Teeing Area Setup

[Missouri Swede]

I know the RoG indicate that the teeing area is two club-lengths deep.  Is there a requirement that the tee-markers be set in a position to allow for that full two club-lengths?  This came to mind from the following (from Wednesday's pro-am):

I'm assuming the answer is no, because it looks like:

--judging from the length of DJ's driver, it looks like there might not even be two club lengths between the front of the tee markers and the rocks/sign.  (Yeah, the angle of the camera makes comparison of lengths/distances not quite right, but still it doesn't look like two club lengths.)

--even if it's possible to tee the ball two club-lengths back, there's no way to make a swing, as DJ found with his practice swing. 

Twice during casual play, I've come across teeing areas where I had to tee the ball pretty much on the line of the tee markers.  One time was on a teeing area where the markers were pretty close to a stone wall (like the position of the Sentry sign above); teeing any farther back would risk hitting the stone wall.  Another time, the teeing area was raised a little bit, and the ground sloped down about a clublength back from the markers:

 

[iacas]

There's nothing that says that you have to have two club lengths plus the width of your backswing or anything like that.

It's just generally accepted as good practice. 😉

I don't like it on par threes, especially, where I sometimes like to tee back to get a better number.

[Asheville]

From Definitions:

Teeing Area

The area you must play from in starting the hole you are playing. The teeing area is a rectangle that is two club-lengths deep where:

• The front edge is defined by the line between the forward-most points of two tee-markers set by the Committee, and

• The side edges are defined by the lines back from the outside points of the tee-markers.

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From Committee Procedures:

2B Teeing Areas

The Committee should always attempt to position the tee-markers far enough forward so that players can use the entire two club-lengths permitted.

There are no restrictions on the width of the teeing area, but it is good practice to place the two tee-markers 5 to 7 paces apart. Placing them further apart than this makes it more difficult for a player to determine if the ball has been teed within the teeing area and can result in divot holes covering a much larger area on par-3 holes.

 

[Missouri Swede]

1 hour ago, Asheville said:

From Committee Procedures:

2B Teeing Areas

The Committee should always attempt to position the tee-markers far enough forward so that players can use the entire two club-lengths permitted.

There are no restrictions on the width of the teeing area, but it is good practice to place the two tee-markers 5 to 7 paces apart. Placing them further apart than this makes it more difficult for a player to determine if the ball has been teed within the teeing area and can result in divot holes covering a much larger area on par-3 holes.

 

I figured it was something like that. "Should attempt" can allow for "tee right up between the tee markers."  For DJ in the pro-am, I'm guessing they put it that far back in order to preserve the rest of the usable area for Thursday through Sunday.