YEAH - Golf Tees! (Gamola Plastic Golf Tees)

Member Name: JJJJ

Product:	Gamola Plastic Golf Tees
Date:	04/12/08 (126 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: They Don't Snap

Disadvantages: Can Bend In Cold Earth

I'm sorry... another golf related review - this time for the useful little devices we call 'tees', which serve the function of propping up a golf ball in order to promote a clean strike.

The tees I am reviewing are plastic tees in general, as opposed to the wooden variety which I wrote about a few months back.

In terms of their historical context, the first known tee (designed to be placed into the ground) was known as the 'Perfectum', and was patented in 1892 by Englishman Percy Ellis. Since that time, tees have been greatly refined, and come in a variety of colours, shapes and sizes.

So what are the pros and cons of using plastic over wooden tees?

Well firstly, plastic tees don't snap, so they are more economical in the long run. As a disadvantage, when the ground is a bit hard, plastic tees can bend instead of penetrating the earth, and here wooden tees have the advantage.

Sometimes players can turn their nose up at plastic tees, as the white wooden variety are more classy, and certainly look nicer - but i'm not really bothered about all that!

The two main types of plastic golf tee are the straight 'up-and-down' ones (as shown in the picture), and the type known as the 'castle' variety. These have an inverted barrel at their cente, and can be pushed into the earth at a preset height. I personally use both, but I like using the large castle variety when using a driver, as it gives me a standardised level each time.

In terms of the price, you can purchase a bag of mixed colour plastic golf tees for under £1.50 from the American Golf Discount Centre, or from Amazon - and for that price you can't really go wrong.

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Summary: Handy little buggers