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Improving Through the Ages

By • Updated: Nov 16th, 2009 • Category: Features, Improvement

You’ll find a lot of tips on this site to help you improve your game, and I’d like to think that everyone from beginners to very good amateur players can find something to take away to the Golden Tee machine the next time they play.  But what happens if you seem to “max out” at […]



Player Bio — Brandon Spain

By • Updated: Oct 21st, 2009 • Category: Player Bios

Brandon Spain, AKA mr. fister on the boards, has lived in the Dallas area for most of his life.  He plays out of Volcano’s in Hurst, TX.  On the 2009 courses, he was averaging in the low 20’s on Savannah, Woodland, and Sunny.  He was in the mid 20’s on Bonnie, and on Black Hills…well, […]



Writing on The Great Wall — what does it say?

By • Updated: Oct 21st, 2009 • Category: Miscellaneous

You’ve seen the Chinese symbols written in sand all over The Great Wall, but have you ever wondered what they say?  I think you’ll be quite amused!  I consulted the help of a lady from China who now works in my section, and she had no problem interpreting the sayings — here are some examples! […]



2006 Kangaroo Trail course ratings

By • Updated: Oct 19th, 2009 • Category: Course Ratings

Overall difficulty rating: 85.80 Average hole difficulty: 4.77 Difficulty rank among 2006 courses: 3 of 5 Difficulty rank among all GT Live courses: x of 15 Easiest hole: #1 (2.60) Hardest hole: #17 (8.58) Toughest shot off the tee: #5 Toughest approach shot: #11 and #17 Toughest putt: #17 and #18 Best chance for eagle: […]



2006 Cumberland course ratings

By • Updated: Oct 19th, 2009 • Category: Course Ratings

Overall difficulty rating: 84.69 Average hole difficulty: 4.71 Difficulty rank among 2006 courses: 4 of 5 Difficulty rank among all GT Live courses: x of 15 Easiest hole: #1 (2.87) Hardest hole: #17 (8.00) Toughest shot off the tee: #4, #7, #9 and #14 Toughest approach shot: #5 and #17 Toughest putt: #17 and #18 […]



2006 Heather Pointe course ratings

By • Updated: Oct 19th, 2009 • Category: Course Ratings

Overall difficulty rating: 87.26 Average hole difficulty: 4.85 Difficulty rank among 2006 courses: 2 of 5 Difficulty rank among all GT Live courses: x of 15 Easiest hole: #1 (2.90) Hardest hole: #17 (9.33) Toughest shot off the tee: #16 and #18 Toughest approach shot: #17 Toughest putt: #13, #14, #16, #17 and #18 Best […]



2006 Coral Vista course ratings

By • Updated: Oct 19th, 2009 • Category: Course Ratings

Overall difficulty rating: 88.86 Average hole difficulty: 4.94 Difficulty rank among 2006 courses: 1 of 5 (hardest) Difficulty rank among all GT Live courses: x of 15 Easiest hole: #1 (2.70) Hardest hole: #17 (7.88) Toughest shot off the tee: #12 and #15 Toughest approach shot: #11 Toughest putt: #16 and #17 Best chance for […]



2006 Whispering Valley course ratings

By • Updated: Oct 19th, 2009 • Category: Course Ratings

Overall difficulty rating: 84.32 Average hole difficulty: 4.68 Difficulty rank among 2006 courses: 5 of 5 (easiest) Difficulty rank among all GT Live courses: x of 15 Easiest hole: #1 (2.50) Hardest hole: #17 (8.42) Toughest shot off the tee: #11, #15, and #9 Toughest approach shot: #16 and #17 Toughest putt: #16, #17 and […]



2007 Moose Landing course ratings

By • Updated: Oct 19th, 2009 • Category: Course Ratings

Overall difficulty rating:87.15 Average hole difficulty: 4.84 Difficulty rank among 2007 courses: 3 of 5 Difficulty rank among all GT Live courses: x of 15 Easiest hole: #1 (2.40) Hardest hole: #17 (8.67) Toughest shot off the tee: #8, #15 and #18 Toughest approach shot: #17 Toughest putt: #9,#12, #13, #15, #17 and #18 Best […]



2007 Rustic Bridge course ratings

By • Updated: Oct 19th, 2009 • Category: Course Ratings

Overall difficulty rating: 89.34 Average hole difficulty: 4.96 Difficulty rank among 2007 courses: 1 of 5 (hardest) Difficulty rank among all GT Live courses: x of 15 Easiest hole: #1 (3.30) Hardest hole: #17 (8.50) Toughest shot off the tee: #12 and #15 Toughest approach shot: #15, and then #17 Toughest putt: #8, #10, #13, […]



2007 Indigo Mound course ratings

By • Updated: Oct 19th, 2009 • Category: Course Ratings

Overall difficulty rating:78.26 Average hole difficulty: 4.35 Difficulty rank among 2007 courses: 5 of 5 (easiest) Difficulty rank among all GT Live courses: x of 15 Easiest hole: #1 (2.60) Hardest hole: #17 (7.50) Toughest shot off the tee: #15, #16 and #18 Toughest approach shot: #6 Toughest putt: #13,#17 and #18 Best chance for […]



Course ratings overview

By • Updated: Oct 19th, 2009 • Category: Course Ratings

I’m a big fan of math, numbers, and rankings, so I couldn’t help but dive into each hole on each course in Golden Tee and try to place a difficulty level on each. This section contains the GT Fan ratings of each of the 15 Golden Tee Live courses, along with a few extras. To […]



2007 Palm Springs course ratings

By • Updated: Oct 19th, 2009 • Category: Course Ratings

Overall difficulty rating:86.50 Average hole difficulty: 4.81 Difficulty rank among 2007 courses: 4 of 5 Difficulty rank among all GT Live courses: x of 15 Easiest hole: #1 (2.40) Hardest hole: #17 (7.55) Toughest shot off the tee: #2, #9 and #18 Toughest approach shot: #9 and #17 Toughest putt: #11,#16, #17 and #18 Best […]



2007 Glacier Ranch course ratings

By • Updated: Oct 19th, 2009 • Category: Course Ratings

Overall difficulty rating:88.72 Average hole difficulty: 4.93 Difficulty rank among 2007 courses: 2 of 5 Difficulty rank among all GT Live courses: x of 15 Easiest hole: #2 (2.71) Hardest hole: #15 (7.83) Toughest shot off the tee: #4, #16 and #18 Toughest approach shot: #15 Toughest putt: #6, #15 and #18 Best chance for […]



2008 Eagle Crest course ratings

By • Updated: Oct 19th, 2009 • Category: Course Ratings

Overall difficulty rating:98.73 Average hole difficulty: 5.49 Difficulty rank among 2008 courses: x of 5 Difficulty rank among all GT Live courses: x of 15 Easiest hole: #1 (2.55) Hardest hole: #17 (8.67) Toughest shot off the tee: #13, #17 and #18 Toughest approach shot: #10 and #17 Toughest putt: #13 through #18 Best chance […]



2008 Summit Lakes course ratings

By • Updated: Oct 19th, 2009 • Category: Course Ratings

Overall difficulty rating:99.66 Average hole difficulty: 5.54 Difficulty rank among 2008 courses: x of 5 Difficulty rank among all GT Live courses: x of 15 Easiest hole: #1 (2.75) Hardest hole: #12 (8.20) Toughest shot off the tee: #18 Toughest approach shot: #11, #12 and #17 Toughest putt: #7, #15, #17, #18 Best chance for […]



Off-center putting

By • Updated: Oct 19th, 2009 • Category: Putting

Every now and then while playing Golden Tee Live, I’ll come across a situation on the green where the hole doesn’t exactly match up in a straight line with my putter. Consequently, if I don’t notice this and simply putt based on the slope of the green, I might miss a putt that otherwise would […]



GT Fan Par

By • Updated: Oct 19th, 2009 • Category: Miscellaneous

Okay, this one I made up, but it helps me gauge how well I’m playing during a round of Golden Tee. I know I’ll probably never shoot GT Par, especially with how difficult the 2008 courses are, so I’m creating the GT Fan Par score for each of these courses. I’ll basically figure out the […]



Callaway Big Bertha Diablo club set (Stock/Default)

By • Updated: Oct 16th, 2009 • Category: Golden Tee golf clubs

By default in Golden Tee, all players hit what is called the “stock” set of clubs, now the Big Bertha Diablo set. They are free to use. Here are the golf clubs included in this set and the relative distance: Standard driver (9.5 degrees): 300 3 Wood: 275 5 Wood: 250 2 Iron: 225 3 […]



Player Bio — Enzo Polidori

By • Updated: Oct 9th, 2009 • Category: Player Bios

Enzo Polidori from Brantford, Ontario was kind enough to give us our first player bio from Canada!  He plays most of his games at Sharkeys.  Enzo has been playing Golden Tee for about 10 years, and he still gets in around 100 games a week! Enzo’s average across the board varies, but is very impressive: […]



Areas without Golden Tee prize play

By • Updated: Oct 6th, 2009 • Category: Contests and prizes

Unfortunately, there are some areas, even states, where players don’t have the option of playing for Golden Tee prizes! Arizona, Louisiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and New Jersey don’t allow playing for prizes anywhere in the state, and that’s tough for players there who want to see how they stack up against players from around […]



Spinny or not? Follow these tips!

By • Updated: Sep 29th, 2009 • Category: Using the track ball

Thanks to Chisolm Woodson for submitting this great article on the workings of the trackball and how spinning the trackball affects your shot!  So here we go… The best way to test spinny versus non is on the practice range.  It’s a real eye-opener to hit ball after ball from the same tee and see […]



Player Bio — Chisolm Woodson

By • Updated: Sep 24th, 2009 • Category: Player Bios

Our next bio features Chisolm “Daddy Like!” Woodson, who plays in Denver, CO.  Chisolm plays most often at Rack ‘Em Billiards and Sports, and also at Table Steaks East.  Just recently, Chisolm headed up a big tournament there in Denver, so he’s gotten his name around the Golden Tee community quite well! Chisolm has been […]



Player Bio — Nate Knuth

By • Updated: Sep 18th, 2009 • Category: Player Bios

Our next bio features Nate “Phuqenay!” Knuth, who plays out of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He splits time there between The Gold Rush and Boston’s Pizza. Nate has been playing Golden Tee since FORE! 2003. On the 2009 courses, he’s been averaging -15.02, BUT, he’s played more rounds on Black Hills than any other course […]



GoldenTeeFan takes on Cedar Rapids

By • Updated: Sep 14th, 2009 • Category: Features, Improvement

Well I had another fantastic time at a Golden Tee tournament — this time driving out to Cedar Rapids, IA for the action.  I got to the Double Inn by 4:00 on Friday.  The setup was fantastic — there were 15 pedestals set up all around the perimeter of the seating area.  With only 39 […]



Player Bio — Chris Litzinger

By • Updated: Sep 10th, 2009 • Category: Player Bios

Our next bio features one of the very best in the game — Chris Litzinger from Cincinnati!  Litz is currently living in College Corner, Ohio, playing at Deano’s CC tavern uptown. Litz is a Grand Savannah banger, averaging about -24.5 there.  He also averages about -24 on Woodland, -23 on BH, -24 on Sunny, and […]



Player Bio — Skipper Horner

By • Updated: Sep 4th, 2009 • Category: Player Bios

This week’s bio focuses on Skipper Horner, a very energetic persona in the world of both Golden Tee tourneys and forum discussions! Skipper is from Colchester, VT, usually playing at T Ruggs in Burlington or Slammers in Bedford, NH. He has been averaging about -17 on the 2009 courses, playing between 10-20 games per week. […]



Player Bio — Jason Vidaurri

By • Updated: Aug 25th, 2009 • Category: Player Bios

Jason Vidaurri is originally from the Detroit area, and if you’re around him at all, you’ll know how passionate he is for all sports Detroit and Michigan!  Two years ago, though, he moved to Chandler, Arizona.  There, you can find him at Doc and Eddy’s in Tempe, at Skip and Jan’s in Tempe, or at […]



New feature — GT Player Bios!

By • Updated: Aug 24th, 2009 • Category: Features, Player Bios

Hi all, I wanted to introduce some new perspectives to the game, so I’ve asked around and gotten some of the best Golden Tee players in the country to share their history of the game as well as their best tips for us amateurs! The result is some great information right from the mouths of […]



Player Bio — Paul Tayloe

By • Updated: Aug 14th, 2009 • Category: Player Bios

Paul “Putz” Tayloe hails from Wilmington, North Carolina, and you can find him at Hieronymus Seafood Restaurant & Oyster Bar.  He’s been averaging an impressive -23 on the 2009 courses (not counting Bonnie Moor, where he would have a -25 average).  Paul has taken a profitable liking to Black Hills, which he has played over […]