The tee it forward movement is a great idea and one I hope
more courses find the time and place to let people tee it forward. Of course I
am an old guy that doesn’t like hitting a three wood second shot into a par
four.
According to the tee it forward people
if your average drive is only about 220 you should be playing courses around
6,000 yards or less. I think it would help if the forward tees would keep par
threes at 165 yards or less also. It is really no fun to hit three or five wood
on a par 3.
Also seems to be a men only idea, I see many women, maybe
past their golf prime, who would love to tee it forward.
It’s still a great idea but there are problems, like the
following example. This example would be someone like me playing a par five
with a (20 or 30 something) single digit handicapper. He will be hitting from
the members tees and some old guy, like me, will play it forward.
The hole we play will be - Par 5
- 520 yards
His tee - 520 yards – drive 300 – distance to green 220
yards, a hard 4 hybrid
My tee - 450 yards – drive 220 –
distance to green 230 yards, can’t reach with anything
See the problem? We are in approximately the same place
after shot #1, but shot number two is still too long, but even this old golfer
does not want to play par 5s that are 390 yards long (my 220 drive and a 170 yard 4 hybrid). So tee it forward, just
not too far.
*Special note - I can still hit it 250 on occasion, and hit
my three wood 215. On the above example
I would have about 50-90 yards left with my third shot to hit the green in
regulation. (Not Bad)
Down wind, downhill, hard fairways, I can reach about 500 in
two. Not bad for a 65 year old 12 handicap.
