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> @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.

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Hybrid: PXG 0317 X Proto 3H & 4H, Ventus Blue 7S

Irons: Takomo IRON 101, 5-PW, Accra T90i S
Wedges: Cleveland CBX ZipCore  48* Accra T90i S, 53* & 58*, Accra T100i S
Putter: Evnroll ER 1.2, Tour KBS GPS, 33",
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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.

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> @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.

Driver: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond 8*, Tensei AV White 75g
Irons: TaylorMade P790, 5-PW; Mitsubishi MMT 110g
Hybrids: Ping G425 19*
Wedges: Ping Glide 3.0 50*, 54*, 60*
Putter: L.A.B. Directed Force 2.1, Polar BGT shaft   
Bag: Ping Hoofer Lite Midnight
Ball: Bridgestone Tour B X yellow, Callaway Chrome Soft X LS

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> @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

 

PING G430 Max 10K Driver 8º ~ GD Tour AD-IZ 5

PING G430 Max 3 Wood 14º ~ GD Tour AD-IZ 6

Titleist TSr2 5 Wood 18º ~ GD Tour AD-IZ 7

Titleist TSr2 7 Wood 21º ~ GD Tour AD-XC 8

Srixon ZX4 Mk II Irons 5–7 ~ Project X IO 6.0

Srixon ZX5 Mk II Irons 8–P ~ Project X IO 6.0

Vokey Design SM9 Raw Wedges 'Voke' Handground 50.12F • 56.08M • 62.08M ~ Project X 6.0
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> @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.

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

DRIVER PING G425 MAX - 9° (SET TO 10.5°) - PING TOUR 65 X-STIFF 67.0g

3W PING G425 MAX - 14.5° - PING ALTA CB 65 SLATE X-STIFF 71.0 g

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> @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:

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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

TaylorMade M4 (9.5*) -- w/ Mitsubishi Diamana S+60 (X-stiff)
TaylorMade M1 3HL (17*) -- w/ UST Mamiya Proforce V2 7F4 (stiff)
Titleist 913F (19*) - Mitsubishi Diamana BB S+ 72 (stiff)
TaylorMade Tour Preferred (4-PW) -- w/ TT Dynamic Gold S300
Titleist Vokey SM6 M Grind (54*) 
Callaway Mack Daddy PM Grind (60*)
Odyssey Stroke Lab - One - w/ Super Stroke Flatso 2.0

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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

Driver: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond 8*, Tensei AV White 75g
Irons: TaylorMade P790, 5-PW; Mitsubishi MMT 110g
Hybrids: Ping G425 19*
Wedges: Ping Glide 3.0 50*, 54*, 60*
Putter: L.A.B. Directed Force 2.1, Polar BGT shaft   
Bag: Ping Hoofer Lite Midnight
Ball: Bridgestone Tour B X yellow, Callaway Chrome Soft X LS

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Driver: Paradym 3D Ventus black TR 6x

3 wood: Paradym 3d Ventus black TR 7x

19 degree UW: Ventus black TR 8x

Mizuno Pro Fli Hi 4 utility Hazrdus black 90 6.5 X

5 -PW: Callaway Apex MB, KBS $ taper 130X

Wedges - Jaws raw 50, 54, 59 KBS $ taper 130x

Putter- Mutant Wilson Staff 8802 with stroke lab shaft
BALL; Chrome Soft X

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> @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...

Driver: Paradym 3D Ventus black TR 6x

3 wood: Paradym 3d Ventus black TR 7x

19 degree UW: Ventus black TR 8x

Mizuno Pro Fli Hi 4 utility Hazrdus black 90 6.5 X

5 -PW: Callaway Apex MB, KBS $ taper 130X

Wedges - Jaws raw 50, 54, 59 KBS $ taper 130x

Putter- Mutant Wilson Staff 8802 with stroke lab shaft
BALL; Chrome Soft X

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> @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.

Driver: TaylorMade SIM 8* (standard setting) with MCA Tensei AV Raw Orange 75TX at 44.5"
3W: TaylorMade M5 15* (standard setting) with Oban Devotion 8 O5 at 42"
Hybrid: PXG Gen 2 0317X 19* (standard setting) with Oban Kiyoshi Purple Hybrid O5 at 39.5"
4i-9i: Callaway '18 Apex MB's with KBS C-Taper 130X at 1/4" long
46: Callaway JAWS MD5 10S
50: Callaway JAWS MD5 10S
54: Callaway JAWS MD5 8C
58: Callaway JAWS MD5 8W
Putter: Kari Lajosi Custom DD201WB

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> @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.

Driver: Paradym 3D Ventus black TR 6x

3 wood: Paradym 3d Ventus black TR 7x

19 degree UW: Ventus black TR 8x

Mizuno Pro Fli Hi 4 utility Hazrdus black 90 6.5 X

5 -PW: Callaway Apex MB, KBS $ taper 130X

Wedges - Jaws raw 50, 54, 59 KBS $ taper 130x

Putter- Mutant Wilson Staff 8802 with stroke lab shaft
BALL; Chrome Soft X

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> @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.

Driver: TaylorMade SIM 8* (standard setting) with MCA Tensei AV Raw Orange 75TX at 44.5"
3W: TaylorMade M5 15* (standard setting) with Oban Devotion 8 O5 at 42"
Hybrid: PXG Gen 2 0317X 19* (standard setting) with Oban Kiyoshi Purple Hybrid O5 at 39.5"
4i-9i: Callaway '18 Apex MB's with KBS C-Taper 130X at 1/4" long
46: Callaway JAWS MD5 10S
50: Callaway JAWS MD5 10S
54: Callaway JAWS MD5 8C
58: Callaway JAWS MD5 8W
Putter: Kari Lajosi Custom DD201WB

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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.

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Plastic. Because I'm cheap.

DRIVER:  Callaway Rogue ST 10.5

FAIRWAYS:  Callaway Rogue ST 3, 9, 11 Fairway Woods

HYBRIDS:  Callaway Big Bertha 3 Hybrid, Rogue ST 4 Hybrid

IRONS:  Callaway Rogue ST 4-AW

WEDGES:  Callaway Jaws Raw 50 S Grind, 54 S Grind, 58 Z Grind 

PUTTER:  Odyssey Toulon Las Vegas

BACKUPS:  Odyssey Toulon Garage Le Mans Tri-Hot 5K Double Wide, MannKrafted Custom, Slighter Custom

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