Thanks for that suggestion, armller. I've had a lot of questions about short tees on some of my courses lately, so let me say a couple quick things. If the short tees are Red tees, as they are at Selah and most of my recent courses, they are made to be beginner-friendly. They're designed for players who can throw up to 200'. If you can throw 200' accurately, you should own them.
A basic rule is that the par threes will all be around 200', and the par fours will be around 400' (reachable in two throws). For example, here are the par threes at Parc Des Familles in Jefferson Parish (New Orleans):
1 199'
3 222'
6 200'
7 201'
8 191'
10 243'
13 233'
14 223'
16 177'
18 151'
And here are the par fours from the Reds:
2 376'
5 401'
11 393'
12 418'
17 333'
If there are par fives, they'll generally be about 600' from the Reds. The par fives at Parc des Familles are:
4 515'
9 603'
The Red tees at Selah will have similar lengths. As I said, I do consider these tees to be beginner-friendly. Are they easy? I'd say they're probably comparable to other courses anywhere with similar tree density, and the par fours might be easier because they generally have nice landing areas and wider fairways in the woods.
While we're on the subject of tees, if you can throw 300' accurately (on every shot), you'll own the Blues on any of these courses, which are generally in the range of 300'/600'/900'.
And while we're on the subject of par, when you go to any of these courses and see that the par is four on a 400' Red hole, that's obviously the Red par, not expert par. These 400' holes are generally bigtime 'tweener holes for better players and are not recommended, especially for tournaments. Of course, if you're playing for fun, you can play whatever tees that you consider to be fun. Fun is a big reason these courses even exist, so enjoy them!
