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Just curious to see what the tee markers are. Used to be that their were usually only three sets of tees: Championship or Back, Mens or Members and Ladies with the Men's tee usually white and the Ladies tee usually red. The Championship tees were usually black, gold or blue from the courses I remember. Now with the usage of multiple tees the colors are all different and I've seen many posters say something like: "Well I play off the Gold tees and"... which now can mean anything. Here are what they are at the two courses I play most. What's yours?

Course 1:

Championship or back: Blue

Men's or Members: White

Senio:s: Gold

Super Seniors:/Ladies Championship: Black

Ladies: Red

Jrs. play off Red, Black and Gold as they get older.

Course 2:

Championship or back: Gold

Men's or Members: White

Senio:s: Blue

Ladies: Red

 

 

 

 

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We have five sets of tees. Back to front, they are:

Gold (7,000 yards)

Blue (6,700 yards)

White (6,200 yards)

Silver (5,600 yards)

Red (5,200 yards)

There are also Gold/Blue, Blue/White, and Red/Silver combo tees. Additionally, our 18th hole (400 yard par 4) can also be played as a par 3 (170 yards, tee off from the top of a waterfall across a lake to the green -- great hole!)

In terms of member play, most of the male members play the whites, with a significant proportion from the blue. Our young super-low handicappers play the golds, but otherwise they don't get too much play. Most of the women players play the reds, with a few of the longer hitting, low handicap women playing the silver. Our collegiate women players play from the whites most of the time, sometimes from the blues.

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Arizona National, Tucson. About 7 minutes from my house.

RTJ Jr. layout.

Black: Tips 6785, par 71. 72.5/143

Blue: My usual. 6340, par 71. 70.1/139

White: 5697 par 71 . 67.4/131

Gold/Ladies: 5417 Par 71. 71.2/133

Red /Ladies: 4469 par 71. 66.5/112

Most guys I play with play the blues. Course get's more difficult the deeper into the round. Lots of elevation changes.

Throw in some wind and it gets pretty tough in places.

Staff has told me that quite a few male members play the blue on the front and white on the back as there are some longer forced carry tee shots on the back.

Par 5 18th is a breather and reachable even for me after a good drive, and I'm not long by any means.

 

Took me a few rounds to appreciate the architect's strategy, but now I love it.

image.pngThe muni's around here usually go Blue, White (men's club), Red.

Local Resorts have 5 or more tees.

Rogue ST Max LS Oban Devotion 6/03 10.5, -1* @45.25" 

Paradym 3HL  Kai’li 60 R
Ping G410 19*,  22* & 26* Riptide CB 80 5.5
Srixon ZX5 MKII 6-AW, SF i80cw R,  Or Cobra Forged Tec Black 6-GW, SF i95cw R   
PM Grind 2.0 54 and 58

Bettinardi Innovai Rev 6.0  33” 

 E.R.C. Soft TT/ Chrome Soft TT / TM Tour Response '20

 

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That sounds like a great idea on the last being played as a par 3. Will pass that idea on .

Seems that most courses still use the whites for mens/members tees and red for woman's tees but that seems to be all that different clubs have in common. Kinda like everything else in golf with no set standards but that is fine, I guess.

 

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The par 3 idea came from when the course was redesigned about 20 years ago by Mike Strantz. The 18th always had a waterfall as a visual feature (a Ted Robinson signature in is designs). Strantz looked at the top of the waterfall and said "we have to put a tee up there!" The downside is that those tees are really small, so can't stand very much play. It's really saved for special events, and members are "encouraged" to only play it from there sparingly, to preserve the turf.

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Crimson tees- 7300 yards. Pretty much just used for college tournaments.

Blue tees- 6700 yards. The normal "low handicapper" tees. This includes the women's golf team.

Gray tees- 6100 yards. This is probably the most commonly used set. Normal for men's league, most recreational players, etc.

Black tees- 5500 yards. I mostly see these used by senior golfers, some women.

Green tees- 5100 yards. Beginners, some juniors, some women, some older men.

 

Course is at about 2500 feet elevation. I'll usually alternate between the blues and the grays, depending on weather and my mood. The blues are a challenge. I'll usually play the crimsons once a summer or so on a slow day, to remind myself that I just don't have the length to do it.

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Lion ... gold 7,000 ... 74/144

black 6800

blue 6600

white 6300

red are 5500

there are also combo tees for super senior gents that don’t want 6300. Maroon and Green

Ping G400 LST 11* Ventus Black TR 5x

Ping G400 3w 15.1* GD AD IZ 5x

Ping G400 7w 19.5* Ventus Red 6x 

Ping G425 4h 22* Blueboard HY 80x

Ping i210 6i & s55 7i - PW Steelfiber 110s

Ping Glide Wrx 49*, 54*, 59*ES, Tour W 64* SF 125s

EvnRoll ER9
 

 

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Gold : Tournament - 6821 yards

Blue : Championship - 6464 yards

White : Regular - 6134 yards

Silver : Forward - 5425 yards

I typically play either Silver (with the women's group) or White (with my hubby). I have played Blue a handful of times. I may give the Gold tees a try one day, but those really are a bridge too far for me. Currently I can't post scores from Blue or Gold (not rated for women) which is another reason not to play those tees.

 

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We have more than a few set ups and huge tee boxes on some holes to really shake things up.

 

blacks - 6960

golds-6568

blue - 6169( members tee, still don’t know why they call it that)

whites- not sure the yardage

red and green and I think silver mixed in somewhere. Not sure as I don’t pay attention to those sets lol

but yeah there’s a lot haha.

 

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White tees for medals. Yellow for regular play. Red for Ladies. Black for seniors and juniors.

Our yardage is only 6221 off white tees but moving them back as far as legally allowed and sticking pins at back of greens can add another 150 yards.

Our local, and well known links built a set of blue tees, some 250 yards more than whites. Only problem is two of the holes require a 210 yard plus carry into prevailing wind. Now used for 36 hole scratch and club champs and nothing else as mid hcp players and shorter hitters were unable to clear the rough and gorse.

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Funny, but predictable. The “red tee” stigma. Change the color to green and they are all over it! This is really a loaded topic - Cant wait for the old mindset of “men’s, seniors, ladies, juniors” tee tagging to phase out. People should play from where you can 1.) play fast from, and 2.) enjoy your round. Seniors are always slow to move up to the “senior” tees. The “ladies” tees are often (most often) too far for the average lady golfer and younger junior golfers. Both ends of the spectrum cause slow play and less enjoyment of the game for all. Love the new trend of places that have legit tees starting around 4,000 yards or less. Where the extra expense is an issue, tee markers in the fairway will do fine. If not, just play from where feels good.

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Main club:

Gold 7203 75.5/149

Blue 6933 74.5/142

Red 6713 73.2/137

Black 6534 72.2/133

Silver 6064 70.4/129

Green 5606 68.0/124

There's also a white and copper set that aren't rated for men. Red tees are named after Red Lawrence who designed the course and are meant to be as close to the original back tees as possible. It is my favorite set to play.

Other clubs I belong to have different naming for tees but only one course has the Red tees as the most forward tees. In other places it is Green or "V". My wife who has mostly only played golf at these places wouldn't even have any idea that "Red" is commonly the ladies tees because she only plays one place even semi-regularly where the most forward tees are "Red".

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Black 6242 70.3/121

White 5933 68.9/117

Gold 5584 67.2/113

I go back and forth between the Gold and White. The White is longer but I actually score one stroke better on the White because one tee box is set up so that on my drive I usually stay out of trouble.

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Driver _____ Ping G400 Max
Woods ____ Ping G410 3 & 5, Cleveland XL HALO 7
Hybrids ___ Titleist 818H1 5H
Irons ______ Titleist T300 6-GW
Wedges ___ Titleist Vokey SM9 52.08F & 56.10S
Putter _____ Odyssey Dual Force Rossie 2 or Rife 2-Bar w/ Nickel Putter Golf Ball Pick-Up
Ball _______  Titleist ProV1 Yellow
Distance __ GPS:  Bushnell Phantom 2,  Rangefinder:  Precision Pro NX7 Pro
GHIN ______ HCP floats between 10 and 12

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My home club added three new tees few years ago and hasn't updated the scorecard yet.

Blues-6950-7000

Whites-6300

Gold-5600 (for seniors-65+)

Red-5300 (for ladies and older seniors-75+)

Lavender-4800 (for older ladies and young juniors)

62 yr old's Bag of Hacking Utensils

Callaway Rogue Max LS 10.5 Ventus Red Velocore 6-S 

TSR2 10* Ventus Blue Velocore 6-S

Callaway Paradym TD 15* & AI Smoke TD 7 wood

Callaway Paradym 5-AW AMT Black S300

SM9 52* & 58*

Odyssey DART 47"

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Totally agree. With us changing to the World Handicap System in November this year it is only recently that our yellow course has been recognised as being used by ladies and so is now a measured ladies course using slope/course rating. Prior to that it was just a given that red = ladies (and juniors until their handicap drops below 28). Similarly the red course is now measured for men. I still think if I were to tee off from the red course that I'd get a few looks from the archaic members.

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Check out Longleaf Tee System in use at Longleaf Golf Club in Pinehurst. Exactly what you have described. They used to have Color/number ("Blue - 1"). Now it is just a number - "Tee 1". grid shows reccomended tees based on driver length (not a perfect system, but a simple place to start). The driving range has large markers with each numbers so you can easily see what number you are driving too and corresponding tee.
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They put in a small lake in front of the green that starts about 80 yard out and covers half of the fairway. They also took the tee back back so the back is over 400. The USGA came in a approved it as a par 5 because of the difficulty. They thought that with the lake, you would have to lay up and 3 to get on. I must admit that if I play the golf tees, I have been on in two. If I play the whites, I have to lay up or play short on the right side of the fairway/rough.

Driver _____ Ping G400 Max
Woods ____ Ping G410 3 & 5, Cleveland XL HALO 7
Hybrids ___ Titleist 818H1 5H
Irons ______ Titleist T300 6-GW
Wedges ___ Titleist Vokey SM9 52.08F & 56.10S
Putter _____ Odyssey Dual Force Rossie 2 or Rife 2-Bar w/ Nickel Putter Golf Ball Pick-Up
Ball _______  Titleist ProV1 Yellow
Distance __ GPS:  Bushnell Phantom 2,  Rangefinder:  Precision Pro NX7 Pro
GHIN ______ HCP floats between 10 and 12

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The vast majority of courses I have played in Finland use the following:

Red: Women's

Blue: Senior's, women's club championship

Yellow: Men's general play

White: Men's club championship

A club might also have a half length junior's orange tees and (rarely) a 5th tee option of another color.

Additionally, the tees will be named by number, 62, 58, etc. Which is the first two digits of the tee length in meters. Some clubs are trying to reduce "color stigma" and refer to tees just by length.

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