bazkitcase5
12-23-2008, 11:53 AM
I would like to know what people who fill out the hole info. for their local courses do for the different colored tees.
Being most players and members of this site are casual players, they do not understand what the different tee colors mean or what level player is best suited for each tee color. So lets start a discussion. If you are one of these players, what do you do when filling out the hole info for your course? Do you just randomly pick a color and put down the hole information for that set of tees?
It would be nice, as the sport and this site continues to grow, if we could get a better standard set. The PDGA tee guidelines list the following, with my interpetations for better understanding:
Gold Tees - basically the toughest tees... the tees where a gold level player (1000 rated) also known as a scratch golfer (in golf terms) would be expected to shoot par - to shoot under on these tees is to play like a top pro - very few courses have true gold tees
Blue Tees - basically the advanced level tees or a 950 rated player... an advanced level player would be expected to shoot par on this course from these tees - to shoot under would be to play like an good advanced player or a weak pro, or if you shoot way under (very low scores), maybe a gold level player - on most courses on this site that have long and short tees, the long tees would likely fit here more times than not...
White tees - basically the intermediate level tees or a 900 rated player... an intermediate level player would be expected to shoot par on this course from these tees - most courses with short tees would likely fit here
Red tees - basically the novice/recreation/casual player level tees or 850 rated player - these players would be expected to shoot par on this course from these tees - these would likely be the beginner tees on courses already considered pitch and putt, meant to help newer players learn the sport without being too difficult
you can also go to the following link to check out the tees and how it is suggested that par be set for each type of hole with a specific player skill set in mind for each particular tee
http://www.pdga.com/files/documents/ParGuidelines.pdf
Also, I was also curious as to what people did when they were filling in course info and a course has 18 regular tees, and say 5 shorter tees. Do you list all the regular tees under 1 color and list ONLY the 5 shorter tees under a different color or do you list every tee for both colors, but where there are the 5 shorter tees, substitute them in for the longer tees on that particular hole?
Being most players and members of this site are casual players, they do not understand what the different tee colors mean or what level player is best suited for each tee color. So lets start a discussion. If you are one of these players, what do you do when filling out the hole info for your course? Do you just randomly pick a color and put down the hole information for that set of tees?
It would be nice, as the sport and this site continues to grow, if we could get a better standard set. The PDGA tee guidelines list the following, with my interpetations for better understanding:
Gold Tees - basically the toughest tees... the tees where a gold level player (1000 rated) also known as a scratch golfer (in golf terms) would be expected to shoot par - to shoot under on these tees is to play like a top pro - very few courses have true gold tees
Blue Tees - basically the advanced level tees or a 950 rated player... an advanced level player would be expected to shoot par on this course from these tees - to shoot under would be to play like an good advanced player or a weak pro, or if you shoot way under (very low scores), maybe a gold level player - on most courses on this site that have long and short tees, the long tees would likely fit here more times than not...
White tees - basically the intermediate level tees or a 900 rated player... an intermediate level player would be expected to shoot par on this course from these tees - most courses with short tees would likely fit here
Red tees - basically the novice/recreation/casual player level tees or 850 rated player - these players would be expected to shoot par on this course from these tees - these would likely be the beginner tees on courses already considered pitch and putt, meant to help newer players learn the sport without being too difficult
you can also go to the following link to check out the tees and how it is suggested that par be set for each type of hole with a specific player skill set in mind for each particular tee
http://www.pdga.com/files/documents/ParGuidelines.pdf
Also, I was also curious as to what people did when they were filling in course info and a course has 18 regular tees, and say 5 shorter tees. Do you list all the regular tees under 1 color and list ONLY the 5 shorter tees under a different color or do you list every tee for both colors, but where there are the 5 shorter tees, substitute them in for the longer tees on that particular hole?