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Do you tee on par 3's

do you tee?

  • Tee? Who needs a freaking tee

    Votes: 9 13.8%

  • Always use a tee, I am taking any help I can get

    Votes: 56 86.2%
  • Total voters
    65
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OldandStiff said:
I've listed about 50 in the previous thread. Tev and I are currently discussing raising the ball above a level lie.
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Oh I know. But I was asking for a good reason ;)
 
Every time.
Using THP little tees from their tee and marker set now.
 
I do, just tee it pretty much into the grass. I dunno just want a perfect lie.
 
Every time. One of my regular golf buddies does not-I always give him the stink eye on a par three.
 
I'm a big fan of it always have been and always will be. I generally save a few tees that have broken and use those for par 3's. My grandpa, dad, and uncles all did so I tee it up they way I learned watching them.
 
Tevenor said:
Sure, on driver holes I'll adjust the height to adjust potentially any "unlevelness". But we are talking irons and more specifically, higher lofted irons. Smaller footprint, closer to the body, less impact. No?
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More vertical swing plane, more emphasis on low point, greater effect on lie angle, with a less forgiving club you mean?

😜 I'm being a pill, but like I said, variables on variables. And the effects are really interesting to watch. I just don't really go for the absolute of the 'every time' mentality because it'll never be a benefit to everyone all the time.
 
I was recently playing with a buddy who was lamenting that he can’t hit his irons as well on the tee box than from the fairway. @FlipFlop blamed the tee. So I told him a simple fix is to be more like @Wildcat and stop using one.

That guy wouldn’t listen.
 
for a few years after my L4 and L5 were fused by about the 14th hole it would hurt too much to bend down. If someone had left a tee in the ground I would try to drop my ball close and roll it onto the tee..if not then I would go teeless. Since I have healed? zero chance I am going teeless, my distance and direction control are noticeably more consistent with one.
 
mtbloco said:
I was recently playing with a buddy who was lamenting that he can’t hit his irons as well on the tee box than from the fairway. @FlipFlop blamed the tee. So I told him a simple fix is to be more like @Wildcat and stop using one.

That guy wouldn’t listen.
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I listened on the last par 3 and got par! I also did it in my round Monday with @Paulsack
 
I have just started this practice recently. Still haven't decided if it will stick or not. I feel it changes the way I swing when the ball is on a tee and proven by the lack of divot.
 
70% + of the time I use a tee. Sometimes I get lazy..
 
yes, always and i use the 1" short tees
 
That post said:
Maybe I'm crazy but I'd rather hit the same carry numbers I do everywhere else instead of a 15 yard variance based on tee or no.
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To that point you are definitely right not to use a tee unless you club down and then that could be disastrous.
 
Paulsack said:
Yes you did and don't think it went unnoticed. I thought to myself damn he really is done with this crappy pace of play.
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I hit the ball very well on the par 3s without the tee too. I’m going to stick with it for awhile.
 
Yup, I use those Epoch shorty tees every time.
 
I will for most shots, but will generally keep it on the grass with my 53 or 58-degree wedges.
 
I have a weird mental block this season because I hit down on the ball with a divot, that somehow the tee stops my swing a bit and slows down my follow through and impact.
My mind tells me I’m dead wrong and a tee is the way to go. But crazy me is frozen on par threes right now
 
No picking a side with this post, but isn’t literally being able to place your ball on the best patch of grass you can find the very definition of a perfect lie?
 
FlipFlop said:
I always have used a tee but I’m going to experiment with not using one. I seem to have a little bit of a mental block where as soon as I tee it up with iron, I tried to guide a perfect shot out there. I lose a little bit of my focus on a good swing and focus more on a good shot which causes me problems.
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100% my answer as well. The last two rounds I played I went back and reviewed Shotscope. Every par 3 I used a tee, and every one I pushed or pulled the ball badly. No where near the green. I think the act of tee-ing up the iron has me swinging different than I do for an approach shot. I think it's mental, but most of golf is mental.

I'm going to try experimenting with no tee next round and see how the results are.
 
Always with a tee.
 
Always.
 
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