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Re: Ready Go Tees.....

• tiffer67 1,764 Posts

  Sat, Aug 11 2012 5:53 PM

  Can somebody assist me please? Before entering a ready go I know you can check the green speed and wind conditions but is there any way in which you can find out which tees the tournament is being played from?

  I am fed up with teeing up, not realising I'm playing from a forward tee, then merrily blootering the drive into the weeds/fescue/OB and losing a ball.

  All my own fault I realise, not concentrating, which results in me getting what I deserve. This morning I was so stupid I lost a ball on the 2nd at Kiawah and by the time the 4th tee came round I'd forgotten again, lmao. A 3,6,2,6,2 start had my monitor sprayed with Cornflakes from laughing.

  I'm not a big fan of forward tees in RGs, what with the equipment and balls we now have. Combine these with an empty head and it's a recipe for disaster as all too often it leads to the wrong shot being played and another ball goes missing.

  Anyways back to the original point, any help would be appreciated. Keep it simple though as I may forget 5 mins after reading the solution. Utter fud of a man sometimes :^)

• DAZZA501 5,972 Posts

  Sat, Aug 11 2012 6:04 PM

  No Tiffer. There's no way of finding out the tee's before you start. I know how you feel tho. I wasn't thinking on the 4th tee at Kiawah in the Legend RG and blasted the ball in the weeds.

• tiffer67 1,764 Posts

  Sat, Aug 11 2012 6:17 PM

  Thanks Dazza, I didn't think there was a way but thought I'd check.

  I really don't understand why so many of the Legend only RGs are set on forward tees? It's not as if the very best players need them to shoot mid to low 50s scores and very often sees 53s, 52s winning them which is nuts.

  Forward tees seem to be the preferred method of mixing up the ready goes when in times past there was a far greater mix of green speeds used instead. Slow and Standard green speed seem almost defunct now and there's been no sign of the dreaded Very Slow greens (also known as Wallop Greens due to the Priestess approach to putting on them) in months now.

  Anyway I'm just blowing off for being an absolute @rse and losing 3 balls today whilst playing them :)

• DAZZA501 5,972 Posts

  Sun, Aug 12 2012 3:11 AM

  There does seem to be a lot of the Legend RG's from close tee's this month. Fair enough there could be 1 just to have a bit of fun on but there's 3 or 4 which is just too much.

  I'm not a player who does well on close tee tournaments and i tend to shoot the same kind of score what ever the tee's maybe so it would be nice if you could see what tee's each RG is from.