You practice what you play.
Everyone goes to the range. Most range time does not transfer to the course. The variables that matter (tee height, ball position, strike conditions) are the variables most range setups get wrong.
The transfer-of-training problem
Coaches have known this for decades. Practice that does not resemble performance does not transfer to performance. A driving range with rubber tees at one height is not practicing golf. It is practicing range golf.
Tee height is one of the easiest variables to fix. Ball position above the deck is another. Strike conditions (what happens when the club face meets the cup) is a third. Better Golf Tee addresses all three.
What "practice what you play" means in detail
- Tee height: match your on-grass ball position for every club you would tee up.
- Ball position: the cup design forces the ball to sit in a USGA-compliant lie, not floating on a rubber dome.
- Strike feel: supple TPU mimics how a wooden tee shatters on contact. No harsh stop, no spring-back into your club face.
- Consistency: same tee height every swing. No "the rubber tee got mashed" drift.
The launch monitor angle
If you are using a Garmin R10, SkyTrak, Rapsodo Mobile Launch Monitor, or FlightScope Mevo, your tee height directly affects your reported launch angle, spin, and carry. Practicing at a wrong tee height means your launch monitor is calibrated to the wrong reality.
We have setup guides for the four most common consumer launch monitors. Each one covers where to place the tee, how the caddy fits with the monitor, and what tee height to use for the most accurate course-transferable numbers.
A wiser man than me once said: you practice what you play.
Everyone goes to the range
The National Golf Foundation reports roughly 119 million range visits per year in the United States. That is a lot of practice. A meaningful fraction of it could be more useful with one $29 change.