm.

[flopdarock]

  wedge player said:

i agree with flop i personally prefer orange brush tees,o and a downside to zero friction tee top of them seem to stab me alot while in my pocket.

i forgot all about that... those dang things are frikken sharp

[Zeph]

I break tees all the time, have tried the zero friction ones, but they didn't last longer than my wooden ones. I always got a couple thousand tees at home and refill the bag when needed.

[whetstone]

I hate when they come out and clean up all the broken tees, I actually have to dig in my bag to use my own.

  bIGwIRE said:

If everyone copied your example there wouldn't be any little tee bits sitting in front of the tee boxes, and I would have

[Tayysauce]

IMO, the zero friction tees dont give me anymore distance than with a wooden tee. They do last long, but heres a tip if you like regular wooden tees and dont feel like paying for more:

When teeing up, push the tee in deeper into the ground than you would for your club, but then pull it back up to the right length. This way the ground around the tee will be softer and more loose, so the tee has a better chance of popping in the air than snapping in half. Works for me.

[prutkows]

cheapest wooden tees i can find :) Or if you're really cheap just build your own tee with the divot replacing sand in the cart.

[Titleist Man]

  prutkows said:

cheapest wooden tees i can find :) Or if you're really cheap just build your own tee with the divot replacing sand in the cart.

I tried that one time but it was with divots lying on the teebox. Didnt work so well.......

[kafka01]

  Titleist Man said:

I tried that one time but it was with divots lying on the teebox. Didnt work so well.......

Why would you do that? Just hit down your iron to elevate some grass and lay it on top - but i tend to do that more on the driving range to get a better lie than on tee boxes where i generally just use tees.

BTW - i wanted to buy plastic tees in our pro shop and they told me, they wouldnt sell them, since they damage the mowers. Any idea if thats true or if thats just a "plot" to keep selling wooden tees, or if there is any merit to it?

[YogiTKE]

  Spackler-esque said:

The plastic zero friction tees are wonderful. I would buy a bunch if I could find'em.

It's called Dick's Sporting Goods, Golf Galaxy, Golf Smith, eBay, or basically any golf supplier on the face of the planet.

They aren't too hard to find.

[deafheaven]

I like the zero friction tees also for the same reason as everyone else. They rarely break. I keep one short and one long tee in my shirt pocket and I'm good to go. Beware though, there is a brand of zero friction tees that breat pretty much on every shot.

As far as game improvement there is a tee I found out there that I think helps just a little. It's shaft is curved... you put it in the ground with the curve away from you. That way you are getting ball only on your strike plus the ball looks like it is just hovering there so you can focus strictly on the ball. This tee is rubber and so does not break however the tee seems to go flying everytime you hit the ball and you end up looking for where it went so that's why I don't bother with it anymore.

[tsanders11]

I tried zero friction tees but I didn't find them to be any more durable than my regular wooden tees. They also don't work too well with the rock hard tee boxes at the cheap course I play for practice.