what teeboxs do you play from?

[flopdarock]

im thinking about mixing it up and attempting to play from diff teeboxs... i obviously dont have the distance to play from the tips but when the course is empty(around this time of year) ill give it a shot... just go full out on my 1st and 2nd shot an see if i can keep it under control... then ill drag my girl out for a round an play from the forward tees... see if i can get to scratch from the fronts... hahaha

[Jay-Bird]

I voted for the midback tee box. On the regular courses that I play that is pretty standard. Usually it is all about the yardage. If I feel like a challenge I will play from the back tees. Most of the time if in a group, majority rules. I don't like playing different tees than what everyone else is.

Same here.

[MiniMoe]

I like to play the tips on any course I am playing. But in reality, I play where the group plays.. or rather...where the money is.

[GaijinGolfer]

I play from the middle teeboxes, which are usually the whites. If I ever got to the point where I was always making par or birdie, I would probably move back, but for right now the whites are challenging enough.
I wouldnt feel right moving foreward. I usually make bogey or double bogey and IMO for where my game is at right now, the whites are the tees I should be playing from.

[chaptowngolfteam]

I play from the yardage that is comfortable for me, that is typically the tips. If another group is playing forward, then our tee shots should match equally. I don't want to have to wait for 3-4 other players to hit their 2nd shot, then I walk 20-30 yards ahead to hit mine.

[Fourputt]

I marked mid-back because that is usually in the right yardage range for me. On my home course we only have 3 boxes, so there I take the middle most of the time. I can play the back tees just fine, but at my handicap most of my tournaments are from the white tees, so I try to maintain a legitimate handicap by playing from there most of the time. I like a course to be in 6200 to 6500 yard range, but 7000 is doable as long as I'm playing here at more than 5000' elevation.

[RocktimusPryme]

On most courses I play whatever box is right in front of the tips. But it depends on the course I ussually try to stay in between 62-6700 yards. So I may move up or back depending how long the course is.

Im also a big advocate of playing where your partners are though. I have the distance to play the tips on almost any course, but Im also not so good to think im above moving up if my partners are playing from there. Just seems like a rude move to play from the back if your buddies wanna play from the white.

[Hitman]

I voted and posted here earlier and got to thinking about this one.


http://www.purgatorygolf.com/


I haven't played here YET but I have seen part of the course and from the tips or Purgatory tees this one stretches out to 7700 yds. I think here I'd play more toward the mid front tees. most of it's out of my reach. LOL

[4ringslvr]

I usually try and play to the tee box that is with in my yardage which is about 6600 yards (5 Iron Distance (185) x 36).

200 x 36= 7200

I usually mix it up. If Im playin with somebody new Ill play whatever they are playing but if Im by myself Ill play the back tees.

[RemyM]

Doesn't matter what color they are, I'm looking for a yardage that's challenging but within my skill level. That's usually in the 6700 yd range or so, but the course itself will dictate. Obviously the more tee boxes a course has, the more likely people will be able to find one that suits their game.

Couldn't agree more! I pick a set of tees by yardage as every course is different. My home course has 3 sets and is only 6,000 from the back tees where I play, but that doesn't mean I'm going to play the back tees at every course I go to.

[DavidFehertysBike]

I usually play from whatever the regulation tee is. Blue tees for most courses. Im long enough to where a 420+ yd par 4 isnt really a problem, but its rare to find one that long from the blues. There may be even more back tees on alot of courses but i like to play the yardage the course was designed around. I figure that is the blue most of the time.

[lumpuckeroo]

I too play based on yardage, my home course is only 6100 from the back tee. I usually play between 6200 and 6700 yards, anything past 6700 and it takes the variety out of the game, I'm hitting driver, 3 wood on every hole. If I'm playing a course for the first time and they have 6200 and 6700, I will player the shorter one the first time, longer one the second time and then determine which one I like to play. Sometimes the shorter distance can take the variety out of the game also.

[tjy355]

DEPENDS ON THE COURSE!

Each one is different you know?

[ERC7.5]

I play whatever is fitting at the time and fitting to the course length. Typically mids though. At my home course (which is quite short) I will be playing from the Blues (back tees) to change it up and get better prepared for some of the longer courses that I play.

[Bump-n-MI]

Yardage and slope rating influence my decision. My club I play the tips, my league I play the middle.

[jorruss]

ALLLLL the way back baby! Any course under 7200 yards is not too long for me, but over that it starts getting rough. I have played some of the longest, toughest courses in the US and they were just unrelenting! You know it's tough when even the best in the world don't play it all the way back...

Kinderlou Forrest in Vadosta, GA - 7781 Yards (77.3, 143) Home of the Nationwide Tour's Southern Georgia Classic

Southern Hills Plantation in Brooksville FL - 7557 Yards (77.2, 138) Home to PGA Tour School Second Stage Qualifying

Ginn Conservatory in Palm Coast FL - 7776 yards (78.4, 155) Home of the PGA Tour's Ginn Sur Mer Classic

Torrey Pines South Course - 7607 yards (78.1, 143) Home of the 2008 US Open

[TommyD69]

In my golf league, we have a by-law that states that the league will play from the tees that are closest to 6,300 yards.

That being said, I will play from the tips when ever I'm not playing in the league.

[keel]

I could play from the senior tees, i am 62. the group i play with has to play blue tees. If my short game is on I can be competive, I will usually I will play from the middle (whites)