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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThe golf tee comprises a wooden spike with a flexible rubber peg supporting the ball. Dr. Grant was a better inventor than a marketer, he never reaped the benefits of his invention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few weeks earlier, on November 21, 1899, received U.S. Patent No. D31878 on a Golf Tee, and while it would certainly hold a golf ball for striking with a club, it was nothing like modern golf tees:<\/p>\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nA few months later, William Herrick received U.S. Patent No. 648956 on a Golf Tee more like Atherton Sewall’s:<\/p>\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nIt wasn’t until December 16, 1924, almost exactly 25 years after Grant’s patent, that another patent issued on the type of golf tee that wad imbedded in the ground:<\/p>\n\n\n\n U.S. Patent No. 1,522,544, issued January 13, 1925, shows a tee that would be recognizable by modern golfers:<\/p>\n\n\n U.S. Patent No. 1,542,505, issued five months later on June 16, 1925, shows a tee very close to the modern product:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, William Lowell, a dentist like Grant, and an avid golfer, received U.S. Patent No. 1,670,627 for a \u201cGolfing Tee” made of wood:<\/p>\n\n\n The gutta percha tip was dropped, and the shaft refined, but his “Reddy Tee” marked the era if the modern golf tee. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On December 12, 1899, George F. Grant, a dentist, received a U.S. Patent No. 638,920, on a golf tee: The golf tee comprises a wooden spike with a flexible rubber peg supporting the ball. Dr. Grant was a better inventor … Continue reading <\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n