Flavoured golf tees go on sale
2006-11-15 11:32
New York - Seeking the perfect holiday gift for the golfer who has everything? Try flavoured golf tees.
US inventors John Packes and Ramon Peralta have come up a
product line called Tasty Golf Tees in various flavours
including mint, cherry, strawberry, and grape.
Mint is the strongest-tasting flavour in the range.
"It will knock out the foulest of cigar, beer breath within
five seconds," Packes of Norwalk, Connecticut, said on
Tuesday.
Packes said they came up with the idea while walking along
the fairway one day and noticing that many golfers popped a tee
in their mouth as they headed to the next hole or waited to tee
up.
Tasty Golf Tees, which cost about 25 cents each, are made
from uncoated wood, which is sanitized and flavoured. They look
and play like regular wooden golf tees.
"Some people just look at you funny," said Packes. "'Do you
really put it in your mouth?' They give it a shot and say 'This
is kinda cool.'"
- Reuters