Recent article on eliminating lady and gentlemen tee distinctions

[jborchel]

On a recent trip from US to Europe I was reading an article in GM about coloring the tees and eliminating the gender specific tees. Can anyone provide me with a link to that article as I would like to show it to our Greens Committee at my golf club. BTW, we have colored tees but they are informally called "Ladies tees" or "Men's tees". Usually in the US ladies tees are red and men's tees are white. Blue is for Championship and black is for Professional.

 

[louise_a]

Not sure if its available to read on line but here is a link to a discussion on here about it.

 

[Hacker Khan]

Appreciate this is not from GM so apologize but it is also covered here. But not obviously as good as it was in GM.

http://www.nationalclubgolfer.com/a...e-as-courses-abandon-genderspecific-tees.html

http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/sheringham_golf_club_scraps_separate_tees_for_men_and_women_1_4271051

http://www.englishgolf-courses.co.uk/golfnews/gender_free_tees_grow_in_popularity.html

 

[jborchel]

Not sure if its available to read on line but here is a link to a discussion on here about it.

Thank you for the reply but the link did not show up on your post. Could you try again.

 

[Ethan]

Bearwood Lakes has black tees, at about 6850 yards, white tees at about 6480, yellow tees, 6280 and red tees at 5480 yards.

None of these are designated as men's or women's, although the women generally play off the red tees and the men off white for competitions. But any player can play off any tee they like outside any comp which specifies a certain tee.

 

[louise_a]

oops here it is.

http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/showthread.php?81364-GM-Gender-Article

 

[SammmeBee]

Bearwood Lakes has black tees, at about 6850 yards, white tees at about 6480, yellow tees, 6280 and red tees at 5480 yards.

None of these are designated as men's or women's, although the women generally play off the red tees and the men off white for competitions. But any player can play off any tee they like outside any comp which specifies a certain tee.

As it should be - no gimmicks required.....

 

[duncan mackie]

Bearwood Lakes has black tees, at about 6850 yards, white tees at about 6480, yellow tees, 6280 and red tees at 5480 yards.

None of these are designated as men's or women's, although the women generally play off the red tees and the men off white for competitions. But any player can play off any tee they like outside any comp which specifies a certain tee.

As discussed in the previous thread the issue is different things to different people/clubs.

Losely;

which Tees am I permitted to play from (do I have a choice!) in my social golf

Competitive golf - are the Tees rated for both Mens and Ladies competition

Which Tees do your committee use for competition?

After that it's all about egos and association, and you don't change that with delineation or rules