Tee yardages

[adstott]

Are distances given off the tee from the middle of the tee box to the front of the green? Are distance markers on the course to the front of the green?

[jaymills13]

Yardages to the center of the green are standard.

[goblue107501]

Pretty much all the markers in the fairway will be to the center of the green, unless stated otherwise. Tee boxes can be a little different. The are marked to the center of the green, but it varies where they mark from. Most places will use the back of the tee box. Quite a few courses will have a block somewhere on or near the tee box that will have the yardage stamped in. e.g. the blue tee box will have something blue with the yardage on it, that is where it is marked from.

You can always check the back of the scorecard or ask the clubhouse.

[schapman]

All the courses I play have coloured blocks in the ground to reference what the sign says. Then I'll just pace off to where the actual markers are that day. AFAIK they are all measured to the center of the green.

[Zeph]

I have played on one course that measure it to the front of the green, so I advise you to check it at new courses. Some courses have a block in the ground at the center of the tee area with a number to the center of the green. If you know the pin placement you can pace off the distance to the tee markers, maybe adjust for a pin placement back or front and pick your club. On a big tee area, the distance can vary by 2-3 clubs, even more if the pin location is moved around.

[out_in_30]

  schapman said:

All the courses I play have coloured blocks in the ground to reference what the sign says. Then I'll just pace off to where the actual markers are that day. AFAIK they are all measured to the center of the green.

this is quite accurate. the distance on the tee boxes are from where their matching color marker is on the tee, then pacing whereever those tee markers are for that day.. and yardages on 95% of courses are all to middle of green with the flag color dictating where in fact the pin is... usually for back pins add 5-10 yds and for front pins take away 5 to 10 yards ROUGHLY... depending on the depth of the greens which a lot of courses have available.

[Dub]

Great item to clear up before your round.....as I discovered last Friday.

Two buddies and I played a course that none of us had ever played before. It's an older course with a glorious layout but has unfortunately fallen on hard times a few years back. It's been bought and sold a couple of times and the current state of maintenance is poor....weeds and ants have taken root.

It's a shame, because the layout is spectacular....tons of elevation changes and very undulating greens....well bunkered. I'd love a chance to have played her in her prime condition.

Anyway...we were guessing at yardades all day long. Having gps on the carts at my home course has spoiled the heck outa me. With a little luck we could find 100yd/150yd/200yd stones in the fairways on at least half the holes...........but tee yardages were another thing entirely. We assumed the center of the boxes was accurate to the center of the green yardage given on the scorecards. It seemed to work out for the most part.

I was wishing for a pinseeking laser rangefinder badly during that round. I may invest in one yet. It would be of help on my home course, too....especially on the par 3 holes.

[adstott]

Thanks for the info. I play at public courses, the one I play most often has very poor markings for distances as most sprinkler heads do not have yardage markings. I'll have to ask how this particular course does things next time I go out. The reason I was asking in the first place is that I had a drive on a 306 yard par 4, could not find the ball anywhere, to my surprise it was a yard short of the green. I was trying to figure out if this was a 305 yard drive or if it's marked the the center of the green and actually probably closer to 285. Thanks again. Great forum.