FlightPath Golf tees: Has the Perfect Golf Tee finally Been Invented? | #872

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Josh Karp

Sports, Golf

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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872: There was something about the unique design and explanation of the FlightPath Golf Tee on Instagram that caught my eye, and I thought what the heck I’ll give it a try. During the first round, I noticed that my drives were going much straighter than usual, but gave myself more credit than the tees. But round after round, I was hitting more fairways and my yardage also increased. It took almost a year to go through the box of 8 tees, but I was hooked and ordered another. Now almost two years in, it was time to order another box, but this time, I needed to find out more. Our guest this week is the inventor, Daniel Whalen, PhD, an environmental engineer who was challenged by his inventor father to come up with something the golf world had never witnessed before. A USGA compliant tee that reduces frictional resistance and allows you to hit straighter and farther than ever before. Learn more at https://flightpathgolf.com.Watch the complete interview on GolfSmarterTV! https://youtu.be/5WnrYnqdrfg or on today’s blogpost at https://golfsmarter.comThis episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens from AG1. Sign up at athleticgreens.com/golfsmarter and get a FREE one year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND five FREE travel packs with your first purchase. This week on Golf Smarter Mulligans #188 from 2011 is a heartwarming story about the fulfillment of the American Dream. Daughter of a Korean immigrant and GM of San Geronimo Golf Course in Marin County, CA, Jennifer Kim discusses the challenges, lessons and politics of running a family business and abiding her Father's wishes. Become a Golf Smarter Ambassador by introducing our next episode! For your effort you’ll receive a choice of prizes including a Glove + Glove Compartment from RedRoosterGolf.com. where you can choose from a large variety of styles of gloves in 26 sizes! Write to GolfSmarterPodcast@gmail.com and we’ll assign you an episode number and a brief script to record for the intro of the show. In addition to sharing your home course, you now have the opportunity to offer your favorite Golf Smarter lesson, episode, insight or teacher. Thanks to RedRoosterGolf.com for giving a new glove to every Golf Smarter Ambassador who introduces an upcoming episode!For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake Former GolfSmarter host, Fred Greene has been nominated for the 2025 Audiocaster of the Year by the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame Vote now at BARHOF.org. Voting is open through July 1. Please welcome our new host of Golf Smarter, Josh Karp! Fred has retired and will be working on his game with more intention than ever. You can stay up-to-date with Josh on all the GolfSmarter social accounts or by reaching out at karpj2323@mac.com. To stay connected with Fred reach out at golfsmarterpodcast@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We originally wanted to look at developing a golf tee kind of along the lines where you start
0:06.4	to remove as much friction as possible.
0:08.7	So if you turn the golf tee and you look at it top down, any 360 degree orientation that
0:13.2	you're hitting in, you're typically seeing that same amount of friction in that direction.
0:17.9	And a lot of times when performance golf tees come onto the marketplace,
0:21.1	they try to reduce friction, but they try to reduce it in all directions, whether it's four-prong,
0:25.5	eight-prong, jagged edges, but it's still consistent in that orientation all the way around. And so
0:30.8	with Flight Path golf teas, we thought if the golver's never hitting in all the directions at once,
0:35.0	the golver's only hitting in one direction. So why not try to just maximize frictional reduction in the one direction the golfer is going
0:43.0	to hit at a time?
0:44.1	So we're taking advantage of the fact that the golfer gets to place the T in a direction,
0:48.8	and in that direction, which is the direction of the arrow on the T, we've removed as much friction
0:53.2	as possible to provide the maximum amount of performance that the T, we've removed as much friction as possible to provide
0:55.0	the maximum amount of performance that a T can offer a golfer.
0:59.0	Hi, this is Wayne Mills from Abbotsford British Columbia, and I play at Ledgeview Golf Club.
1:06.0	This is Golf Smarter, number 872.
1:10.0	Flight Path Golf Tees.
1:11.9	Has the tea finally been perfected?
1:14.5	We'll talk to the inventor, Dr. Daniel Whalen.
1:17.1	This is Golf Smarter.
1:19.7	Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score
1:25.1	and raise your golf IQ.
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