To Tee or Not to Tee?

[GolfSpy_APH]

This topic came up in the community call last night and I was curious to hear the communities thoughts on this. 

What clubs do you put on a tee? All? None but driver? or somewhere in between?

[funkyjudge]

Every club with the exception of my 50, 54, and 58 degree wedges gets put on a tee peg when on the tee box. The irons get teed at flush with the top of the turf or 1/8” above that, MAX. Hybrids are teed about 1/4” above the turf, and fairways not much higher than that, if at all higher.

[Vegan_Golfer_PNW]

I tee up all my clubs in the tee box. Trying to give myself the best lie possible

 

[GolfSpy_APH]

I can very much see that I am in the minority here for many of these situations haha

I only tee my driver. The rest off the deck with the exception if I really need to get the ball high quick or if elevation is a larger factor. In that case I may tee up an iron or others. However for the most part it is drop the ball find a decent spot and let it fly!

[hckymeyer]

Majority of the time everything gets a tee.  Occasionally I'll just throw it down and hit but that's few and far between.  

We do have one par 4 though that I will tee off with driver off the deck most of the time.

[Javs]

I once heard Jack Nicklaus say that anytime the golf course gives you an advantage take it. He went on to say: anytime you can have the best lie possible (on a tee) then use it. If the greatest of all time thought this then I will gladly follow his lead! All clubs on a tee on a par three or on a tee box for me! 

[EMacK1961]

I tee everything but wedges. Like others, I tee irons just off the top of the turf. Everything else goes at the height I like them.

[cnosil]

If I am allowed to put a tee under it I do. 

[Josh Parker]

I do for all woods/hybrids and depending on the tee box will for irons but if the tee box is good then I place my ball.

[sirchunksalot]

I'm in the camp of teeing everything up. The tee box is the one place on the golf course you can give yourself a perfect lie and I want to be able to take advantage of that. 

[Tom the Golf Nut]

I’ll tee everything except wedges. But it’s rare that you’re going to use a wedge on the tee box anyway. Always give yourself any advantage you can. The tee height is typically even to the top of the grass or 1/16” above for the irons, hybrids and fairway woods.Then go up for the driver.

[RI_Redneck]

Driver only unless the tee box literally dirt. Been doing it for 40+ yrs. I never considered a tee a "perfect lie". It was simply a higher lie that allows me to hit up on the ball some.

BT

[rkj427]

If allowed everything on top of a tee in the tee box area except wedges, although using a wedge off a tee on a par 3 is something rarely seen by me as well.

Short tees at grass level for irons, slightly higher for utility club or fairways, and higher for the driver for me.

[RockerFCC]

Always tee it up for me

[BLD7]

8 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

This topic came up in the community call last night and I was curious to hear the communities thoughts on this. 

What clubs do you put on a tee? All? None but driver? or somewhere in between?

Always tee it up on the tee box regardless of the club in hand! In my own experience it is such an advantage. I play with lots of folks that don't use a tee for irons/wedges and if that works for you that is great, but I always watch them with a bit of apprehension.

[fixyurdivot]

Driver and fw's. I used to tee all irons but only do so now on long irons; 3hyi, 4i and sometimes 5i.  For the rest I find that I tend to make better strikes and have better green holding results finding a nice fluffy spot and hitting w/o a tee.  Our tees are really well maintained and that helps this option.  

[GolfSpy_APH]

As mentioned I essentially only tee up driver, but I am willing to change or try. 

My thought is I don't get to tee up in the fairway and still hit good to great shots there. I can get that same thing on the tee box by not teeing up. Putting the ball on s tee there while not massively does change that and would be the abnormal lie compared to what I play throughout the round. 

It's an interesting topic and maybe I will trying putting on a tee more often. What's the harm?

[EasyPutter]

I heard this topic while we were playing on the 5th fairway and wasn't sure I heard it right as I was hitting fairway hybrid in the fairway and it caught me as coming into the middle of a conversation as tees don't get used in the middle of the fairway.  

I have two heights of tee in my pocket, 2 3/4" and 1 1/4".  The longer for all long shaft clubs set to an appropriate height determined by use for what works best for each club.  The shorter for irons to get the ball to grass top height for a chance to click it off the clubface without a rendition of "turf farming" on the pretty short grass of the tee box.

I prefer bright orange because it is hidden by the ball when hitting but stands out well against the grass when looking for it once I know where I am likely going to find where the ball went.

[GolfSpy_BEN]

I use a tee for driver, 3w, 3h, 4u, 5-7i

8i-LW, I do not. 
 

No real reason beyond preference. I don’t like hitting high lofted irons or wedges off tees. The 7i is mostly a tee, but sometimes not. Kinda depends on the condition of the tee box.

 

[MattF]

I use one for everything but wedges. I need every advantage I can get.

[Kenny B]

All clubs get a tee, although I've never had an opportunity for my SW and LW.  Since I rarely take a divot, I get better contact when the ball is sitting just slightly elevated with all clubs; driver gets a long tee.

[funkyjudge]

Every once in a great while, I will hit my 8i, 9i, and PW off the turf on the teeing ground if the lie is flat and grass is good. Otherwise, as I posted earlier, all shots from the teeing ground are played off of a peg, even if it is set so that the top of the tee is at the top of the turf or just a hair above it.

[Subdiver1]

13 hours ago, fixyurdivot said:

Driver and fw's. I used to tee all irons but only do so now on long irons; 3hyi, 4i and sometimes 5i.  For the rest I find that I tend to make better strikes and have better green holding results finding a nice fluffy spot and hitting w/o a tee.  Our tees are really well maintained and that helps this option.  

I dond this interesting because, while I can stop Irons all the way up to and including my 3I from a nice lie in the fairway, I definitely find that when I tee an iron (from the box of course) it gives me that much more control.  Probably because there is very little chance of anything getting between the iron face and the ball. But hey, everybody's stroke is a bit different so what works for me...interesting how our results differ.

Cheers

[Bulldog]

4 hours ago, EasyPutter said:

I prefer bright orange because it is hidden by the ball when hitting but stands out well against the grass when looking for it once I know where I am likely going to find where the ball went.

I drives me crazy when I get a bag of tees and 20%+ are green! Is that a marketing ploy to get us to lose them and buy more?  Maybe they should make camo golf balls…

[Dweed]

Got to say I'm a "use a tee" when you can. I don't think I've had the opportunity to use a wedge from the tee box.

[GolfSpy_APH]

Appreciate everyone chiming in and sharing their preference! 

[ChuckZ]

Always use a tee on the "tee" box.  Take advantage of a most perfect lie. 

[Rob Person]

driver,  3w, 5w. 5 and 6 iron.  I found that if I use a tee, even a mini with lower clubs the ball tends to hook.  now, it is probably my mechanics, but also being a novice player I have not dived into altering my swing for adjustments off the tee.  I'll take a club up if an iron is needed instead off the tee box

[PJVicary]

Every club in my bag except for my putter. The courses I normally play on are roughed up due to the amount of play. I expect that if the boxes were in great shape I would probably only tee my driver and possibly 3 wood.

[StrikurJim]

  Whenever I can tee it up I do.  Adjusting heights as I con down through the clubs.