It SUCKS Getting Old...

Rickochet Some of our par 4's are still too long because of the terrain so we move up to a designated spot in the fairway and tee it up there and we still have about 130 or more in after the tee shot. We are just trying to keep it fun for us.

Rick, you guys are awesome for doing that. I wish everyone were that smart! I don’t know if it’s “pride” thing with some people but I tell guys, “ you’re here to have fun.” They won’t even play the red tees....which are still too long.

I used to do almost the same thing with my kids. They would tee off from 150-180 and play from there to keep it fun for them.

Weirfan seems like a reasonable chart, my SS is 100-105 and the numbers jive although my iron distances are More in line with the 110 SS column, likey because AP1 's have stronger lofts. My previous 2 Ping sets would coincide with the chart

That is a great chart, I actually found it and downloaded it a while back. I’m the opposite from you Pete. Where driver swing / distance is, my iron distance is a column back. I know I swing driver hard though and irons not as much.

Interesting chart. I fall in line with 100 if not a bit more with all clubs except the driver and my irons are not strong lofted. I am not usually getting that much yardage off the driver; it seems like I feel like I killed it and get 230-240. Could partly be that my club's longer holes are usually into the wind and the fairways allow for hardly any roll (shaggy and many have humps). There are a couple of holes where drives seem to run and I'm 250-260 and at times longer on big hits. Or maybe time for another driver fitting?

Fairway and turf conditions are different on every course this is why the carry number is the important number. But it's also why golfers estimate their carry number is higher than it is in reality as they really don't know and always round up.

Chasing distance as you get older is a holy grail kind of thing. In my reality playing the correct tee box IF offered and accuracy are more important than distance.

scotts33 Chasing distance as you get older is a holy grail kind of thing. In my reality playing the correct tee box IF offered and accuracy are more important than distance.

I agree. I hate losing distance, but my score is not that closely related to my driving distance. It comes down to keeping it in the fairway and also my short game. Lots of heavy rough, woods and OB at my course so accuracy is key. I have big hitting buddy in my regular foursome that was not scoring as well as he should have been. He finally started hitting a 4i on most holes and has now broken 80 several times. Of course he hits a 4i where many hit driver....bastage.

fatshot Otherwise, the only clubs I would need would be my driver, fairway woods and wedges!!

That is my definition of Old Man Golf. I hate to see someone doing that if there is still a set of tees to move up to.

Par4QC (But what if I don't break Par?

Don't post here, that's a given.
LOL

Rickochet Some of our par 4's are still too long because of the terrain so we move up to a designated spot in the fairway and tee it up there and we still have about 130 or more in after the tee shot. We are just trying to keep it fun for us.

Our course put in a set of 'junior' tees when we developed a strong program for them and NOW they have
been taken over by those who need to move up. I have a friend who just turned 81 and a good golfer who
was shooting mid 80's from the 'senior' tees and now shoots around our par 73 most times out. Just goes
to prove what has been discuss above. He is a 2 handicap at age 81 (calculated from those tees).

Just have fun.

Rickochet

Back maybe 10 years ago I asked the pro at my old course to put out senior tees because we had a few guys in my group that wouldn’t play red tees because of the “women’s tees” stigma. I even volunteered to buy the wood... finally after a year or so they made them and put them about a foot behind the red tees... BUT, the seniors were happy.

Not to mention women's tees are too long for women on 99% of the courses in the USA. Move them up.

DonM

You’re right Don! We don’t have a lot of tee boxes and most cases they are only 5-10 yards apart....which sucks for women.

Typhoon

we have 6/sets of blocks from 4607 to 7315.
Our course plays much longer than the stated yardage due to being in a valley so always soft and there are many forced layups off the tee due to trouble. For example , our white tees are 6280 but can only really hit driver 3-4 x. Of the 5 par 5's driver is only used once, maybe twice.

as such our starters are very vigilant to make sure people are aware of this and play the right tees. Many men play the ladies at 5670 as it really plays about 6000

Spuzz so I hang on the eagles

They're a great group...... oh, we're talking golf. It's been so long since I've had one that I don't even think of them anymore.

I really enjoy how our course is set up. The Blues are at 5900 and the Whites are at 5200. I guess the rule is at 50 you can play the Whites, but I see a lot of people under 50 playing them, which I think is great. I still play the Blues, even though I just turned 50, but they work for my level of golf at this time.

fatshot Exactly why I finally moved up from the white tees! Using the old formula I've read here and other forums I should play a course at about 5400-5600 yards (multiply your 150 club x 36). That seems to work out just about perfectly for me. All of a sudden I'm playing 6-hybrid, 7,8,9 irons into greens like the 'old days' instead of fairway woods. Really hard to score when you're hitting driver-5 wood-wedge-putt on most par 4's...!!

Your game seems similar to mine. I used to get several eagles per year and had two in one round but that is many years ago. Even from the gold tees I can't remember the last time I made it on a par 5 in two.