pellmell An indicator that one is playing the incorrect tees is the club used on approach shots on par fours. If it's a long iron or fairway wood switch to a shorter tee.
Let's say a person plays the X tee box and shoots 80. They are a short hitter off the tee, so we tell them....move on up! They listen to us and move up to the Y tee box. They now shoot 69.
Did they have fun?
Were they 'challenged' by the game, as it is intended to do?
A 355 yd. Par 4 does not necessarily become easier just because you moved up 10 yds., which is what most Sr. vs. Ladies tees are. Or 'normal' vs. Sr..
The course I play at a lot used to have 4 sets of tees. Blue, white, yellow, red. 1 Spring when they opened, they had added green, in between the blue and white. I played the whites, but noticed they were in different locations than the previous year. They moved them back, and the green was now where the whites used to be, and the blue were in normal placement. WTF? After all these years, I still have not understood what they intended. They have now added silver, and a few are wayyyyy in front of the red. But, even on the Par 5 holes, they are over still 400, a couple over 430.
I play the tees I feel like playing on that day. Mainly the Sr. sets, but sometimes mix them up. Yes, I'd like to card a 65, but what does it mean when it feels 'handed' to me?
