Is there really such thing as a better golf tee?

[ASEAN NOW Golf]

Is there really such thing as a better golf tee?

 

 

Tee companies have been telling golfers for years that they can add distance and accuracy to your game.

 

So, to see if there is anything to these bold claims, MyGolfspy put them to the test. They put four tees to a head-to-head test. They tested the 4 Yards More, FlightPath, Martini and the standard wooden tee.

 

For the better part of a century, the fundamental design of the golf tee has remained largely unchanged. A peg, a platform and, well, that is basically it. A hundred years of history suggests that simple as it may be, it works well, so why mess with it.

 

As with any other piece of golf equipment, however, there are challengers. Wood gave rise to plastic, which spawned eco-friendly alternatives, and other alternative designs with fresh (and sometimes unusual) takes how on to best support a golf ball before you whack it.

 

 

Many of these revolutionary designs claim quantifiable performance benefits over their wooden counterparts: Higher launch, lower spin, more distance, and straighter drives … if you are willing to pay a moderate upcharge. But do they work?

 

The test was conducted at MyGolfSpy’s test facility in Yorktown in the States. Ball and clubhead data collected using a Foresight Sports GCQuad Launch Monitor. All shots were hit with PING G410 LST driver and Bridgestone Tour B X golf balls.

For consistency, tee heights were normalized relative to ground level and tees were aligned in the vertical position. In total, 120 drives were hit using each tee.

 

OBSERVATIONS:

• The FlightPath tee launched slightly higher and produced a slightly higher trajectory than wood. The Martini Data suggests a modest reduction in sidespin. However, it did not result in shots that were, on average, straighter than wood. The Martini tee is the easiest to tee up, which does provide a benefit for golfers with limited range of motion or shaky hands. The Martini tee is phenomenally durable, and its larger design and bright colors make it.

 

 

While the test did find hints of a slight performance advantage for a narrow set of metrics, in the end they found no reliable evidence to suggest any of the alternative tees tested provides any significant benefit over wood.

 

 

As with anything else, there are preference-driven reasons why you might choose an alternative to wood. That is perfectly reasonable, but the data collected during this tee test suggests that, if improved performance is your objective, you are not going to find it by spending more on a golf tee.

 

Personally, I find a wooden tee is unlikely to last the round and the brighter my tee, the better, as it is just a lot easier to find.

What do you think?

 

Bottom line is that nothing here is going to give you 10 more yards, but you probably knew that already.

[1FinickyOne]

why don't you just buy a well programmed highly magnetic ball that guarantees a hole in one... you can get back home to your nap in 45 minutes. 

[Lacessit]

I have tees purchased in Australia, manufacture origin unknown. 20 baht per tee. They have a rubber annulus contacting the ball when teeing up, the rest of the tee is rigid plastic.

I don't know if they give extra distance, but they are unbreakable.