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Originally Posted by JPsuff .
As far as I'm concerned, people can play from whatever tees they desire. Whether they should or shouldn't is a judgement call at best. My concern isn't whether they should be there but rather with how they move along.
I hate the "speed golf" crowd who for some reason have to finish in some sort of record time. Golf is as much a social experience and a leisure time activity as it is a sport. It is not some kind of race.
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If they can handle the tips, then by all means. I'm referring to the ones who take 4 strokes to get from the tips to the front tees, or hit 4 shots into the lake or OB trying to get one ball in play. There are some players who have no business playing the back tees, and there are some courses where even a solid mid-handicapper shouldn't be playing them.
I've played a course called Riverdale Dunes here in the Denver area where on one hole it's 230 yards from the back tee box to the front one. The entire course is almost 650 yards longer just from the gold to the blue tees (7030 - 6398). It's a Dye Designs course, a public municipal facility, and one of the most highly rated "affordable" courses in the country (weekend non-resident $41). Because of the rating and the low cost, it gets a lot of play, and some people just can't seem to feel that they are getting their money's worth unless the play the tips, whether they belong there or not, and most don't.
BTW, even when I carried a 9.3 index I didn't play the back tees at the Dunes...