Once again I delve into the P.T. Barnum world
of golf. I played yesterday with a couple of guys who were using tees that
resembled toothbrushes . . . toothbrushes! They claimed that the ball "really
jumped" off the brush. Much, much longer and straighter that from a regular
wooden tee. The reason? Less resistance. They, and the manufacturer, actually
claim that the brush doesn't slow the clubhead as much as does a skinny little
wooden peg. Can you imagine?
So today, I did a search, looking for more
"game improvement tees." I found one that's a candidate for the best
advertising campaign in golfdom . . . "The Perfect Tee". This is a tee that
looks like a clothespin. It's about 2 1/2" tall, yellow (also white), has two
legs, the top is cupped and there's a hole in the center of the cupped
portion. There are 3 rubber "O" rings at the top. The tee is plastic. The
documentation/instruction sheet claims the following; the bottom of the legs
can be used to scrape out the grooves in clubs. The tee can be used as a divot
tool and this is made easier because of the comfortable grip afforded by use
of the "O" rings. The "O"rings protect the clubface from scratches. If the tee
is ever broken in use it will be replaced, no charge. Simply return it to the
factory, along with $2.00 to cover shipping and handling. Prices for a package
of 2 long and one short tees vary from $9.95
to as high as $12.00 plus shipping. Each package comes complete with an
instruction sheet. Fabulous!
I found the brush tees at Roger Dunn for $5.95
for a package of 3. Seems like a helluva deal. I also found some tees that
resembled a launch pad. They are plastic, "Z" shaped, with a flat platform
upon which the ball is placed. The ad claims zero resistance to the clubhead
through the swing. And . . . I have a package of tees that are conventional in
every respect except that there is a length of plastic attached, perpendicular
to the vertical peg . . . an upside down letter "L". The attachment is
designed to be aimed down the target path. Illegal as hell but they sold like
crazy a few years ago.
Golfers and fishermen are in my opinion the
biggest suckers for gimmicks in existence (except of course for
botox'ers).
All this gets me to wondering . . . why not
carry a small packaged of damp sand? Simply reach into the package for a pinch
of sand, make a mound on the teeing surface, place the ball atop the mound and
hit the ball? That's ecologically correct. There'd be virtually no clubhead
resistance, and untold thousands of trees would be saved.
Or . . . has this been thought of already?
TFlan
