Green Tees??

[redmike]

Morning all,

I was recently over in Donegal and picked up a score card from a course Im hoping to play next year, and on it, as well as the usual white yellow and red tee distances it had green tees. This was within the section on 'gentlemans tees' and was shorter than white and yellow but longer than red.
I have never heard of green tees before - is it just a way of making the course shorter and more accessible for beginners or high handicappers?

 

[Herbie]

Im not aware of this either, but its Ireland so who knows.lol Maybe they are for when leprechauns play?

The only tees Im aware of are red,yellow,white,blue or black in that order, but you learn something all the time as I just have lol.
I dont suppose it matters what colour so long as the tee is designated and all the group or groups play off the same one

 

[Smiffy]

I have played off green tees at Carnoustie...
I think they were the championship ones

 

[DCB]

Atticus will keep me right here, but I think Carnoustie alternates betwee the Green and the White to stop excess wear and tear on the tee grounds.

I think the Green is two strokes shorter than the White.

 

[Smiffy]

I think the Green is two strokes shorter than the White.

I could have sworn they were right at the back!
We played there for three or four years on the trot and the nice thing about it was that you never knew which tees you were going to be off until you arrived.
If I only had one game of golf left to play, it would be at Carnoustie.
Fantastic links, knocks the Old Course into a cocked hat, but Jeez that back 9 is hard

 

[stevelockie]

They have green tees at Kingsbarns in place of yellows. Make it a wee bit too short tbh.

 

[DCB]

It's a fine course. It may be hard, but I think it is a fair course. Play well and you have a chance to score well.

I think that it would be on a short list of "One last round to play" courses for most people.

 

[Atticus_Finch]

Atticus will keep me right here, but I think Carnoustie alternates betwee the Green and the White to stop excess wear and tear on the tee grounds.

I think the Green is two strokes shorter than the White.

Absolutely bang on Dave.
The green tees bring the par down to 70 by bringing the 12th and 14th to par 4s.
Although these tees make the course shorter, it also makes it harder, as although the green tees shorten the course by about 50yds, they also give you two less strokes to get round in.
I suppose this brings us back to the Average Fairway Stroke Distance post I made earlier.
Thanks for the nice words about the course as well guys. I'll make an extra effort to try and get some of you up soon.

 

[brendy]

Over here greens are society/junior tees. There should also be reds (ladies) yellows (stableford tees) and whites (medal/championship). The greens are usually the shortest route round the course.

 

[sandford93]

i always thought that greens were for beginners too ?

 

[TonyN]

I thought that the colour of the tee's didnt really matter. The club just assingned a colour to a catergorie and that most clubs stuck to the same as an unwritten rule. We only have white(medal) yellow(gents) and red(ladies/junior) but I have heard of courses where the whites are gents and the yellows medal.

 

[viscount17]

we have white, yellow, red and blue (seniors - though I know of no-one who plays them), They would make sense as starter tees

 

[RGuk]

We have blue tees and Valhalla (remember it?) has black.
You could have whatever you like, I guess, but red, yellow and white are the norm.....

I'd be up for green tees if the courses are shorter!!

 

[OllyS1971]

sounds like the perfect solution for the senior golfer - little less effort required to reach the fairway / get closer to the green, but none of the humiliation of teeing off next to the Colonel's wife!!!

 

[OldWindy]

I always thought there was a standard which clubs 'agreed' to. Clearly not. Still, doesn't do any harm to ask the club which tees are which, I suppose.