Golf Tees Explained: Heights, Materials & Which to Use

A tee is the cheapest bit of kit in your bag — and one of the few things you get to choose on every hole. The right height and type can genuinely help you launch it better off the driver and strike your irons cleaner. Here's how to pick.

Get the height right

Height is the single biggest factor. As a rule of thumb:

• Driver: tee it high — about half the ball should sit above the crown of the club at address. That usually means an 80–90mm tee.
• Fairway woods & hybrids: lower, with just a little of the ball above the ground — a 45mm tee is about right.
• Irons (par 3s): barely off the turf, so the ball sits just proud of the grass.

If you want the same height every time, multi-height or adjustable tees take the guesswork out — handy for grooving a repeatable strike.

Materials: wood, plastic or rubber?

• Plastic. Durable and consistent — a 15-pack lasts a season. Many use low-friction tips or "castle" tops to reduce spin-robbing resistance at impact.
• Rubber. Best on mats and driving ranges — non-slip and virtually unbreakable.
• Wood. The traditional choice: biodegradable and cheap, though they snap more often.

Handy extras

A few features are worth having: anti-loss tethers keep the tee attached so you're not hunting in the grass, low-resistance designs claim a few extra metres by reducing contact with the ball, and silicone aiming tees double as an alignment aid on the range.

Shop tees

See the full Tees collection — magnetic anti-loss sets, practice tees and durable plastic packs. While you're stocking up, our Markers & Divot tools and Towels & Cleaning are easy add-ons.

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