Not sure what tees to play?

[iWALK18]

Sorry if this has been posted before, but I ran across this article and I think maybe it can't be posted enough.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/sp...ennington.html

[Knockglock]

Sorry if this has been posted before, but I ran across this article and I think maybe it can't be posted enough.

I agree, nothing worse than a group of people playing from the blacks or blues when they shouldn't be there! it slows down rounds soooooooooo much.

I can't count how many times i've seen people playing back tees shank their tee shots to the forward tees or shorter or slice them constantly onto another fairway.

[pinhigh27]

I would say anyone under a 6 should play the tips at pretty much all courses, except courses such as Bethpage, Pebble and Torey.

[Leftygolfer]

A good test for me is around 6500 or so yards. I play those tees. If it is all the way back, then so be it.

[schigara]

I like about 5800-6000 which tends to be white tees at the courses I play. I shoot in the 85-92 range.

[shades9323]

A good test for me is around 6500 or so yards. I play those tees. If it is all the way back, then so be it.

Same thing here.

[iWALK18]

According to the article, average 5i x 36 = total yardage you should be playing.

for me, that's about 6,800 yards.

[Silzildrummer]

I agree completely with the article. The only course I have played from the tips is a course near my house which is a little over 5800 yards. Other than that, I won't play black or championship tees for the sake of my game, and to the others playing.

[Greg]

most of the courses around here arent very long and i did the math on the 5i x 36 which is about 170 and is about 6100 which is most of the courses around here from the white tees, some a little shorter, some a little longer.

[kfowler]

I think I've always tended to play a little more conservative and hit from the white tees. I've started moving back on certain courses as my game has improved. Really depends on how many tee boxes they have. I think you have to take into consideration all three factors of rating, slope, and length.

[mirv]

i like their little formula about 5i x 36. my average 5i is about 165, which gives me just shy of 6000 yards, which just happens to be the tees i tend to walk towards anyway.

[Fat Slice]

I like that forumla (5i x 36) - makes sense. Most of my extra strokes are on/around the green, so choosing tees based on handicap is not that applicable (at least in my case).

I get pretty steamed playing behind a group of 4, all shooting from the tips, duffing, OBing, taking mulligan after mulligan...aarrgh.

[quantim0]

When I was playing in high school, at the peak of my skills before not playing for 6 years, I played a course in Williamsberg, VA from the back tees. They played a PGA tournament there at one point. The course was over 7k yards. It was brutal and I was consitently hitting a 3W off the tee 260. Instead of playing an 8i or 9i into a green, I was hitting a 5 iron most of the time. One par 5 was 600 yds long, I hit 3w, 5w, 8i into that hole. I managed to shoot an 89, but that was the last time I played on the black tees.

[Hayden Douglas Zeidler]

I say play whatever tees you want with one caveat... as long as you're not holding others up.

[Dub]

6,300 to 6,600 works fine by me.

[unabowler]

As a bad, bad golfer I like this idea a lot. My five iron is a club I'm pretty consistent with, and I hit it 150. Multiply by 36 and it 5400 yards which sounds like a distance which would be comfortable for me.

I'm playing a course tomorrow and as it turns out the gold tees there come in a little over 5400 so I will play from there. My buddy will laugh at me, but he already laughs at how I play. It turns the typical par 4s there from 350-380 range down to 300 to 340. One or two par 4s are even under 300 from the gold tees. There are a couple of par 5s over 540 and they are reduced to 460-480. I believe my frustration level will go down a lot.

[Chilli Dipper]

175 times 36 works out to 6300 yards, which is just about in the middle of my comfort zone for course lengths.

[Bug Bunny]

I played a lil local course today for the first time. Actually only had time for 9 but they had 4 sets of tee boxes. I played the one just back from the ladies. I shot a seven over par 43 and had a blast (started with a triple bogey ). They had a couple tricky 280-320 yard par 4's that were pretty cool. And my ego wasn't affected by playing the close tees whatsoever!!!