I'll guess that there is a space that has been drilled out in the hole in
which the tee sits - as though the hole was first drilled at a 45 degree
angle, and rotated until it was verticle (in-line with the original hole).
The space is hidden by the tee when the tee is in position.

"Christian Stüben" wrote in message
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767 ... maybee the golf tee was steambathed. at some high temperature wood
can be bent.
http://www.kleinurl.de/?6tafllp3

greetings from germany
Chris