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  1. 1. What kind of tees are you using?

    • Bristle Tees: Brush T, X-Tee, Rip Tips...
      26
    • Plastic/Composite: Zero Friction, Wedge Tee...
      112
    • Wood
      234
    • Other
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Never paid for tees in my life. I use wood ones that I find or I grab a handful at the country club. I doubt I would be able to tell the difference with "performance" tees anyways.
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driver- X460 tour 9.5 Aldila NVS 75
irons- X-forged 3-PW TT BlackGold stiff
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Zero-friction tees, hands down. I bought a 50 pack about a year ago and still have like 35...and the missing 15 are in probably still in friends' pockets and bags.

You know those friends that get to the first tee box and realize they don't have any tees?...I'll give them ONE zero-friction on the first tee box and not have them ask me for another tee for like...well...lets just say more than a few rounds (and thats probably just because they misplaced it.)

In all honesty I've only broken two of these tees out of this pack in about a year's time....and that was more due to the super hard tee boxes and me accidentally bending them trying to get them in all round.

Hi-Bore 9.5° w/ UST pro-force v2 Stiff
Halo 1i 16°
Halo 3i 22°
735.cm 4-PW
Vokey 52.8, Vokey Spin-Milled 56.10, 60.4 Sophia 32" or Studio Design 1 34"

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Good ol' fashioned WOODEN tees. 3 1/4"
What I Play:

Driver: Sasquatch SUMO² 9.5º Stiff
Hybrid: HiBore 16º (3W replacement)
Irons: Staff Ci6 3-PW StiffWedges: Vokey Spin Milled 54.10 60.04Putter: Newport Studio Style 35"Ball: Pro V1xAge: 15
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I spent $20 on a set of three brush tees (is that the right description?) recently, and even the longest one wasn't long enough for my driver. I like to tee it up a fair bit. Bummer, I was p****d. What's with that, anyway?

Based on this thread, I'm going to try the long three-pointer jobs that don't break. I hate finding I don't have a good tee in my pocket when I need it - increases my hook probability by about 50%

Driver: Cobra 460SZ 9.0, med.
3 Wood: Taylor stiff
3-hybrid: Nike 18 deg stiff
4-hybrid:
Taylor RBZ 22 deg regular
Irons:5-9, Mizuno MP30, steel
Wedges: PW, 52, 56, 60 Mizuno MP30
Putter: Odyssey 2-ball

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I just use regular wooden tees at this point in time. Honestly for iron tee shots I generally just find a broken tee left on the tee box. But I think I'm going to buy some zero friction tees sometime soon just based on the comments.
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Driver: HiBore XL 10.5*
3-Wood: SS-01
Hybrid: 503H 22*
Irons: Deep Red II TourSand Wedge: CG10 56*Lob Wedge: CG10 60*Putter: V Foil GT M6.4KBall: ProV1
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What do you use with the big guns...

Stinger Tees

In my Grom:

HiBore XLS 10.5 / ProLaunch Blue
Ti Great Big Bertha Warbird 3 Wood
Killer Whale 5 WoodPinemeadow Command 3 Hy Eye 2 + 4-9 Irons 588 RTG 49 "Special", Gunmetal 56, RTG 60 White Hot #5 Tour B330-RXEpoch Tees Royal Oaks Golf Club

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I have used Zero Friction the past few weeks and I really like them. They used to break a lot on my iron shots but they haven't been breaking nearly as much as they used to for me, not really sure why, haha. One of them will usually last me about 18 holes...

Driver Ping G10 10.5*
Hybrids Ping G5 (3) 19* Bridgestone J36 (4) 22*
Irons Mizuno MP-57 5-PW
Wedges Srixon WG-504 52.08 Bridgestone WC Copper 56.13
Putter 33" Scotty Cameron Studio Select #2

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I have used Zero Friction the past few weeks and I really like them. They used to break a lot on my iron shots but they haven't been breaking nearly as much as they used to for me, not really sure why, haha. One of them will usually last me about 18 holes...

Don't use them on iron shots. Just drivers, and sometimes 3W if the ground is somewhat soft.

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Don't use them on iron shots. Just drivers, and sometimes 3W if the ground is somewhat soft.

I second this...all I need is basically the head of a broken wooden tee for iron shots. Pushing the zero-friction tees all the way in the ground has to be a pain and surely makes them more susceptible to breaking due to not being able to move any in the ground when pushed all the way in.

Hi-Bore 9.5° w/ UST pro-force v2 Stiff
Halo 1i 16°
Halo 3i 22°
735.cm 4-PW
Vokey 52.8, Vokey Spin-Milled 56.10, 60.4 Sophia 32" or Studio Design 1 34"

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Epoch tees. Unbreakable and more user friendly than Zero Friction. And you get 40 long ones and 10 short ones in a package, which is great. I carry one of each in my pocket for driver/3wood and irons off the tee.
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its a tee.
but that would be cool if they made the "Titleist Tee" that had a softer feel

In my White Hoofer Vantage Bag:

Driver : R7 Draw
Woods : 3 hybrid
Irons : MP-60Wedge : 54 deg 58 degPutter : RED X 35' (in love)Ball : TP BlackBest Round: 80Closest to Hole-In-One: 0.5''

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I tried out Brush T's with my driver this year and I really liked them. Im gonna give them another go next season as well.

I tried the brush t's and really loved them but found the bristles got distorted I had trouble getting the ball to set up. I also found the bristles coming out after a round or two. Very expensive to be throwing away every couple rounds.

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2 3/8" wood tees with the driver. I prefer a low penetrating flight.

Driver: MP-600 9.5 w/ Fujikura E360 Stiff Shaft
4 Wood: F-60 16.5 w/ Exsar FS3 Stiff Shaft
Irons:MP-57 3-PW w/ Dynamic Gold S300 Shafts
Wedges: MP-R Black-Ni 52, 56, & 60
Putter: Studio Select Newport 2Ball: ProV1/ProV1xGrips: Winn Xi7

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Yeah i use these neon green tee's i buy at McSports for like 5 dollars. I'm going to be ordering something off of rockbottomgolf and im going to try out the zero friction tee.

In my Extreme Sport Stand Bag
Driver: 4DX D-Spec Driver 10.5* Stiff UST SR3
3W: F-60 15* Regular Fujikura E150 Fit-On
Hybrids: 4DX Ironwoods 20* 23* Regular UST SR3
Irons: 4DX CB 5-PW Stiff True Temper ST-90Wedges: Vokey 50* 56*Putter: SabertoothBall: DT Roll

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