[zcaveman]

To all - I am only addressing the executive courses. So far I have seen three posts about golfers that actually take a divot on a par 3. I have been playing for 8 years down here in TV and the number of golfers that I play with that take a divot are in the minority. Actually when we take a divot we call it hitting the big ball (mother earth) before the little ball.

I would say that 90% if the golfers want to have a clean cut off of the tee. Most of us are not strong enough to have the power to drive through the ball or knowledgeable enough to know how to control their club when taking a divot. I would also bet that those same people do not take divots on the second shot on a par 4. If fact a lot of players use woods or hybrids off of the tee - on 100 yard long holes.

So what I am saying is that all of these posts about how the pros and low handicapped players play par 3s is lost on us non-handicapped players.