Tee it high and let it fly. It's one of golf’s most eye-rolling clichés. The higher you tee the ball up, the farther it will go. Teeing the ball low, on the other hand, is commonly understood to be a go-to method for getting the ball in play. But does tee height really make a difference with distance and accuracy?

As part of our MythBusters series, where we answer golf’s most common questions through tests with real golfers, we investigated whether tee height really matters. Here’s what we found.