Scorecard Recommended Tees based on HI

Scorecard Recommended Tees based on HI is this common?  I've never seen it before.  Interesting that you need permission to play from the blacks.

It is not common, but it should be.

First time I ever seen anything like that. I like it though.

I know of a few courses like that.  I think it's a decent idea ... at least in that it reminds people who may be unsure which tees would be the best fit.  I would hope that nobody was really strict about those though - all you need is to be able to keep up and have fun.

That said, its not surprising that Torrey would require permission to play the blacks on the South.  It's rated something like 78. SEVENTY EIGHT!!!!! In the thousands and thousands of rated tees in the country and around the world, how many of them are rated that high (for men)?I would presume that they don't even put the tee markers out for the blacks.

Here's an odd one:  The course I played my recent tournament at has a sign out with this info on it.  Thing is, it's next to the cart path between the 9th and 10th tees.  And it's a "linksy" type course, where the 9th and 10th holes are nowhere near the clubhouse.  There is no way to get there without having already played to the 9th green.

I noticed that some of the tees are something like 90 yards behind the blues.

Probably a safety thing if the party behind you thinks the tees box is open when in reality you are standing almost 100 yards behind them.

I doubt it.  The course managers know if there are tees out there, some knuckle head is going to try to play from them.  Very few knuckle heads have the ability to get around Torrey in under 4 1/2 hours from the way back tees.

The rough at Torrey is pretty punishing, even without US Open conditions.  It probably is the toughest set of "white" tees I have ever played, and that includes Carnoustie.

Quite a few golf scorecards in the St. Louis area list the recommended HDCP range for different tee boxes.

You can end up with big yardage gaps, however. The Orchards in Belleville, IL has 5,800 yards for the white tees and 6,400 yards for the blues.

Possibly, I've only played thr North course before, so IDK.