Using a Tee on Par 3's

[Shilgy]

http://flightscope.com/par-3-test-tee-no-tee/

I started to read that. 20 mph head wind and getting 16-18 yards of roll out with an iron?

That's where I stopped.

[nickmcd63]

I always tee up. Just like the little assistance to get underneath the ball and that seems to really help me get it up in the air.

[JBent9610]

I always use the Green Monster 1 1/8" tees. Very easy to get into the ground and create the ideal tee shot.

[Hook'n'Loop]

I heard Lee Trevino was asked why he uses a tee on par 3's. "Cause I play for money".

Edit: I don't know if he really said that, but it's good enough for me. I also was told by someone that while playing in Arizona he was approached by a little man (Corey Pavin) after throwing a club and told he shouldn't do that because he wasn't good enough to care that much. That story is also good enough for me. I don't throw my clubs when upset and always use a tee. I do wish someone had a story about snap hooks.

[Bramsuer10]

9 iron or less, no tee

[nickmcd63]

Tee it up!

[atteberry23]

Most of the times it depends if there is a short or broken tee nearby. Maybe that is why I struggle.

[MrJones]

I prefer a nice grass lie for any iron shorter than a 4. For whatever reason when I see the ball teed up I try to sweep it, resulting in thin shots and monster hooks.

[BeerPerHole]

Always for me.

[ETgolf]

I always tee it up now, there was a point when i didnt for short irons but teeing it up helps me focus on getting down and through the ball. as a mediocre golfer i need all the help i can get

[Colonel_Steelhead]

When I play an executive course I don't but thats because I'm using the round as a driving range/practice setting. Gives me a true (or truer) reading of distance and lets me simulate for the most part a normal round shot. In a normal round I do what Jack said and tee it every time I'm allowed. One less variable when the balls on a tee. I have done the old school trick of teeing a fairway wood by pounding the ground to build a tee but that was mainly to get in my opponent/partners head a little. The younger guys go "what exactly are you doing" the older guys go "who does that anymore". Always smile and wink then hit it fat :)

[Tim Johnson]

i always tee it up unless hitting into a strong wind, trying to keep it low.

[eHawleywood]

Tee it 99/100 times. Every once in a while I'm hitting to a back flag or a ridge and need to make sure I keep it short. I know my numbers well enough that I don't want the extra 3 or so yards a tee might give me, but for one reason or another I want to play it back in my stance instead of hitting higher and I don't want to play a fade. Its a rare combination of things, but sometimes it just makes sense to want to take a full swing and purposely not get all I can get from it...

[RLC9]

Boy I do every darn time. Can't get a better lie.

[HoosierHacker89]

always tee it up.

[bladehunter]

Always a tee but just barely up enough to call it a good lie . If a long iron i tee it up s touch and sweep it off the tee . If you play off Bermuda boxes you will know why. Some are dead into the grain and you can effect your shot a great deal without a tee

[gsrjc]

Always use one.

[Jeremy0510]

Always a tee

[qwetz]

always a tee

[Johnny_Fairway]

We had a short debate once on whether the players could tee up every shot in a scramble (not just the tee shot, but approach shots, everything).

 

Although we quickly reached agreement that such a move seemed a step too far even in a scramble, nobody questioned why one would want to tee up a shot if provided the opportunity even where you were already permitted to improve your lie.

 

I always tee it up.

[portsider44]

Tee it up every time, tee it fairly low on short irons little higher on long irons.

 

Will go a little higher if I am between clubs and trying to take a little off. As hitting a little high on the club face tend to take some distance off.

[Hit em good]

I tee it up, mostly.

Sometimes, I will hit my club into the ground to create a little bump to put the ball on. Mostly a tee though.

Hit em good

[HoosierHacker89]

Tee it up every time, tee it fairly low on short irons little higher on long irons.

 

Will go a little higher if I am between clubs and trying to take a little off. As hitting a little high on the club face tend to take some distance off.

 

I am reading this thinking...I didn’t write that. Nice avatar.

[Bye]

I tee it up if I want to hit it really high or get a bit of extra spin. Otherwise is off the deck.

[Schley]

always a tee... those who don't use them have a BAD swing.....)

[hennesy]

Always a tee, but very low.

[USAF Retired E7]

Always a tee, but very low.

 

Same here :)

[tocino]

I always tee it up. I need every advantage I can get as a hicap player

[msumark]

I only tee up the driver. When I practice, I'm hitting my shots off the grass so why would I tee it up on a par 3? It would be completely different if you had to drop your ball and play it as it lies. I wonder if Nicklaus did it because of the grass conditions on the tees? I would assume that the grass on the greens, fairways, and tees are shorter now than when originally started doing it.

[Pulledabill]

Always as it seems wrong not to improve my lie if legal. I feel that I can control my distance with a tee a little especially with shorter irons.