Wood or Plastic Tees - Which do You Prefer?

[North Butte]

I won’t use any tee that costs more than a nickle.

[Z1ggy16]

For par 3, I go wood all the time. Something about the firmer plastic makes me think it will provide some kind of weird resistance to the club when they make contact. For driver I'll use plastic but since I buy bags of 100 wood ones every few months, I normally just use wood. I probably go through 12-15 tees per round... but I get really annoyed when the plastic ones start to bend so I still probably use 3-4 plastic ones per round, too.

[NJPhil]

I prefer wood, my club provides both and I’ll always grab the wood tees.

[ksher84]

Wood, specifically:

Pride Golf Professional Tee System (PTS)

Yellow 2.75 for driver on course

Red 2.125 for driver on the range (mats don't allow me to set right height) and irons off the tee on the course

[simonnd]

Tried both, but I use wood most of the time.

[semarlor]

Give me the wood...haha. I always feel like plastic tees bend when I try to put them in the ground. I'll take a solid wood tee every time.

[North Butte]

> @semarlor said:

> Give me the wood...haha. I always feel like plastic tees bend when I try to put them in the ground. I'll take a solid wood tee every time.

 

Most plastic tees aren't firm enough when the tee boxes are really hard. I hate those.

 

But there are a few kinds of plastic ones (the "Evolution" brand for instance) that are as stiff as wooden ones. At least in the 2-3/4" size I use. That's the best of both worlds. Nigh unbreakable but still usable on hard tee boxes.

 

The bendy, weak plastic ones are just pants.

[cardia10]

Always Wood!

 

[Quasimoto]

I use the 4 More Yards tees for the driver because I think they provide the best combination of hard stem and soft plastic for the top.

Can't say they provide more yards though.

[RobotDoctor]

I am a traditionalist and prefer wood tees. I am not that much of a traditionalist that I would create a sand mound to tee my ball (hickory club days). Besides, I have about 500 wood tees to use from a bag of 1000 I got several years ago. :D

[North Butte]

As mentioned earlier, my last few rounds I've been using a batch of white "Evolution" tees I picked up super cheap recently on eBay (logo misprints and overruns). They are nigh unbreakable and stiff enough to easily punch into a firm tee box.

 

Last Sunday I lost one for the first time. With "lost" meaning it wasn't visible in a quick 30-second scan of the tee box while putting my driver back in the bag. I was momentarily bummed about it then an image of my box back home brimming with 500 Evolution tees popped in my head and I was strangely comforted. Best 11 bucks I've spent lately!

 

Then as I was walking away one of the others in my foursome handed it to me and said, "Here's your tee, it was over here in the rough". So that's 2-1/2 cents saved right there...

[TomD]

/\ they are that good.

[Phireside]

Wood all the way. I like when they break after a shot. Makes me feel like a powerful human. I buy huge bags of them on the cheap from China on auction site

[wcbjr]

Wood, good for firm tee boxes and you can break them to any length you need.

[bnb9433]

> @Zengolfer36 said:

> Wood for me. Im a traditionalist and I like the wood is biodegradable. I just buy the natural/unpainted ones because they dont leave a paint streak on my clubs.

 

this

[tocino]

I'm used to wood but i guess it really doesn't matter to me one way or the other. If i'm getting it cheap/gift/free then I'll use it. I don't think I've purchased a new bag of tees in about 5+ years

[gilmore_happy]

Plastic last so much longer

[storm319]

> @AppAlum said:

> Most tees that clubs provide (that aren’t wood) are not plastic. Companies such as Evolve make their tees from corn starch and are in fact biodegradable.

 

Evolve only did that early on with the epoch tees, but the biodegradable material wasn’t durable enough. They moved to recyclable plastics over 10 years ago.

 

However, those justifying wood tees for ecological reasons should consider the equivalent number of trees needed to source wood tees each year. Plastic tees while not ideal from a waste perspective are far more durable and typically last much longer than wood as long as people remember them which drastically cuts down on volume (Evolve claims an average of 6 wood tees to 1 plastic tee per round).

 

 

 

[cardia10]

Have had some PM's about my wood tees, here is the link below, Western Birch

https://westernbirch.com/

 

[SnapHooker_307]

Wood, those professional tee system 3.25" white and blue ones. All I care is that I can tee them the same height every time, those blue marks are awesome. For about 8 bucks on amazon I get a bag that usually lasts 3-4 seasons. Luckily quite a few people at my club must use them too because I tend to find quite a few. For par 3's and teeing off with a 3 wood, any broken tee I find laying around.

[semarlor]

> @cardia10 said:

> Have had some PM's about my wood tees, here is the link below, Western Birch

> https://westernbirch.com/

>

 

I got some of these for my brother-in-law and they are sweet. He's a huge UNC guy so I got him the "my boy blue." Kinda hard to get excited about a tee but they are pretty cool!

[aenemated]

> @dlygrisse said:

> I like wood simply because some of the plastic tend to bend when you try to push them into firmer ground. I use whatever I get for free generally though.

 

Same. The teeing areas at a lot of courses I play are pretty firm and I've had buddies with plastic tees ask me for some of my wooden ones more than a few times.

 

I coughed up $20 for [these](https://amazon.com/gp/product/B07D8YJXJQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1) and figure I'm good to go for quite a while.

[MaxRylie222]

I used the plastic callaway tees from target $8 for 30 I think, very durable, have not bent one yet and one will last for a while.

[ctsgolf]

Plastic. Only have to carry 3-4 in your bag.

[TheGulag]

I really like the Pride Plastic tees as they are stout enough not to bend when trying to put a tee in the rock hard tee boxes I always seem to play on. Don't mind wood just have to carry so many with me because of them breaking all the time.

[tbowles411]

Plastic. I'm cheap and don't want to replace them. That said, I have a LOT of tees! :)

[memurphy93]

Always wood tees for me, my favorite brands that make them:

 

- Stinger Golf (a lot of small companies do orders through them)

- Berg Golf Tees

- Western Birch Golf Tees

[DiscoDiner]

Wood! I've got some bright pink ones that match all my golf stuff!

 

I should add, they are bamboo and from a sustainable source.

[marmooskapaul]

Orange Martini tee, I just carry one tee and never seem to lose it. Take that back...I do carry short..sharp red plastic tee for par 3's. OK..two tees is all I carry.

Martini's don't seem to fly all over the place like other plastic tees I've used?? Woods fine but get tired of going through so many a round.

[blueshirts12]

Recently switched over to plastic because I was breaking wood tees just about every time I hit driver. Probably symptomatic of a poor driver swing but ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯