New Tour Tee Promises Some Extra Yardage
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- Category: Inside Golf
- Published: 2019-12-06
By GORD MONTGOMERY, Inside Golf
CALGARY, Alberta — Can the peg you set your golf ball on for your tee shot really make a difference to the distance that shot travels? It in fact can, says Corey Austin, who was promoting the new Tour Tees at the recent PGA of Alberta Buying Show in Calgary.
Now everyone who plays golf has seen the ads for varying types of tees that supposedly let you propel your opening volley on every hole just a bit farther. That again is the case here, but Austin is quick to point out, there is validation to the Tour Tee’s claim of added yardage.
“It has been tested with the TrackMan to actually prove it’s the real deal, that it’s not just some-thing that’s made up,” Austin explained. “It’s been proven you can actually get 12 extra yards,” through human testing as opposed to machine-tested swings. The reasoning behind this claim is the fact the ball sits up higher outside of the cup of the tee, meaning as the product claims, “Less Friction - More Distance.”
“The big difference with this one is it’s core-injected rubber on top, not just the plastic. The other big feature is the small nubs on top that actually hold the ball up out of the cup so you’re not getting as much drag (on the ball) coming out of the cup which is part of the reason why we can add the extra yards.”
With weekend warriors always looking to hopefully buy a game rather than work on their game to become better, the claim on this product’s packaging that it can add “12+ Yards To Your Game!” may in fact be worth investigating for many players.
The Tour Tee Also Has A Tip That Can Be Used As A Groove Cleaner And A Ball Mark Repair Tool, Plus It Helps Keep The Tee From Flying Far Away After A Tee Shot.
Another declaration in regard to this tee is that it is “virtually unbreakable,” continued Austin. “But, it’s not totally unbreakable. It’s like anything. It depends on how you hit the ball and how clean you hit it. And, it’s got a barbed point on it to keep it from flying (out of the ground) as much as a tee with a solid, rounded tip.” That pointed tip also works as a groove cleaner and a ball mark repair tool on greens.
The idea for the rubber-topped tee came from Australia with the thought that besides not holding a ball back as much as a regular tee when first struck this new idea also keeps the club from getting marked up. “This is a soft rubber,” said Austin. “It’s not going to put those marks on your clubs that you have to scrub off.”
Austin said that the Tour Tee price point is comparable to the cost of other plastic tees and since they can withstand more trauma than a normal tee before breaking, if in fact they do break, it could be money well spent.
As for gaining that extra yardage, Austin noted he’s not really a good role model in this case as “I’m not a very good golfer but we have had people say they get a few extra, five, six, seven yards,” more.
The tees come in packages of five — three large (3.25”)and two small (1.7”), and retail for $11.95 CDN. And in the end, if this adds up to extra yards for you, maybe in fact the old mantra of ‘You can’t buy a game,’ may become a saying of the past.
For more on this product, go to TourTeeRevolution.com.
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Gord Montgomery is a member in good standing of the Golf Journalists Association of Canada. He is now in his 12th year of writing for Inside Golf.
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