Sparky But if you are a recreational player and you don't want to be punished.
By forcing rec golfers to play one ball, or change to a different tee box as you say, you are punishing them. You are removing a choice of how they enjoy the game.
Why should an archaic organization force the 99 percent of it's participants to do it their way?
It's unnecessary and it's BS.
The rest of your scenario can be rectified with simple on course out of bounds (already being done at the pro level) or local rules added. Not that hard.
As far as adding yards to competition course, why would a rec golfer give a fuck about that? And who are you to tell others how they should enjoy the game and what equates to enjoyment?
It appears you think score is the only objective to fun. It's not everyone's view.