I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it’s The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
Confidence is everything. Confidence is what makes that simple white tee and jeans look good.
But I remember back in 1998, the year after Peyton Manning left Tennessee, a lot of people didn’t really give Tennessee a chance. There was a lesser-known Tee Martin playing quarterback. He ended up leading them to a national championship in 1998 the year after Peyton left.
There are three things being a celebrity is good for: raising money for charity, dinner reservations and tee times.
So it must be my mental, because sometimes when I start on the tee, I still worry about whether my ball is going to hit right or left.
Does Tiger Woods tee off at 8 A.M. when he’s going to win a Masters? Does Floyd Mayweather fight the first fight of the night? No, he’s the main event, right? So the ‘Stros need to be playing on prime-time television.
I struggle off the tee. If I can hit my driver straight, then I’m usually playing well.
Spin is a tricky thing. When you’re trying to avoid it – say, on a tee shot, where sidespin puts you in the trees – it’s easy to make it happen.
Parts for Asians are hard enough to get, and if Tee, which sounds kind of generically Asian, helps me get roles, so be it.
For so many years, I was watching my tee shots slide hard to the right. I used to think I was hitting a draw at times, and the ball was still curving to the right! I still prefer to play a little fade, but I’ve had to recalibrate my visuals.
The first day I met Peep we made a song without question. Never in my life have I connected with someone like that. Literally the first day we met we recorded ‘White Tee’ and shot the video.
You don’t have to be long off the tee, and we know the amazing effect an Open crowd can have if you’re on your game and how they can lift you.
In real life I wear one outfit and it’s jeans and a white tee shirt.
The game itself, I think, plays into the strength of my game, which has always been tee to green, hitting the ball consistently in play and managing my game. Putting has always been the one thing that’s been a bit more erratic.
A straight factor is important in any comedy, because you need something to tee it up and also to ground it.
My iron game. I get into trouble a lot with my driver, so I tend to hit 3-wood off the tee.
At home, a T-shirt and something loose like harem pants would do. If I’m stepping out, a pair of blue jeans and a white tee are just fine.
I’m sure you have a hole at your course where you love to hit the tee shot. You can’t wait to get up there and bomb away because the fairway is wide, or the hole always plays downwind.
Part of wearing a tee is saying, ‘I’m comfortable and casual.’
If you’ve ever played golf, you know that you yell ‘fore’ off the tee. You’re not threatening somebody; you’re warning them: ‘Look, don’t get hit by the ball, it’s coming.’
Does Tiger Woods tee off at 8 A.M. when he’s going to win a Masters? Does Floyd Mayweather fight the first fight of the night? No, he’s the main event, right? So the ‘Stros need to be playing on prime-time television.
I feel the most confident in whatever I’m feeling at that time. Sometimes it’s leather pants, a leather jacket, and a band tee, and it’s motorcycle-chic. Then there are times that it’s skinny jeans, a tank top, and a denim jacket. It’s whatever I’m feeling that day.
I’d say 230 yards off the tee is my average. Short game is a strength. I don’t three-putt often. Actually, I’d say my mental game is probably the best. I’m very good at staying positive and focused on my game.
Who wants to miss their opportunity of playing in a Major… A golfer’s career is all about it. The lesson I have learnt is that I will tee up for the Majors only when I am 100 percent fit.
It’s the transformation that drives me. I want to do it all and never want to be boxed into something as a particular type or style. I never want people to think they know me. I hope to build a repertoire that one can look at and say, from to role to role, ‘Was that Brian Tee?’
I am always looking for a cool tee shirt; maybe one with a rock band or an old advertisement.
Growing up in Oakland, we did things like white t-shirt, blue jeans and Nikes. That was my get down, how I was going to rock. And if you look at me right now, I’m pretty much black tee, blue jeans and some sneakers.
My biggest hobby is playing golf, which I really enjoy. Now when I am lying in bed at night, unable to sleep, I find myself thinking about my golf swing. I’m also involved in the Tampa Bay chapter of First Tee.
Young people really want you to give them a road map, and they will follow it to a tee. If you tell them, ‘These are the eight steps you have to take to be successful,’ they will do all eight very earnestly.
Well, I think that Augusta is not the same golf course that I grew up on. Bobby Jones’ philosophy was giving you space off the tee; if you put it in the right side of the fairway, you ended up getting the right angle to the green.
The first sport I played was baseball. I remember being on the Little League team and someone pitching the ball to me for the first time. I was ready to no longer hit the ball off the tee, and an adult pitched it to me underhand.
I learned through the ‘Jack Nicklaus Lesson Tee,’ the cartoon. Back then, it was 1970 or ’69 when it came out. Learned the grip that way and everything in the cartoon… So that’s kind of how it all started for me.
I did a tandem parachute jump when I opened a golf course in Atlanta, Georgia. I jumped out of a plane at 15,000 feet to land on the first tee, and then I played a couple of holes with golfer Arnold Palmer. That was brilliant.
I think I can be competitive. Heck, anybody who can walk to the first tee here has a chance.
Young people really want you to give them a road map, and they will follow it to a tee. If you tell them, ‘These are the eight steps you have to take to be successful,’ they will do all eight very earnestly.
My golf score is really bad. I don’t know. I’m definitely not a good golfer. Off the tee box, I can drive it about 275, and I’m in the fairway about 99% of the time. It’s my next shot that needs work.
I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it’s The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
I’m not out there just to be dancing around. I expect to win every time I tee up.
I think I can be competitive. Heck, anybody who can walk to the first tee here has a chance.
The first day I met Peep we made a song without question. Never in my life have I connected with someone like that. Literally the first day we met we recorded ‘White Tee’ and shot the video.
There are three things being a celebrity is good for: raising money for charity, dinner reservations and tee times.
The game itself, I think, plays into the strength of my game, which has always been tee to green, hitting the ball consistently in play and managing my game. Putting has always been the one thing that’s been a bit more erratic.
No one really sees pro athletes behind the scenes. They don’t know how hard they work. They don’t see how you work on the basics. They couldn’t possibly know. You wouldn’t think that someone who hits like Alex Rodriguez needs to use a tee every day. But that’s how he stayed on top of it.
The first sport I played was baseball. I remember being on the Little League team and someone pitching the ball to me for the first time. I was ready to no longer hit the ball off the tee, and an adult pitched it to me underhand.
My biggest hobby is playing golf, which I really enjoy. Now when I am lying in bed at night, unable to sleep, I find myself thinking about my golf swing. I’m also involved in the Tampa Bay chapter of First Tee.
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