Par 3 Tee Height
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Hmmm, I can't imagine that Trackman would've shown Tiger's angle of attack as positive for that shot.
But my question remains: how high should a typical 10-handicapper like me tee up his hybrid / 5-iron / wedge?
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First off, there is no typical 10 handicapper swing. Some hit down, some hit up, some flip, some don't etc.
I'm surely not a model, but I tee wedge flat on the ground, 5 iron up a little, hybrid about the same as 5 iron. What I see all the time is people teeing irons up too high. Hard to verbalize, but it's like they view the opportunity to tee it up as a way to make their fairway swing easier. That is they are trying to help it up off the fairway and now it's easier to get under it. They don't hit down.
I'm surely not a model, but I tee wedge flat on the ground, 5 iron up a little, hybrid about the same as 5 iron. What I see all the time is people teeing irons up too high. Hard to verbalize, but it's like they view the opportunity to tee it up as a way to make their fairway swing easier. That is they are trying to help it up off the fairway and now it's easier to get under it. They don't hit down.
I think the answer to your question is a matter of personal preference. I like to hit down on the ball and generally don't tee a ball up on a par three where I'm hitting a 7 iron down. If I'm hitting a 6 iron through 3 wood I tee the ball up (3 wood being slightly higher).
I believe that I'm in the minority when it comes to tee height, however, I don't like hitting the ball high on the face which will happen if my ball is teed too high. How do I know this? Personal experience.
Sometimes you have to tee the ball up because you can't get a good lie on the tee box.
I'm still surprised at the amount of people that use a tee for their higher lofted clubs when they rarely/if ever practice with these clubs with their ball teed up.
I believe that I'm in the minority when it comes to tee height, however, I don't like hitting the ball high on the face which will happen if my ball is teed too high. How do I know this? Personal experience.
Sometimes you have to tee the ball up because you can't get a good lie on the tee box.
I'm still surprised at the amount of people that use a tee for their higher lofted clubs when they rarely/if ever practice with these clubs with their ball teed up.
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"I'm still surprised at the amount of people that use a tee for their higher lofted clubs when they rarely/if ever practice with these clubs with their ball teed up."
Then you must be surprised everytime you watch a tour event on TV because almost every tee shot is teed. Clearly best practice is to use a tee on the tee box. Granted you tee it down on short irons up through ?? iron. I think the point is that you use the tee to get a perfect lie, as opposed to something down in the grass.
Then you must be surprised everytime you watch a tour event on TV because almost every tee shot is teed. Clearly best practice is to use a tee on the tee box. Granted you tee it down on short irons up through ?? iron. I think the point is that you use the tee to get a perfect lie, as opposed to something down in the grass.
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I play it the same way. I want everything to be as similar as I can get it for my iron shots.
What if sitting down is your perfect lie? If you hit down enough on certain turf (ex. rye grass on clay based fairways - Northeast) you would understand why you might want the ball sitting down. There are a lot of variables that come into play when deciding whether to tee up the ball. For example, the type of turf, attack angle, spin for the shot, distance needed, in between clubs, etc. Not every pro tees up every shot on a par 3 (although most do). Distance and spin (more or less) is key. If the tee works for your condition great, if not, don't use it.
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Grass in a tee box is always different than fairway so use a tee to at least get the bottom of the ball to sit even with the top of the base of the turf.
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"If you hit down enough on certain turf (ex. rye grass on clay based fairways - Northeast) you would understand why you might want the ball sitting down. "
I do, and no I don't understand. I think you obviously believe you are correct. You might just contemplate the possibility that you are wrong. You can achieve exactly the same result by teeing the ball down as Kevin has suggested.
I do, and no I don't understand. I think you obviously believe you are correct. You might just contemplate the possibility that you are wrong. You can achieve exactly the same result by teeing the ball down as Kevin has suggested.
Who doesn't think they're correct? I don't just blindly follow what I see on TV. My posts clearly indicate that it's your personal preference and condition specific. If teeing works for you great. If it doesn't then great. Your post assumed that since you see pros of TV teeing the ball up all the time that they all do it and therefore that's the norm. Not bad logic and I agree that most use a tee, however, that doesn't give a detailed enough answer to the original question.
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Whatever.
duckjr78
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Golf is difficult, so I use every legal advantage I get. That means I use a tee on 18 shots a round.
Tee height is personal/shot specific. My low-fade-fairway-finding 3 wood tee height is lower than my high-draw-tree-clearing 3 wood tee height.
Short Irons are always teed quite low. Mid and high irons may be tee'd up a bit more. I don't make perfect contact with these all the time, so teeing the ball up gives me a bit more margin for error. JMHO, of course.
Tee height is personal/shot specific. My low-fade-fairway-finding 3 wood tee height is lower than my high-draw-tree-clearing 3 wood tee height.
Short Irons are always teed quite low. Mid and high irons may be tee'd up a bit more. I don't make perfect contact with these all the time, so teeing the ball up gives me a bit more margin for error. JMHO, of course.
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