Better Golf Tee vs Tee Claw.
Tee Claw uses hard steel spikes that cut fibers and leave permanent holes. We use soft TPU spikes that grip and then self-seal.
What Tee Claw makes
Tee Claw is an anchor rather than a tee. Steel spikes push into the synthetic grass and hold a conventional wooden or plastic tee upright, which solves the fundamental problem that a normal tee will not stand up in a mat. It is a clever, well-established product.
The real trade: steel
Steel is the reason Tee Claw grips well and the reason it is controversial. A steel spike is far harder than a synthetic grass fibre, so it does not part the fibres, it cuts them. A cut fibre does not recover, which means the holes stay. Owners of expensive mats generally know this and make a considered decision about it.
Our approach uses soft TPU spikes chosen to sit below the hardness at which fibres are severed, with the intent that they part the pile and the puncture relaxes shut on removal. That is the design intent. We have not published wear data because we have not run a controlled wear test, and we are not going to imply we have.
Flyaway
Tee Claw holds a conventional tee, so when a driver launches that tee, it launches. The anchor stays put and the tee does not. That is not a criticism of the product, it is a description of what it is: an anchor for a normal tee, and normal tees fly. A tethered system is a different answer to the same annoyance.
Where Tee Claw is the better buy
- It ships today, and ours does not.
- You get real wooden tee feel, which some players specifically want.
- Height is infinitely adjustable by pushing the tee further through.
- You already own a bag of tees.
Where our approach differs
- Soft TPU anchor spikes rather than steel, to avoid cutting fibres.
- The tee is tethered, so it cannot leave the mat.
- Fixed on-grass-equivalent heights rather than a height you re-set by eye each time.
Which to pick
If you practise on a range mat you do not own, or a cheap mat you are not precious about, Tee Claw's grip is hard to beat and the fibre damage may not matter to you. If the mat is yours and expensive, the hardness of what you are pushing into it is worth thinking about.
Does Tee Claw damage hitting mats?
It uses steel spikes, which are harder than synthetic grass fibres and can cut rather than part them. Cut fibres do not recover, so the holes tend to remain.
Does Tee Claw stop flyaway tees?
No. It anchors a conventional tee upright but the tee itself is not tethered, so it can still be launched by a driver.