History of the Golfing Tee
The wooden golf tee was first devised by George Grant in 1896. George was a graduate of Harvard Dental School whose took up dental practice in Boston. His tee was a wooden peg he fashioned using dental tools. He got a patent in 1899 but did not mass produce the tee. Another dentist, Dr. William Lowell of New Jersey did pursue mass production and convinced Walter Hagen and Joe Kirkwood Jr. to use it on one of their exhibition tours.
In 1921 the use of the wooden golf tee emerged full scale, and has remained relatively unchanged to date, although other tees have been used of rubber, cardboard, metal, plastic, and even paper. The Old Farmer's Almanac has cited the golf tee as one of the 10 inventions that has changed the history of sports in the last century, as before that golfers and caddies simply mixed some dirt and water, and raised their ball on tiny launching pads fasioned out of mud.
Now, the Friction-Less tee takes the tee surface to new dimensions, raising the golf ball to a level more 'on par' with the playing field. An essential addition to the bag of any golfer who understands the value of carefully choosing golfing equipment!
