Master Teeing Off With an Iron Thread

[nuck81]

How do you top it off the tee but not off the ground?

If anything you should be hitting under the ball.

Don't tee it up so high just enough that it is setting just on top of the ground

[nuck81]

It wont help you on a full course using a tee

One of the oldest sayings in golf is "if you can't hit off a tee, you sure as hell can't hit off the ground"

Almost all the pro's use tee's on the tee box, amatuers should too

[JML22]

Ya ill tee up on a real course
but for practice sake, i'd rather hit it off the deck at a par 3. Since you're gonna be hitting it off the deck a lot more than off a tee on a full course.

[crayputter]

Errr...there is a reason its called a TEE box....if you think the pro's are hitting off the deck on Par 3's, you're wrong. You can't see it on TV, but if you're there, you can see them teeing it off on a tee, you might barely able to see it, but it's there nevertheless

Many top end courses, DO NOT allow amateurs to hit the ball off the deck in a tee box....One of my mates hit it off the deck on a par 3 of this premier high end course, and was warned by the marshall...

Ray

[JML22]

you obviously didnt get what i said

[brgolf]

Search Function.

Tee it up everytime, push the tee down as far as you can. Tee is a must.

[James_Black]

I made a thread on this.
General consensus was that it was better to use a tee but only have it a few mm off the ground.

You won't be able to get a consistent lie if you drop the ball on the teebox. No point making things harder for yourself.

[billysandy]

Can someone describe the advantages of using a tee on par 3's?

You must be teeing it too high. when teeing for an iron off a par 3, the tee should literally only bring your ball above the grass. In most cases the blades of grass around it will touch the ball. Some inexperienced juniors tee it up an inch for irons, and i don't quite understand if you are doing it that way, or doing it properly.

[Zeph]

One of the oldest sayings in golf is "if you can't hit off a tee, you sure as hell can't hit off the ground"

Quite right. If you can't hit it off a tee, you are doing something wrong. Putting it on a tee give you a perfect lie, why not take advantage of it? You can tee it as low as you want, it will always be better than dropping the ball on the ground. You don't hit irons off the tee only on par 3s either, I often hit a long iron off the tee on shorter par 4s which demand more accuracy.

I tee it up with every club, from driver to 52º wedge. If you could, would you not prefer a perfect perched up lie on the fairway all the time? Most that struggle with ball striking hit it better off a tee than the deck. The main reason being that they can get the club under the ball and hit up on it. Cause being weight too far back, flipping or something like that. Next shot from the fairway, they hit the ground two inches behind the ball.

[misty_mountainhop]

It wont help you on a full course using a tee

With respect, bad advice. Nicklaus (I believe, no less) said that the game gives you few enough opportunities to freely improve your lie so you'd be daft not to take them. If it's good enough for him, it's good enough for me.

This has been discussed before. Off a tee, you have more margin for error, get more spin (often, due to less crud interfering with contact) etc etc. With the exception of a driver, you probably should have the tee such that the ball is no more than 5-10mm off the deck.

[tsajjad]

Errr...there is a reason its called a TEE box....if you think the pro's are hitting off the deck on Par 3's, you're wrong. You can't see it on TV, but if you're there, you can see them teeing it off on a tee, you might barely able to see it, but it's there nevertheless

if they dont allow u to hit without tees to protect their turf, then thats just stupid. even pros when they hit irons off tees, they stil take divots, they dont just hit it clean off the tee.

[Mattplusness]

why not take away the disadvantage of not knowing pure trajectory?

[jamo]

It wont help you on a full course using a tee

And how many iron shots do you play off of lies as tight as the tee boxes are (at nicer courses)? None, just on par 3's, that's why you tee it up. And you be foolish not to take advantage of a few softs spots in the rules.

[Devo]

Nicklaus (I believe, no less) said that the game gives you few enough opportunities to freely improve your lie so you'd be daft not to take them.

I heard this when I was very young and have found no reason to disagree with it. Just do yourself a favor and tee it up.

[sean_miller]

It wont help you on a full course using a tee

The course I played yesterday (marshy area, twilight round, used a 1/2 can of Deep Woods Off - very frustrating, but I digress) was 6520 yards from the tips - not a very long course, but still, only one remotely driveable par 4 at 291 up hill with no bail out - that's an iron shot for me every time, because even though I can reach it, a 6 or 7 is just as likely as a 2 or 3.

Anyway, since you asked, below is a list of the holes and the club used off the tee. I used an iron twice as many times as the driver. In hindsight, I should have teed off with 3 or 4-iron on the second hole as it was an awkward yardage for the approach. Iron off the tee 4 times on the front nine: 1 (5i), 2 (19.5* Fybrid), 3 (D), 4 (5i - par 3), 5 (Fybrid - par 5), 6 (4i - par 3), 7 (3w), 8 (D - par 5), 9 (3i) And another 4 times on the back nine: 10 (3i), 11 (D - par 5), 12 (D), 13 (3i), 14 (3w), 15 (6i - par 3), 16 (3w - par 5), 17 (D), 18 (4i - par 3) What part of that round is "not real"?

[motteler621]

hank haney says to always use a tee on a par 3. I agree with him but I think most instructors teach this.

[JML22]

You guys are taking what i said a bit too literally
obviously i tee it up on a wahtever 5000-6000 + golf course
but when i play a dinky par 3 that has greens that are rolled to like a 6-7 and holes are 50-150
very rarely will i hit those irons/wedges off a tee on a course that's goin to my cap.
As a lot of high / mid cappers have troubles with fatting/thinning why not practice hitting it off the deck since most people goto the range, hit off mats, think they're doing well but its a whole different story off grass regardless how tight the lie is.
I play a short par3 course that is 50-120 yards max, i like to hit everything off the deck because i'm gonna be hitting my wedges off the deck on a real course way more and its kind of key to progressing past the scared of thinning/fatting stage than hitting a solid shot off a tee.

[James_Black]

I don't agree with the range mats V grass thing.

I get the same results from range mats as grass.
What's the problem with them? if you hit the ball it's all the same.

and who plays a course that's sub 5000 yards?

if you play a pitch and putt course you should still tee it up.