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Old 01-04-2016, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by justjim View Post
Many golfers in TV choose the wrong set of tees on the Championship Courses too. So called "veteran golfers" have ego phobia---they believe that they can still drive the ball 250 yards! The USGA has made a major attempt to move golfers up to their proper tee box. It's more fun and helps to speed up play.

The same goes for the executive courses---more fun and especially helps speed up play if golfers would play from tees according to their skill level. Fore!
I think that TV guidance for which tees one should play is based on HC. Some one with a great short game could still be playing from the wrong tees. If you can't reach virtually all the par 4s in two shots, you are playing the wrong tees, imo. If you're using a wood/hybrid on every par 3, you're playing from the wrong tees. Seems like TV should recommend the tees based on typical driving distance, or seven iron distance. Something that relates directly to distance.