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Originally Posted by mrkajz44
Curious on people's thoughts about selecting tee boxes. What is your go to when making that decision? I've usually just picked whatever is closest to 6000 yards, but recently I've been looking at course ranking and slope and seeing how different 6000 vs 6250 can be. Is the course really that much tougher? Seems like most of the extra yardage would be on par 5s which I rarely go for it in 2 anyway.
This usually results in me picking the second furthest from the back (blues) or doing a blue/white mix. My handicap has bounced around in the mid to high teens for that past few years for refence.
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I think the trend today is for people to play too far back. "Be a man - play from the tips!". I think this is one of the biggest causes of slow play. Golf is supposed to be fun, not an endurance test.
I remember once reading something that said you should play from the front tee until you can shoot par, then move back one and work on that tee. I think there is a lot of validity to that.
For me, the big difference is the par 3 and 4s. Once you are over 6,500 and especially at 7,000, most of the par 3s are 200+. The simple fact of the matter is that, for anyone over a single digit handicap, that is too difficult. playing par 3s with hybrids and woods means that you are rarely going to shoot par. Which means the course is playing too hard for you.
The game would be more fun - and the pace of play would be much better - if people moved up to a tee where they have a legit shot at par every hole. That doesn't mean shooting 72, but you should have a chance at breaking 80. If you're consistently shooting 90-95, then you should move up.
Just my opinion.
/rant