Corn and other bio tees

[Mobey]

I used to play at a private club near me once or twice a year and I always thought it was great they had a large bucket of corn tee's (tees made from corn that are decompose quickly) for all players to use.  Just go up grab a handful and away you go......Well they stopped the practice and I hadn't seen them since ,until this year.  I picked up a box of 1000 corn tees on fleabay for 28 bucks but they just didn't seem the same as the ones I remembered. They hold up great on the course and I'd say they seem to last longer than wood but break easier than plastic.  Well just for giggles I put one in a bucket of water on my deck after a day it was "slimey" feeling and after a week it was "gooey" after 16 days it was dissolved (mostly).  I don't really think its a necessary thing and I use them mostly because they are a cool conversation starter and they weren't expensive.

I got thinking there was a discussion years ago of someone who filed for a patent for a golf tee made out of grass seed that explode on impact....those, I think would be cool.  I'm not sure if anyone ever actually made it.  Anybody ever seen one of these?

[jd4vt1998]

Sounds like the balls that shatter when you hit them or the ones that roll a little then explode.  Those would be hilarious until someone got you unnoticingly. Of course, if I start my backswing and mid shot notice that the ball isn't the one I want to hit, I always hit a terrible shot anyways...

[aschroeger]

16 days for a bio tee to decompose doesn't seem all the important to me.

the grounds crew should have mowed that tee box and picked up the tee's by then :)

[NM Golf]

I can say I have never paid for a golf tee in my life! I don't care what they are made of nor do I care what color they are. I do like these tees at the course made out of resin though. They are close to indestructible. I grab a handful and they last forever. I only need one a round.

[Mobey]

My point for buying these tees wasn't the biodegradable factor honestly. I liked the ones I got free because they held up so well. The real question here was if anyone had seen the grass seed tees. I'm curious if they were ever made. I found the original patent was filed in the 20's