Luc_Van_Daele The only thing that makes sense is making courses tougher for pro play.
I think they know how to do that already, and have incorporated some of those things ... but that just makes the course harder, not the game. Plus, tricking up a course favors luck over skill in most instances. Do you believe their only goal here is to reduce pro scores? I don't. They could put 100 yard long ravines in the fairways starting at 275 yards (or knee deep grass). They want to bring back skill sets ... and not by removing one to do so. They still want to reward players who can hit it longer without having everyone averaging close to 300 yards. Would the game have been as exciting without Nicklaus or Woods, in their prime, hitting it further than most everyone else? If they could have everyone average about 280, I think they would be very happy - even if there were outliers hitting it 300 or more (as it was in 1990ish). 5% isn't going to do that, but as I said above, they are proceeding as if removing a bandage from a toddler.
Luc_Van_Daele A 500 yard par 5 will play like a 550 yards and most amateur courses just do not have the money to move all they tee boxes forward.
Unless they are a newer course, don't they already have those areas? If not, change the designations on current tee boxes. Make the whites the new blues, and the blues the new champions tees (champion tees can be changes to masochist tees). Plus, it's a lot less expensive to make changes on land they at least own. Though, if I were a club, I would be a little pissed having spent a ton of money to accommodate the equipment changes, and now have to go back.
