Tee screens

[mike_beene]

Is a design a failure if it needs an artificial screen to protect a tee?Any examples of these?We removed ours because they were eyesores.Although I was just bruised,I took a 200 yard hook on the back a few weeks ago.Now I am gun shy on three or four places on our 110ish acres.Perhaps you pros should not discuss specifics due to liability issues.There,I may have just killed a subject that merits discussion.

[Doug Siebert]

Why would tee screens be needed more than green screens or fairway screens?  Its possible to be hit in many places on the course, its a risk one accepts by playing (some courses more than others)

Usually trees serve the required purpose, I'd rather see a row of evergreens than a screen.  Probably planting semi-mature evergreens 8'-10' high would not cost much more that a fence, and look a lot better.  The thick ones will knock down any ball that comes their way, and as a bonus will provide a lost ball or unplayable penalty to the offender making them want to keep away from that tee in the future!

[John Moore II]

I remember a course where the tenth tee was very close to the driving range tee. They had a 10ft tall net behind the 10th to keep people on the tee from possibly getting hit. But beyond that, I can't really think of a course where the next tee (or any tee really) was in danger from a fairway or tee shot. Now, I have seen many cases where I have felt another green was in a somewhat dangerous location from another tee, but that is a different question. But I have never worked at a course where I would have really considered putting up a net because of a liability issue.


Edit: Tobacco Road has a few tees that are pretty much in danger zones either from the tee or on the second shot. So there you go.

[JLahrman]

I've been on plenty of courses, especially old urban area courses where courses have been jammed into small spaces, that could use tee screens.

Eyesores?  Of course.  Preferable to taking a Slazenger to the temple?  Yes.

[Dave_Miller]

Is a design a failure if it needs an artificial screen to protect a tee?Any examples of these?We removed ours because they were eyesores.Although I was just bruised,I took a 200 yard hook on the back a few weeks ago.Now I am gun shy on three or four places on our 110ish acres.Perhaps you pros should not discuss specifics due to liability issues.There,I may have just killed a subject that merits discussion.

Mike:
Charles River had tee screens on two holes.  It appeared they were more for pyschological impact than any real protection. Although the tees were pretty close to the nearby green. 
When we took them down it was over a year before anyone noticed and there has never been an issue.
Best
Dave

[TX Golf]

Mike,

To keep things local there is a screen on the 6th tee at DCC..... it is very much needed as well, considering that if anyone pushes their tee ball on the 5th they are going to be around the 6th tee!!

Robert

[mike_malone]

 Gulph Mills had several of them the last time I was there a few years ago. They were two sections of green fencing at right angles to each other and about six feet high. They were near forward tees. As opposed to trees they allow airflow, sunlight, and mobility. They were innocuous and effective.