Flexie-T
Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf Equipment
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf Equipment
Part four of Hooked On Golf Blog’s “Tee Week” theme is a quick note on HOG friend Flexie-T.
The Flexie-T is a non disposable golf tee you can use on the driving range or on the course.
I did a full review on the Flexie-T which can be found here.
Flexie-T is also a sponsor of the HOG Space Fantasy Golf League, providing a set of tees once every four weeks for fantasy golf winners.
Guy nearly killed by alligator trying to fish his ProV out of the water
I know golf balls are expensive. When I knock a brand new ProV into the hazard I go after it and often come back with trashed clothes, scratches, sprained ankles and more.
Every year we hear stories of people drowning, falling off cliffs to their death or being attacked by wild animals while going after their lost golf balls.
THIS GUY was nearly killed by an alligator trying to get his ball…
Brush Tee
Written by: Tony Korologos | Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf Equipment • Reviews
Categories: Golf Accessories • Golf Equipment • Reviews
This is the third installment of Hooked On Golf Blog’s “Tee Week” theme.
Brush Tee
An old friend of mine who lost a battle with cancer a year or so ago used to swear by his Brush Tees. He religiously teed off with his and usually put his drives right down the center of the fairway.
When the Brush-T came out a few years ago you couldn’t tune into The Golf Channel or a golf broadcast without seeing an ad for Brush-T.
The Concept
The bristles of the brush tee allow the ball to be launched with very little resistance from the tee itself. According to Brush-T, the tee reduces resistance and spin to improve distance by 3.2 to 7 yards. Their site doesn’t claim any help with accuracy like the Zero Friction tee does.
On The Course
One thing I do like about the Brush-T and many others which have a similar design, is that you are able to tee the ball up at the same height every time. I often get myself into a mental battle over just how high to tee the ball up.
I didn’t notice any increase in distance or accuracy with the Brush-t but I did feel confident I’d hit a good shot.
Critiques
The problem with the Brush-t is that when the tee launches far from the tee box, you can spend a lot of time looking for it. This is especially the case when there is heavy brush or deep grass near the tee box. With the cost of these tees, you’ll hang around the tee box for a long time looking for lost Brush-t’s.
I’m confused about one thing their site says: “It provides a natural strike, similar to hitting off the grass.” Now I thought you used tees so you could get a clean strike and less resistance than grass? Tee it up to get it off the grass with a tee that makes it like grass… I’m confused!
Models Available
3-Wood
2″ or 52mm in overall height for fairway woods and hybrids.
Driver
2.2″ or 57mm in overall height.
Oversized
2.4″ or 62mm in overall height for oversized woods and drivers.
XLT
3.125″ or 79mm in overall height for those monstrous big headed drivers.
Conclusion
I didn’t find the Brush-T added 30 yards to my drives, increased my accuracy, or shaved strokes off my game. But I did find I liked how I could tee it up the same way every time. I also liked the fact that I had one tee in my pocket, rather than a handful.
At about $2.50 per tee though, I didn’t like having to go on a tee search with my pals to find one when it flew too far. “Hey Bob it’s been five minutes. It’s time to abandon that lost tee and play your provisional tee.”
Pick up Brush-T at Edwin Watts Golf.
Victorious in a pig fight. On to the semi-finals.
Tonight was my quarterfinal match in my club’s championship match play. If my game looked as GOOD as Nick Nolte after a night of drinking and DUI’s I’d be happy.
Pig Fight
Fortunately enough for me, my opponent’s game was worse. I got it to two up after four holes but lost holes five and seven with bogey and double respectively.
I got it together on eight with the putter, sinking about a 20 footer for par after being short-sided in the green side bunker. My opponent missed his par putt. That was clearly the case of him thinking he had the hole won until I made a bomb.
I made another bomb on the ninth hole, but this one was for birdie.
I was two up after nine and my opponent had enough! He gave me the match! I would have probably enjoyed an intense 18 hole battle but this was ugly and I’m glad he quit.
Next Opponent: Mr. 62
The semi-final match won’t be that easy. The guy I’m going to have to play is a real player. I played a round with this guy last year and watched him shoot the course record from the back tees, a 60-freaking-2. 62… He shot 29 on the back.
The good news is that he’s human and we all have our good and bad days. So I have 2-4 weeks to get my bugs worked out, and there are a lot of them.
Quarterfinal match tonight
My game has been stinking bad lately….bad. My scores are up by a good 6 strokes. I did manage a 1-over back nine yesterday so perhaps there’s promise coming. But I hope it comes REALLY soon as in 3.5 hours I have a quarterfinal match in my club championship…
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