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<\/a>As an old caddie, I can start a round with one or two tees and finish it with 10 or 20. They\u2019re all around, if you look.<\/p>\nAnd as an old caddie, I tend to carry too many tees in my pocket. It was part of my caddie routine. Always have everything handy. Tees. Balls. Ball marks. Divot tool. Wet towel. Dry towel.<\/p>\n
Like many golfers these days, I tend to prefer the long plastic tees that suit our modern Fred Flintstone drivers best. Wooden tees tend to break. And it\u2019s easier to place the ball on a plastic tee than some wooden tees, which is a factor for creaking, aging golfers, especially those of us with knee issues.<\/p>\n
But last summer, I ran across an oddity that has changed the rules about tees.<\/p>\n
It was an over-sized plastic tee that looked like a little Martini glass.<\/p>\n
<\/a>The Martini tee can post up your ever-popular long plastic tee.<\/p><\/div>\n
Skeptical but intrigued, I teed up with it, and was impressed with how it easy it was to place the ball on its over-sized landing zone\u2014even when the tee has gone into the ground a little crooked.<\/p>\n
I was impressed. My knees were impressed. My back\u00a0was a fan, too.<\/p>\n
This Martini tee quickly became my go-to tee. After a couple of rounds, I picked up a five-pack at our now-closed Golfsmith\u2014and thank you for that, Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods.<\/p>\n
The tees were about a dollar apiece, but here\u2019s the deal: Dozens of rounds later, I\u2019m still playing with that set of tees.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve lost one or two, but they don\u2019t break. And because I only need to carry a couple of these resilient items in my pocket, I no longer have a pocketful of tees.<\/p>\n
They even have a cute slogan: “The only martini that improves your driving.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
The Martinigolftees.com<\/a> website says tests have shown that robot drivers hit their tee shots longer and straighter. I can\u2019t vouch for that, not being a robot. Then again, robots don\u2019t have knee and back issues.<\/p>\n I\u2019m so enamored of the Martini tees that I haven\u2019t risked shoving them low enough into the ground for those kinds of shots. I\u2019m fearful I might break one\u2014although now that I think of it, I might just put a Martini tee to the 7-iron par-three test.<\/p>\n They\u2019ve passed every other test.<\/p>\n My only complaint? I would have preferred a package of blue tees, and they were only selling the variety pack (blue, white, yellow, orange, green).<\/p>\n I like the idea of using a blue tee because that\u2019s the only blue tee I tend to play these days. And that reminds me of a story Bears quarterback Jim McMahon once told us about a golf game with a new wide receiver. When McMahon announced they would play the blue tees, the wideout became concerned and said, “I only have white tees.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n And as I discovered later, you can buy an all-blue package, or a variety of other colors, at martinigolftees.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n I may go all-blue next time. Although I\u2019m starting to like the \u00a0rainbow of colors. The good news, I have time to ponder this decision. Because the Martini tees\u00a0I have seem destined to last for a good long while.<\/p>\n @@@@<\/p>\n The Martini tees would be more of an add-on to a Mother\u2019s Day or Father\u2019s Day gift. But they would last longer than the actual gift. And Mom or Dad\u2019s back would thank you, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/a>The only tees I hunt for now are “shorties\u2019\u2019\u2014sawed-off tees to be used when hitting irons on par-threes.<\/p>\n<\/a>At any rate, I highly recommend the Martini tee.<\/p>\n