Graham Riley

I'm a South African so can't win but here are my choices. Ernie Els -11 At 45 he really wants this one before he hangs up his competitive clubs... !!! Jason Day - 10 Rory Mc - 9 Let the games begin.............. !!!

Hi MS256 - Yup I know what you mean, now you will understand why I sold my driver - IT could not decide which way it wanted to go, left or right and even sometimes straight down. Generally it is then that I know I've been away from the course for too long. Everything takes practice and it does not matter what help you get, even if it is from a coach or golf instructor, you still have to practice and hone your game - thats the difficult part. I have found, that I now go down to just have some fun and chase little white balls around, I relax and suddenly I am stroking them beautifully and clean......... weird damn game........ but we still love it, sometimes a bit too much. Me I'm a unashamed, true blue 'golf-a-holic'.

Thanks Phil for the heartfelt comments - Last time round with minimal advertising made +- $180,000 (a lot of it reorders) and that over a period of about a year, so yup I know it will fly!!! If you feel you must insult someone for their 'beliefs' or for their products, your choice but no hard feelings from my side. If it made you feel good, bonus to you. Enjoy your weekend and your golf.......

Ok guys I get the point - no more advertising, promise. You guys have fun on the course this weekend. Cheers from SA

David in FL - Yup it has been funny and very enlightening. Funny because what you guys said does hold water and shows the concerns of golfers all over the world - they don't like being ripped off by every Tom, Dick and Harry who happens to want to sell something. I'll roll with that. For me it addresses some of the 'things' which I must clear up in my 'advertising' and info regarding the unit and where to find that information so that people can become more aware of all the facts. Got to say thanks to all the guys who took the swipes - it is always good to have open debate and different viewpoints - it helps me in a few ways. Sorry guys I am still going to be advertising it and selling it all over the world and it will help most of those people, maybe with one thing or possibly a few things........... roll on the launch!!!

Hi Lihu - My 2nd generation T-Set is going to have the prototype done with a 3D printer so that we can work out the problem areas and core out excess material, which will give it a better curing time etc etc but in South Africa that 3D print (but i suppose it is a once off) is going to cost a bit over R2,000 which is $200 so won't cut it for production. The body of the unit is done in ABS and is super hard and the divot tool is made with glass filled nylon which will help with its rigidity and strength. I see you use the bamboo tees. I like them and they work well with the T-Set. You say you have a problem with hard ground, well the new (and the old) version does just that, allows you to lean on it to help get it into hard turf. The new one has been designed to sit in your hand instead of holding it with your fingers with the older version. It will be will be like holding half a small Nokia cell phone but a touch wider. This unit IF that is all it does for you will be worth it. I know that it will be a bonus tool and will give you more. Thanks for the positive comments. Once I am up and running - I'll send you one, just let me know where to in a private message. Cheers for now.

Ooops - not leaving the cat at home - leaving the CAR at home. Thanks

Lihu you are right in one aspect - trying all sorts of things could mess with your game and if using a tool (this tool) to help you set up your tee heights will disrupt your game..... leave it alone. If you feel it will not help you, don't use it, simple. If you can stroke each shot you play from the tee without ever messing up, then you are one of the lucky ones who does not need help - for the rest of us, well, as said before, I'll take all the help that I can get. Can't but wonder - the guys who don't need this tool or don't want to use one are the guys giving me the most uphill - that leaves a lot of people who are reading these posts who in all probability would love to try one out........... !!! Launching the new one in about 2 to 3 months time, everything planned going right that is. After this product has launched I go onto a more sedate product launch (I'm an inventor and innovator) that won't have the same vitriolic responses - an electrically driven multi cart for the semi disabled that can also be used as a ride on, a shopping cart (leave the cat at home), fishing cart and ........ oh hell, here we go again, a single person golf cart............ hmmm!!!

Yeah you are right, aggressive was not the right word but brutally honest is not it either. If you have never tried something like this, do not be too positive or over confidant of your views until you have - I think you would be, not just surprised but pleasantly surprised. As I have said before, I'll take anything on that helps me play a better game, even if it is just a 'gimmicky' golf accessory........ all help greatfully accepted.

The variance is not the most critical thing (important but not critical) with setting your tee correctly but the knowledge that your tee is set up at exactly the same height each time with no variance at all, is. At the 'correct' height (half ball rule for your drivers etc except for your irons) and being able to set that up consistently just gives you the confidence to swing through and be able to correct other stuff knowing it has zilch to do with tee height, does make a difference. Someone asked me why the half ball set up - I think it was in the Golfers Digest that showed the sweet spot for all the drivers that were available at the time that showed that if your ball was set up at half ball, the probability of connecting the sweet spot was enhanced. I was a bit taken aback because I had always thought the sweet spot was in the middle of the club face - well I was wrong, it was not. Some were just above the half way mark and slightly closer to the toe while others were in the middle (between the heel and the toe) but slightly higher than the middle. The other thing with a hight setting tool is this - I watched Bernard Langer at the Million Dollar at Sun City adjust his tee on the one hole three times before he was happy/comfortable with the height and then promptly sliced the ball slightly into the rough. Now this was a pro and that tee height really bugged him to the point of him loosing his concentration - hell I don't need that sort of distraction under normal conditions. I'll take the solution to that problem each time and take one more hassle out of my game given the chance and that is what the T-Set does. It does not help me play the shot, it just takes away one of the problem areas. Oh by the way, the T-Set is R&A; approved.

Hi Ernest you are 100% right, my apologies. To be able to do that properly, set up your tee with the ball, put your driver behind the ball and lower the tee and ball till you see just half the ball from behind. Take the ball off and measure the height of your tee - if it is higher than 35mm then unfortunately you will have to wait for the new reworked T-Set - if it is 35mm or lower, I can send you one of my original T-Sets for you to 'test'. Do that and send me either your email address or a physical address for me to send the unit. I would look forward to your analysis and remarks.

To all the guys that came back and gave me a piece of their mind amongst a few other things - all is well from my side. There will always be those that won't agree with what is put 'out there' and frankly I would be very surprised if everybody did, which is fine with me. When I started doing the research for this in 2000, I was as skeptical as you guys are and again with good reason - nobody had done too much research on it and everybody had always just relied on 'stick it in the turf and beat it' (especially for the hackers out there). But then I read an article (which I would dearly like to remember where) by the Tiger about the importance of your tee height. I designed my first generation T-Set with all those comments in mind. The response from the people who bought at the time showed those results as well as those I saw for myself. None of you guys will take my word for it and thats OK with me - BUT don't knock something unless you know for certain that it does not work or you have tried one. Where heights are concerned unfortunately I am limited (as with all things made) to a few heights because of manufacturing restraints. The new T-Set will however have height settings up to 45mm which will cover most golfers around plus advertising space and a divot tool - unless you are among the top players around, this 'could' help with your golf needs......... a little. And me, I'm all for making my game a bit easier and user friendly. I am not here to convince you guys, so again no problem - sometimes worry though about the aggressive side swipes and insults but hey been around for 64 years so the hide is getting thicker. Maybe should leave the real golf to you younger guys....... !!! Just a parting thought - Have any of you ever had a problem with your height setting or gone back down and readjusted your tee height - if you have well...........

Dave in Florida - Its funny how us guys have this macho mentality (me included from time to time) about using something to help set up your tee - its almost like saying to your golf buddies 'Hey man I don't know how high to set my tee' - its just not going to happen. BUT tell him that it could help him shave 3 to 5 shots off 19 holes and watch him open his wallet, even though its not going to cost him an arm and a leg. And here's the thing - over a period of one to two months, thats exactly what is going to happen (IF you use it every time you tee off). I proved this for myself. I played as a 'good' hacker off an 18 (my excuse, I had not played in 8 years) and then started using my own product (T-Set) - in 6 weeks I was down to a 14 and about another 4 weeks was down to a 12. Admittedly it also helped that I was playing twice a week. I was not the only one I was monitoring as one of our local ladies champs (hree years running) started using it and came back shaving +- 3 strokes off every course she regularly played - not too bad for a humble tee height setting accessory!!!!

We should be up and running in about 2 to 3 months time, hopefully sooner - will let everyone know. I dropped about 4 shots when I got round to using my own product, its weird but it works. :-D

Damn, wish I could build that into this sucker B U T would probably cost a fortune if I could - not going to happen though......... Although kinda guess all us hackers need one of them - ball locator that is!!! Gotta put it on my wish list........ !!!