I play in windy conditions most of the time, so I alter the tee height and ball position in my stance to deal with the wind. I use wooden tees, so if the wind is helping and I want to get the ball up, I tee the ball high with about half the ball above the club and move the ball forward a bit to uppercut the ball and get it flying with the wind. If the wind is hurting, I go for a low fairway finder scuttle ball, push the tee farther into the ground, tee it a bit lower so the ball is in the middle of the driver face, move the ball back in my stance a bit and hit a stinger shot that will roll out and stay out of trouble. Great video Dan, thanks to Lee for doing the testing.
@davidgroom96674 жыл бұрын
Plenty of players like to hit a lower tee to assist a fade and find the fairway. Lee swings fast enough to hit a fairway off the deck - but he doesn’t adjust. He should be able to hit it off the blue tee with ease - just a 250 yard cut.
@rickcudmore81564 жыл бұрын
Can't see the results on the ipad, perhaps the data could be displayed on a large screen?
@thomasmurdoch22854 жыл бұрын
Dan actually tried this out yesterday. Always played the pink castle tees. Changed to the yellow PTS tees, teeing it a little higher. And had one of my best driving days in a long time. Hit it straighter and longer. Will be keeping this going moving forward. On the back of it, just been cut to single figures for the first time. 9.4 🙌
@melwalker21353 жыл бұрын
The "4 Yards More" blue tees are middle height between orange and pink castle tees.
@magellanx74 жыл бұрын
I switched a couple weeks ago to 3.25 inch tees because I read somewhere that half the ball should be above the crown of the driver. Haven't seen the performance jump Lee did, but I get better contact now than I ever did with a smaller tee. Thanks for the data to back it up!
@mikeemery88464 жыл бұрын
The last session I did with you Dan, if you remember, I was having no problems hitting up and went from pink DOWN to white. My strike quality has dramatically improved, along with my distance with no downside. It’s fascinating to see the differences between tees.
@philwinstanley78994 жыл бұрын
Wow !! I use pink and I'm rubbish with driver. I will definitely give orange a whirl. Excellent again Dan 👍
@jonhall38534 жыл бұрын
This is the first time Lee isn’t gobby! Can’t watch a Vlog with him in it. It’s painful. Gutted because I love the rest of the stuff Dan does
@alanrowney22224 жыл бұрын
what a cracking tip. ive been out today and tried 'teeing up' on my driver, and the results were surprisingly impressive. keep these coming Dan!
@joeperez35204 жыл бұрын
The lower tees are a trade-off for Lee. Less distance, but less chance of another skymark on top of that Mavrik!!! Apologies to Lee, confusing him with “Mark the Mid-Handicapper” from James Robinson’s KZbin channel. 😫 I've been teeing the ball higher for the last 2 months, but still hitting it on a lower trajectory. Since I have a tendency to make the odd "decending" Angle-of-Attack swing, very nervous about teeing it even higher and having to buff out a skymark after every round.
@stevenball65454 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed the vlog dan, found it very informative and gave me something to ponder on👍
@dh95174 жыл бұрын
Liking the new introduction graphics
@biglizard014 жыл бұрын
Fascinating stuff yet again Dan. Been using pink castles for years now and much like Lee I reckon with a slighter higher tee I'll get some more distance. Brilliant
@ianhammond65724 жыл бұрын
I’ve just changed from pink to orange this year. With the soft ground and grassy tees on a typical British tee it can be about the same height as a white tee on a practice mat. You can always push the orange down a bit more if you want it slightly lower. I would love to see a video on the perfect castle tee hights for fairway woods, hybrids and irons.
@ianhammond65724 жыл бұрын
Sorry, I meant the pink tee can be the same hight.
@davidwharton63334 жыл бұрын
Good video, an orange tee scares me. A really important point about wooden tees, personally I think we should all transition away from plastic tees. Now starting to see wooden castle tees. For drivers on online golf websites.
@tombrcherjakobsengolf2014 жыл бұрын
Fun to see Lee hitting the orange tee. He looked a little shanken. Like he was thinking “All these years and I have been using the wrong tee. Let me get out on the course!”
@MegaJoeytube4 жыл бұрын
I just got a FGX putter ad before this video. They need to get Lester in their advert.
@peekay6914 жыл бұрын
I interchange between orange and pink. Straight/fade I use orange, draw off the tee in use pink as orange was coming off the top off the club. Not quite making 300yd carry though... 😅 Nicely demonstrated Dan/Lee. 👍🏻
@robjelley11384 жыл бұрын
Another great video, interesting break down and we’ll worth exploring
@yadthink4 жыл бұрын
Fascinating test! I imagine 1500 spin would make accuracy tricky, but 300 yds carry is amazing! Get up, Lee!! :)
@harrymelad9424 жыл бұрын
Agree with you both - the Goldilocks tee for me is a wooden tee at a height between pink and orange!
@andrewnatt14484 жыл бұрын
Excellent vid and really made me think. I will be experimenting tomorrow.
@jeffbates54014 жыл бұрын
Dan great video great information and good food for thought
@narvik61364 жыл бұрын
Great informative content. If Lee he needs between pink n orange cut a pencil or bit of dowelling to size and hold against a wooden as you push into ground or use to mark the tee.
@nigelday0014 жыл бұрын
Fascinating video Dan , much to be taken from this and the driving range beckons 😉🏌️♂️⛳️🍻
@MarkPipkin12874 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video Dan! I chop and change between Pink and Orange during the round depending on the shape I want (tend to hit a little fade with the pink and draw with orange) for each hole.
@jeffto23ify4 жыл бұрын
very interesting that . ive gone from an orange tee to a pink , might try going back to a orange
@rrward14 жыл бұрын
Spooky! I literally changed from the pink tee to the orange on my last round and it made a massive difference to the ball flight, much straighter and longer.
@DAoutdoors4 жыл бұрын
An idea for Lee. When he tees his ball up on an orange tee, put a line on his ball where the top of the club face is. Then when he tees it up using a normal wooden tee he just needs to make sure the line on the ball is level with the top of the driver. I hope that makes sense, it does in my head! 👍
@johnfrancis89134 жыл бұрын
I use long wooden tees so i can set the height that works best for the club i'm using - with my driver i tend to lean the tee slightly forward too - for some reason it just gives me a tiny extra bit of confidence that the ball will hit the trajectory i want.
@hagopterzontz47394 жыл бұрын
Great Vlog Dan it’s something that I have been wondering about .👍👍
@2009Stefon4 жыл бұрын
Need to use wooden tees then you can adjust heights for different situations. Orange tee was spinning very low so at least you can adjust a wooden tee in between pink/orange
@iangavin85244 жыл бұрын
Great video, very informative and what I have been looking for!
@jimbeaver274 жыл бұрын
Tee it high to let it fly - lately I have been teeing high and wow getting longer drives for sure. Weird, until last year I was a low tee guy, then new driver and got on with higher tees.
@richardjames57004 жыл бұрын
Very interesting test and some great results - will be checking my heights right now!
@ericwatts91254 жыл бұрын
Excellent logo colour switch Dan! Looks sharp!
@MarkJohnson-bs4hp4 жыл бұрын
My pro always said that a lower tee promoted more cut spin and the higher more draw spin. I use orange height from his recommendation
@JoelYoungsey4 жыл бұрын
Such a great topic. Very interesting.
@andrewwhiting77994 жыл бұрын
Lee that is by far the best I have seen you swing the club take that to the course and your winning your matches for sure 🏌️♂️💪
@LWG4 жыл бұрын
Easy when there are no trees mate 😂😂 but thank you. Still a work in progress
@carlincledon47944 жыл бұрын
@@LWG Have you stuck with the orange tees? Is it helping? I've always been a pink castler too.
@LWG4 жыл бұрын
Carl Incledon yeah sure have and hitting bombs, in amongst some crap still 😂
@carlincledon47944 жыл бұрын
@@LWG I'll give it a bash when my new driver turns up. Cracking editing on the videos, btw. Cheers.
@LWG4 жыл бұрын
Carl Incledon no harm in trying. Thanks Carl appreciate that.
@carstenbjrneboe57744 жыл бұрын
Rock solid advice, things to test on the range tomorrow. Thx 👍
@tonystewart22374 жыл бұрын
Bizarre been thinking over the last couple of days about changing t height gonna have to give it a go now
@Benb554 жыл бұрын
I just marked all my tees at the 49mm mark with a permanent marker. Worth a try.
@ianmillington71984 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video thank you - it seems counterintuitive to tee it high into the wind which is what I would do! Nice to see Lee does own some more muted golf shirts and still hits the ball well!
@danam15964 жыл бұрын
Who else is running out to buy some orange tees? 🙋🏻♂️😂
@cauli23164 жыл бұрын
I was hoping a link would be in the description 😂
@jimbeaver274 жыл бұрын
definitely trying a higher tee
@larsmenken26794 жыл бұрын
My playing partner from todays comp. He ran out of pink tees (who takes 1 tee along for 18 holes?) on the 10th and had to finish with my orange ones. I tried to tell him about KZbin but I lost him at that point ;-)
@cauli23164 жыл бұрын
Lars Menken did he gain any distance? Lol
@chrisanderson41264 жыл бұрын
Lee if you didn’t grab 2 bags of orange tees from the pro shop before you left .......... your crazy 🤪!
@coops1964golf4 жыл бұрын
giving this a go at the weekend......
@coops1964golf4 жыл бұрын
Gave it a go as I previously mentioned...a few things happened, firstly I hit more fairways than I’ve done in previous rounds (not been at my club for long) secondly I hit it further than I normally do by a good 20/30 yards ,consequently I had my best stableford score ,snagged a couple of birdies (back to back) and played the whole round with the same ball!!! Got a comp off the whites tomorrow so let’s see if it continues 🙏
@markdunn80384 жыл бұрын
Hope you fitted Lee for his New Driver, I thought he was hitting it far enough.
@billdunlop86834 жыл бұрын
Great info Dan, During my round today I will be trying to raise my normal tee height to @ 50 mil, I'm usually teed up around 35-40 depending on the shot shape I need but if I just need a straight flight and distance this is something I am definitely going to experiment with this. :)
@paulmarsden77364 жыл бұрын
Honestly did not expect those numbers in spin!! 👀🤔
@robertchugg11014 жыл бұрын
Into the wind I will tee it low but use a 3 wood most of the time. More club into the green but lower spin for control.
@kevochanner88594 жыл бұрын
What about a test to see the if there are any loses (speed spin etc) compared between the orange tee and a wooden tee. Thanks
@StoodersFam3 жыл бұрын
Made the change myself last week to Orange - power up confirmed
@robertoreilly97834 жыл бұрын
Will expect orange shirts on the course now Lee. Bombs away!!
@markdunn80384 жыл бұрын
Dan - Could Lester and Yourself also do this Test.
@jespertttrup91764 жыл бұрын
I have ben using orange tees for years, sometimes if i hit a few bad drives i switch to pink, that usualy helps
@mickharper60434 жыл бұрын
Dan Hendriksen Golf on this subject of tee height how much difference would there be with the numbers if the lofts were different on the drivers. Say lee’s driver is a 10.5 tee’d up on an orange tee, how much difference if he was using a 12 degree drive. Would love to see the results.
@michelnickles15274 жыл бұрын
Very good video something I have been thinking about like Lee I use pink castle tees am hitting the face Healy or high hope the pros shop doesn’t sell out orange tees!
@adrianscott60054 жыл бұрын
This was amazing - I’ve gone from orange to pink - now I’m a better golfer perhaps I should switch back - something else to worry about 😂
@albertofernandez-sanguino33734 жыл бұрын
Should see my driver tee height......70 mm but am using a driver with a super deep face. Also had to experiment until finally settled on the best fit Good vid Dan, keep up the great work
@colinwhite27244 жыл бұрын
Sorry to bombard you with replies, Dan old chum, but another thing. Going back a few years I did use orange tees and I was hitting a draw sometimes but more honestly I was fighting a hook. I felt that the higher tee was encouraging me to come from the inside too much (trackman confirmed when I eventually went for a lesson). I suppose that is about me reacting to the tee height. I’ve been driving quite well at pink tee height and slightly higher so the question is (and I suppose I know the answer): Do I try not to react to the higher, orange tee?
@tommygeorge89644 жыл бұрын
Funnily enough raising my tee height cured my block
@JoelYoungsey4 жыл бұрын
Great graphics Dan.
@mjsgolf70044 жыл бұрын
I always tee it high to get those high toe bombs. Blue Pride wooden tees are what you need Lee, I am surprised nobody has mentioned this to you before given you have said many times you get too much spin with the driver. Next change the loft on your driver to tune it even more.
@johncreet12544 жыл бұрын
Been using orange tees for a while to try and hit up on it more. If I switch to pink, it just feels so low but useful if I want to try and fade the ball.
@chrisfrench11654 жыл бұрын
I have always used Orange they are great
@jackoharding4 жыл бұрын
Got a 100 pink tees for sale, looking for a part exchange 😂😂😂 Great tip, off to try this out keep them coming Dan 👍
@kodewolf4 жыл бұрын
and what about the relationship between the tee position and the tee hight?
@ShavedWeiss4 жыл бұрын
What do you think would have happened had you started with the shortest tee with Lee? Do you think starting with the high tee and him hitting it well played mind games with him?
@davidballard97814 жыл бұрын
I use wooden tees when we’re off the grass tee boxes but when we have to use the mats I find I have to use the pink plastic ones as the rubber bungs stick up too much or I can’t get the wooden ones in to the right height
@fat-shotgolf29374 жыл бұрын
I currently use pink tees and my 3 wood goes miles past my driver, maybe it's not just the swing, could it be the tee? Let's find out.
@kennygeorge26164 жыл бұрын
Studio needs a bit of a tidy Dan. Get Lester on it!
@robertboyce6974 жыл бұрын
Noticed you’ve quietened down the left heel there on the takeaway there Lee, looks much more stable 👍
@chrislewis74 жыл бұрын
Did the change in tee height change Lee's club delivery? More in-to-out or out-to-in? (As per Crossfield's video recently.)
@PaulGSimGolfandRacing4 жыл бұрын
So does this mean i don't hit up enough? I have no problem hitting driver off the deck.... I can hit off a high tee but lose directional consistency
@franklee18114 жыл бұрын
You should do a video using various tees and iron/ hybrid
@simonsouthby-ryland74314 жыл бұрын
Classic...no golf KZbinr's channel is complete until you do the obligatory tee height video! ;)
@garyhague58824 жыл бұрын
I moved from pink to orange and gained 20 yards in carry. When I had my new driver fitted they said I should play off the pink tees. I am using the bamboo tees now equivalent to the pink tees height. I get good distance from my new driver but wondering if I would get more now from the orange tee??;
@roastedgerkin4 жыл бұрын
I would like to see get up Dan hit of the various tees.
@43windmill664 жыл бұрын
Interesting - would be good to see strokes gained between pink and yellow - more distance Could negate the odd missed fairway
@colinwhite27244 жыл бұрын
The future is orange. Actually though, I’m with Lee, I have non-castle tees marked halfway between pink and orange.
@kevinsalley69144 жыл бұрын
I’m curious if you had started from short to long tees. It plays with the eye and mind.
@chkhamis1014 жыл бұрын
I am still hitting low on the driver face, with the orange tee.I suspect I have it to far forward ,what do you think guys
@colinwhite27244 жыл бұрын
A question. A couple of my higher handicap mates use white tees. Would I be correct in thinking their angle of attack is not as upward as Lee’s? With a poor AOA surely an orange tee could be a disaster?
@hagopterzontz47394 жыл бұрын
How about changing the loft on the driver
@richardc69324 жыл бұрын
I am going to search your site for these tees using a 3 Wood. What do you think would be suitable for my Ping 400, 3 Wood ?
@voyager81954 жыл бұрын
Does it work with fairway woods off the tee?
@mitchmorris89734 жыл бұрын
Tee it high and let it fly 😁 👍 🇦🇺
@pdashs58104 жыл бұрын
I did this around a month ago after a lesson when we found I was hitting it low on the face, my performance average has gone up by 20+ yards and i have on average a handful of bomb drives that are 30+ yards further each round - I aint ever going back to pink tees. Only disappointment now is you have let the cat out of the bag, hopefully none of my playing partners will see this😂
@larsmenken26794 жыл бұрын
That's so weird, I just watched a year old video with Andy and Pierce about that today. Let' see if their experience matches ;-)
@nebraska394 жыл бұрын
I use an orange for my 80 yard worm burners (also are silver ones the same height?)
@pauledw4 жыл бұрын
Really interesting... I'm going to raise mine up a fraction, I tee up at 44mm at the moment, having changed form a Purple one (39mm I think).. I still hit low'ish on the face though, so hope that might raise it up a bit.. thanks,
@homegolfaustralia10784 жыл бұрын
He isn't lifting his left heel as much as normal. Have you made a swing change?
@robmatthews46804 жыл бұрын
Hasn't Lee lifted his front foot higher previously? Has he changed his swing based on bad results from lifting the front foot too high?
@stevenharris56624 жыл бұрын
What colour tee would you use Dan ? Another great show 👍
@DanHendriksenGolf4 жыл бұрын
Steven Harris pink for standard fairway finders and orange for bombers 💣 👍
@neildixon59244 жыл бұрын
I use a red tee with 3 wood but maybe I need to tee it higher.
@davidpearson2434 жыл бұрын
I use orange castles
@andrewjohnston59424 жыл бұрын
It looked like Lee changed his body shape when he went white tee then blue tee. Result, he was hitting down on it, imo. I’ve watched twice, and it looks more obvious.
@DanHendriksenGolf4 жыл бұрын
andrew johnston I think just a natural reaction to the situation, I tried to keep him swinging it the same
@brianrizza20454 жыл бұрын
Now pro shops are running out of orange tees 😂😂😂
@tombrcherjakobsengolf2014 жыл бұрын
I’ll be out playing tomorrow - I’ll let you know 🤩 #49
@tombrcherjakobsengolf2014 жыл бұрын
Thank you - it worked! Tee at 49mm. Towering high bombers and more straight too. 🤩