Wood or Plastic Tees - Which do You Prefer?

[Banker]

I loved wood tees but I’d always get those marks on the pockets of my shorts from dirt. I used some plastic ones at a member guest in 2012 & have had zero stains since.

[Davidv]

Plastic.

[swancer]

I played these Callaway Plastic tees a few years back and they literally lasted forever. Only reason I don't still use them is because I lost them over time. and unfortunately they don't sell them any longer, so i have gone back to wood.

[kwcsports]

Been using white wood tees for 40 years, I won't use anything else.

[DMAIC]

Wood all the way.

[dbdors]

> @dbdors said:

> Plastic epoch with stripes, last a long time, loose them before they break.

As stated above I have been a big Epoch fan. However, I ran across a pack of Western Birch wood tees at GG and fell in love with the color. After a round and some use at the range, these things are great. They are very durable, I would say as equally durable as the Epoch plastic tees. I have yet to break one. Plus they look great.

[Skaffa77]

Wood tees...there's something beautiful about a well hit shot and seeing the broken tee afterward....

[Golfingfanatic]

Always wooden tees for me.

[FEUO]

Making the leap. Just bought a bunch of Stinger tees via the Buck Club. Jury is deliberating.... ;)

[Pepperturbo]

I use Epoch 3.25" driver and 1.50" iron tees because a driver tee lasts 8-12 rds and iron tee lasts till it's lost. My current 1000 batch was purchased 3 years ago and still have enough to last a few more years. My wife uses them as well.

[Minarets]

> @bordercitygolfer said:

> Making the leap. Just bought a bunch of Stinger tees via the Buck Club. Jury is deliberating.... ;)

 

I love my new stingers. Was surprised they don’t break on every use.

[G-Bone]

> @Minarets said:

> > @bordercitygolfer said:

> > Making the leap. Just bought a bunch of Stinger tees via the Buck Club. Jury is deliberating.... ;)

>

> I love my new stingers. Was surprised they don’t break on every use.

 

One thing I love about Stinger tees is they help me know if I am properly hitting up on my drives. When my attack angle is around three degrees up Stiner tees last forever! When I start to get flat I break them a lot more. For me, a poor mans Trackman. :D

 

[rstlne]

> @Bonneville85308 said:

> I prefer wood tees, but if the tee boxes have really hard/dried out dirt, it gets mildly annoying to break one on every drive, or to have one break when putting it in the ground and almost impaling my hand.

 

Lol, I've had that happen to me a couple times with wood tees and those type of condition tee boxes. That's why I use the plastic Champ Fly Tees now. They'll bend a bit but don't do anything unpredictable to my hands. Plastic tees last a whole lot longer as well. I usually buy the 100 pack off the auction site for around $10-$15. They're cheap enough that if I can't find my tee within 2-3 seconds i'm not too worried, I don't lose too many though, you get use to where they'll fly to.

[Orlok]

Plastic. Basically I feel that shots are smoother with these kind of tees.

[ChaosTheory]

> @Augster said:

> Martini tees. Accept no substitutes.

 

Yeah, I think these are going to eventually be in everyone's bags. I've been using the same one since this winter when I found it in Arizona. I don't know if it will ever break. I'm pretty sure I will lose it before that happens. I have steeled myself for the evenutal loss. :smile:

[AdExec]

I still prefer wood tees, normally in natural finish

[platgof]

I bought some of the auto height Martinis and just to easy. Push it down and your set to the same height every time. They last a long time.

[Deadsquiggles]

I use wood 3 1/4” because they’re like $6 for a 100 from Maxfli. I break them, lose them, or forget to grab it from the teebox too often to spend money on fancy tees.

[shinobi]

plastic

[hdgolf44]

Used to roll with plastic...so now trying to slowly "lose" them as I go along.

I like the natural coloured tees - but I'm also working through a bag of smaller white tees for fairways/irons, so it's currently a jumble

[Minarets]

Been a plastic guy for years. Read about stinger tees on here and I’m now a full convert. Used maybe 3 the last 4 rounds and a bag of 200 will last forever. No marks on the bottom and I like the small top to them. Thanks for the recommendation

[CSmithAMG]

Wood for the driver and my club has plastic “stumpies” on par 3s that I use for everything else.

[QuigleyDU]

dup

[QuigleyDU]

> @Philomathesq said:

> > @JBent9610 said:

> > Martini tees

> >

> > I'm on my fourth year (>100 rounds) with the first one.

>

> Are they really that good? Lots of love for them in this thread. I bought them for my daughter because she wanted something "pretty," but I assumed they were a total novelty item. What makes them so great? My daughter is just a recreational player, so I can't really get any feedback from her.

 

I have always thought they were for older golfers with less than steady hands...

[Philomathesq]

> @QuigleyDU said:

> > @Philomathesq said:

> > > @JBent9610 said:

> > > Martini tees

> > >

> > > I'm on my fourth year (>100 rounds) with the first one.

> >

> > Are they really that good? Lots of love for them in this thread. I bought them for my daughter because she wanted something "pretty," but I assumed they were a total novelty item. What makes them so great? My daughter is just a recreational player, so I can't really get any feedback from her.

>

> I have always thought they were for older golfers with less than steady hands...

 

I made the switch to them and I love them. Depending on how old one is, I could be seen as an "older" golfer. I'd like to think I have steady hands. My favorite thing about them is that I've played the same exact tee for 10+ rounds, and I don't even know what I'd have to do with a normal swing that could break it. I still have to use wooden tees for par 3's, but that doesn't bother me.

[QuigleyDU]

> @Philomathesq said:

> > @QuigleyDU said:

> > > @Philomathesq said:

> > > > @JBent9610 said:

> > > > Martini tees

> > > >

> > > > I'm on my fourth year (>100 rounds) with the first one.

> > >

> > > Are they really that good? Lots of love for them in this thread. I bought them for my daughter because she wanted something "pretty," but I assumed they were a total novelty item. What makes them so great? My daughter is just a recreational player, so I can't really get any feedback from her.

> >

> > I have always thought they were for older golfers with less than steady hands...

>

> I made the switch to them and I love them. Depending on how old one is, I could be seen as an "older" golfer. I'd like to think I have steady hands. My favorite thing about them is that I've played the same exact tee for 10+ rounds, and I don't even know what I'd have to do with a normal swing that could break it. I still have to use wooden tees for par 3's, but that doesn't bother me.

 

I see a lot of them get sold. I have just always wondered what affect that large cup would have.

[Philomathesq]

> @QuigleyDU said:

> > @Philomathesq said:

> > > @QuigleyDU said:

> > > > @Philomathesq said:

> > > > > @JBent9610 said:

> > > > > Martini tees

> > > > >

> > > > > I'm on my fourth year (>100 rounds) with the first one.

> > > >

> > > > Are they really that good? Lots of love for them in this thread. I bought them for my daughter because she wanted something "pretty," but I assumed they were a total novelty item. What makes them so great? My daughter is just a recreational player, so I can't really get any feedback from her.

> > >

> > > I have always thought they were for older golfers with less than steady hands...

> >

> > I made the switch to them and I love them. Depending on how old one is, I could be seen as an "older" golfer. I'd like to think I have steady hands. My favorite thing about them is that I've played the same exact tee for 10+ rounds, and I don't even know what I'd have to do with a normal swing that could break it. I still have to use wooden tees for par 3's, but that doesn't bother me.

>

> I see a lot of them get sold. I have just always wondered what affect that large cup would have.

 

I haven't noticed any adverse affects on my ability to drive the ball. Distance hasn't changed and ability to work the ball in either direction is the same. I did experiment a few times with putting the tee in at an angle (angled toward the fairway) because the packaging says doing so may result in longer drives. The few times I did this, it did result in longer drives, but just be a few yards, so I can't confirm that the extra yardage was due to the tee placement and not confirmation bias, extra oomph behind the swings, or some other factor. However, the only time I saw extra distance was when the angle of the tee was pretty aggressive such that it was difficult to get the ball to stay on the tee. So, I stopped doing that because I don't want to have to be a delicate with the ball when placing it on the tee. Teeing it up with no angle (or a perpendicular to the ground) works perfectly fine.

[AMLemus]

Been using the same set of plastic tees for years now. They just last forever! Given, unless I'm using my driver, which isn't used frequently, I'm hitting straight off the deck.

[iNeedMoreGolf]

Plastic... do you really want to break tees every 2 holes? Btw.. I have some martini tees... there ok. Kinda to big and clunky. There do able. Not a go to. My dad gave them to me. I like callaways plastic colored tees. I can sometimes use one a whole 18.

[tbowles411]

Plastic. Because I'm cheap.