Can You Use Real Tees in a Golf Mat?

Yes — but only in the Super Tee golf mat. The Super Tee has a 1 inch Nylon face pile that is deep enough to hold a standard wooden tee at a natural insertion height. All other All Turf Mats golf mat lines — Fairway, First Cut, True Roll, and Sim Base — use shorter pile heights designed for rubber tees or direct-hit practice only.

The pile height is what makes wooden tee use possible. A standard wooden tee needs roughly 3/4 to 1 inch of pile depth to hold it upright at a natural height. The Super Tee's 1 inch pile provides that. The Fairway's 3/8 inch pile does not — a wooden tee pushed into a Fairway mat sits almost flat on the surface, which defeats the purpose.

What Is the Super Tee Golf Mat?

The Super Tee is the only All Turf Mats golf mat designed specifically to hold real wooden tees. The 1 inch Nylon face pile allows a standard wooden tee to be inserted at a natural height — the same feel as teeing up on a real tee box. Available in sizes from 1x2 up to 5x10 with foam and urethane backing options.

The Super Tee is the right mat for driver practice, fairway wood practice, and any tee-box style hitting where realistic tee use matters. It is the mat All Turf Mats specifically developed to solve the problem of practicing teed shots on a mat. Read the full Super Tee Golf Mat Buying Guide for size and backing comparisons.

What Mats Only Support Rubber Tees?

The Fairway golf mat and First Cut golf mat support rubber tees only on SKUs with confirmed pre-punched rubber tee holes. These mats have shorter pile heights — 3/8 inch for Fairway, variable 1 to 1-7/8 inch for First Cut — that do not support wooden tee insertion at a usable height.

Rubber tee holes are pre-punched openings in the mat surface designed to hold rubber tees at a consistent height. They work well for iron and approach shot practice with a tee. They are not a substitute for the wooden tee experience because a rubber tee has fixed flex and height rather than the adjustable feel of a wooden tee pushed into natural turf.

Can I Punch My Own Rubber Tee Holes in a Golf Mat?

Yes. Customers can punch their own rubber tee holes in any All Turf Mats golf mat using a sharp punch tool or box cutter. The mat will not fray or unravel at the hole. This is a common practice for golfers who want rubber tee capability on a mat that does not include pre-punched holes.

For wooden tee use, punching a hole does not help — the pile height is what holds a wooden tee upright, not a hole in the surface. If wooden tee practice is your goal, the Super Tee is the only option that delivers it.