I am 70 plus and my only play is top courses during annualish holidays.

I enjoy by playing by myself and playing 2 ball best ball for all shots.

what a great concept. changing the color or stereotypical tee markers makes all the difference. more fun equals repeat play. repeat play means more dollars for the establishment . Perfect. I instituted this concept for our golf league. As president, I had the shorter hitters play the forward/senior tee markers. works wonderfully

You must have been reading my mind. Just returned from 3 weeks of golf with my wife in Scotland. I love to play the old links courses, but unfortunately almost all the classic courses have the forward tees (i.e., Red) set only slightly forward of the yellows on the same tee box. This provides my short hitting (but always straight) wife an issue when she has to clear 150 yards of gorse and rough. Not enjoyable for her playing 5500-6000 yard courses - which means my opportunity to play these gems is also impacted.

Establishing more tee options on these courses would open them up to some many more golfers - something the game is desperately in need of to aid its economic viability, and in many cases survival.

I do not understand this idea. If the fun of golf is hitting the ball and trying to improve I have twice as much fun as the average player as I am so awful, but every so often there is the reward of a really good shot.If I wanted to play a shorter course there is always the par 3.

LOVE IT!!! Totally and completely agree with this concept, and really really wish more recreational golfers would not only embrace it, but ... put it into action and PLAY IT FORWARD for themselves!!! I have - I often play from the Ladies' tee with my wife and hit a hybrid or iron.

This article is right on - far too many men play from tees that are too long for them due to the belief that they are the "standard", machismo, and peer pressure. In fact, at my own club I often play with guys who drive the ball 50 yds shorter than I do but refuse to play the forward tees. I also get resistance from my group if I play from shorter tees than they do because it "screws up the match". Golf is a game, not a death match, so why not play from tees that match your game so that you have a chance for par or even birdie if you hit some good shots?

I'm a 9 handicap, and that's mostly do to the fact that I try to play golf from the closest tees to 6000 yards, which usually is around the "white" tees. I dont hit it very long, but I do hit it straight, so if/when I'm forced to move back to some courses that have 6300, 6400 or higher white tees, it's really not fun, and believe me a lot of people question your handicap at that point ? I'm all for playing it at a length that's enjoyable and keeps the game moving along at a nice pace

What my group of Grumpy Old Men do when we travel is to play the 9 lowest handicap holes from the white and the 9 easiest holes from the blue and it's a test but still fun

I play over 100 rounds a year with two other retires,we play senior tees and play rounds in about 3 to31/2 hours. We wish everyone would play to there ability and ready golf! Five hour rounds just are dumb.

More courses also need to have cards which blend the tees. Our course has 4 sets of boxes but also blend the boxes thus creating 7 different sets of tees and slope/ratings. It helps a lot of us who don't completely want to move down to the "white" tee boxes or can't quite play from the tips.