As for the overhands, I've probably already said this (maybe even in this thread) -- I throw my fair share when the lines are open, but I like it when designers use trees and or mandos to make tomahawks/thumbers higher risk or impossible. Then again, my overhand game was never big distance, and these days it doesn't get me much more than 220'.
As for the three tee thing, I just have an observation. I like me some good John Houck designs, and I do believe he's started going for 3 tees instead of two like he used to. I like Selah and Trey very much (only long and short tees), and they were some of the first top level courses that I played. But at all four of those, the shorts are too easy, and the longs are a bit too tough. When I played Harmony Bends, one of the strengths was the "goldilocks" middle tee on most of the holes. My point is that Houck now seems to find benefit in designing for the three-tee setup, and it only makes the course better when done right.
That said, not every designer or every course can pull off 3 tees. For every Moraine, Deer Lakes, or Harmony Bends, there are 50 lesser courses out there that probably would NOT benefit from 3 sets of tees. Two is more than enough for most courses, especially if there are decent rotations of basket placements, or even two permanent baskets on each hole, as occurs frequently in VA & WV.
Did this all stem from the guy's bogus review talking about knocking the course because there weren't enough tees? Give me one good set of tees over three bad ones any day.
As for the three tee thing, I just have an observation. I like me some good John Houck designs, and I do believe he's started going for 3 tees instead of two like he used to. I like Selah and Trey very much (only long and short tees), and they were some of the first top level courses that I played. But at all four of those, the shorts are too easy, and the longs are a bit too tough. When I played Harmony Bends, one of the strengths was the "goldilocks" middle tee on most of the holes. My point is that Houck now seems to find benefit in designing for the three-tee setup, and it only makes the course better when done right.
That said, not every designer or every course can pull off 3 tees. For every Moraine, Deer Lakes, or Harmony Bends, there are 50 lesser courses out there that probably would NOT benefit from 3 sets of tees. Two is more than enough for most courses, especially if there are decent rotations of basket placements, or even two permanent baskets on each hole, as occurs frequently in VA & WV.
Did this all stem from the guy's bogus review talking about knocking the course because there weren't enough tees? Give me one good set of tees over three bad ones any day.