yoopergolfer
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What's wrong with just labelling them with a colour and a yardage?
I have no issue with it personally, but you and I are in the minority. Most golfers understand the tee boxes just as the OP called them.
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What's wrong with just labelling them with a colour and a yardage?
I have no issue with it personally, but you and I are in the minority. Most golfers understand the tee boxes just as the OP called them.
I say play what you are comfortable with. Golf is supposed to be a game of fun. Playing from the tips might not be fun if you only drive the ball 190. I have played from the tips before and I was comfortable with it. I have also played from the womens tees and got laughed at for it. I said I don't care! It is amazing how much the course changes when you play from different tee boxes. I suggest everyone try playing from the red tees sometime, it was one of the most fun rounds I have ever had.
I'll be here all night!Always a smart ass in every group! :bicker:
This is actually a tip from instructors. It makes you completely change your strategy and use clubs you may have never used on holes.
This is actually a tip from instructors. It makes you completely change your strategy and use clubs you may have never used on holes.
Here.. I fixed the tee boxes for you in two different ways.
1. RED - Shoots > 100
2. Gold - Shoots 90 - 100
3. White - Shoots 80 - 90
4. Blue/Black - Shoots < 80
or
1. RED - Drives < 200
2. Gold - Drives 200 - 220
3. White - Drives 220 - 250
4. Blue/Black - Drives > 250
Right and I acknowledged that.
You noted that you hated it, you interjected your opinion, creating a talking point. Acknowledgment was moot.
I disagree. There are plenty of single digit players that can't hit it 250+ (Cory Pavin?) and plenty of bombers that should be playing from the whites. I play to a 6.1 and hit my driver 235 max. But nearly 70% of the time it's in the fairway. Shorter hitters can still play longer courses and some of us enjoy it.
It's nice to see my area 's courses displaying the PGA tee it forward message and signs and actually implementing them on the tee boxes and club house. Hopefully this makes it more of a public awareness thing than an embarrassment for someone who wants to play the "white".
Really does test your decision making a lot. I do it a couple times a year just for the practice. Plus, it feels really fun to go driver or even 3w short iron into a par 5.
To the OP, I go off of par 3 length. If they're all over 200yds, that's dumb. If there's that big of a jump from one yardage to another, I'll mix and match a tee box or two as I see fit.
Totally agree with the idea that many people play from the wrong tees. Just this past week a friend and I played behind a 4-some playing from the blue tees. They were playing 2 man scramble and on pretty much every hole some team was barely past the women's tees and the other team wasn't too far in front of that. They did not have the game to play from the blues and I personally don't understand why you would want to torture yourself and make the game harder.
During the warmer months I like to mix it up between white and blues (because all the par 3s are 200+ yards from the blue tees and 2 to 3 are into the prevailing wind...that just isn't fun to me). I find it a lot more fun to give myself easier scoring chances but know I need to challenge myself from time to time by playing the blues. I have got my handicap down to the higher single digits and at times still feel I shouldn't be playing the blues.
I think skill level should determine tee box but lets face it...most of us are too proud to admit we might not have the game to play the tee box we choose.
I think my course's scorecard use to suggest a tee box by handicap...I think that is a decent indicator but not always appropriate
If you start to play from the shorter set of tees, you just might develop the game to bring you back to tips. Until that point, stay up front and speed up play. "Let's go ... while we're young!"
To the OP, I go off of par 3 length. If they're all over 200yds, that's dumb. If there's that big of a jump from one yardage to another, I'll mix and match a tee box or two as I see fit.
I play my home course one day from the blues, next the whites, and the next from the REDS .... just to see the difference and where my misses are so I know what to work on. Just as some people have stated already, play to your ability and put your ego aside and I guarantee you will have more fun in doing so!