Long tees or short tees

[Brall]

do you play more often from long tees or short tees?

i have never thrown a single game from only short tees. it's not because i r00lz. i'm seriously inconsistant and lack all skill to be a pro. i don't play longs to feel more manly. i actually have no reason at all. every time i go, my friends and i just play long tees where ever we are at. no reason at all for it...

i'm curious to see what the majority is. i see large groups playing shorts all the time and i wonder if that is more common.

 

[podunk pete]

longs

 

[mashnut]

I play both, depending on the course and my mood. If both tees have the same surface, I tend to play from longs for the challenge, with occasional fun rounds from the shorts. If only one set of tees has concrete, I tend to play more from that set of tees whether it's long or short.

 

[billnchristy]

Shorts. I am a rec player and that is where rec players should play. Some courses shorts are silly and then I play longs but at home I play shorts more often than not.

 

[Terry C]

99% of courses I play long tees, but there are a couple brutal courses that I will play short tees. If your 15 over par on long tees and the course offers short tees then you might want to play shorts.

 

[TheStray]

I choose longs when not in a tournament mainly because that's how you get the full experience of the course. You also have a better chance of comparing scores as most people play the longs. I guess part of it around here is that the longs are marked a lot better and the shorts were kind of an afterthought with no signs.

 

[sgamerp]

I always play from the long. I figure its the only way to get better.

 

[Brall]

so far the majority is definitely leaning twards long being more often played. i thought it would be a much closer race. i see so many people constantly playing shorts

as for 'if you score this much then you should play from this tee' that is just silly. i don't do official compentition, i don't play for $, only for fun with a few friends. because i score such'n'such has no barring on me on where i should throw at.

 

[billnchristy]

Now I know why all these clowns that can throw all of 80' play from the longs...its so they can get better...HA

My theory has always been, if you can't get past the short you shouldn't be playing the long.

I am ~~this close~~ from moving to longs at my home course but with my shoulder I am going to hold off because I don't want the temptation to torque it too hard. My home course is one where I can throw under par short and about 8 over long so its birdie fest or bogie fest...I choose birdie.

My goal is 49 from the shorts and then I will move to the longs and chip away until I can get 49 there.

 

[scarpfish]

Both. Often in an alternating fashion. Sorry, I couldn't answer the oft ubiquitous two option poll question.

 

[Mr. America]

I also like to mix it up, thats how I keep it real!

 

[bcr123psu]

You should have an option for "It Depends". Some courses have better tee pads on the shorts, while others have better tees on the longs. Whenever possible, I play from the longs. I look at it as a training exercise.

 

[climbingbubba]

oh man, where is the option for the middle tees?

The course i play at a few times a month has womens tees, mens tees, and pro tees. I always tee of from the mens since its the easiest to find and thats where all the signs are at. It seems like the pro tees were placed in weird places on some holes where they didn't have much room to go back farther so they put the tee box behind a giant bush or a group of trees so you imediately had to throw around an obstacle. I guess it would make you a little better but it wouldn't be near as fun...

 

[DavidSauls]

I choose longs when not in a tournament mainly because that's how you get the full experience of the course.

Likewise.

Although the courses I play most, have one set of tees, or are short courses from the longs and silly-short from the shorts.

When traveling and checking out a course, without caring about score, I'll sometimes choose which tee looks most interesting on each hole....but 80% of the time, it's the longer one.

 

[kachtz]

oh man, where is the option for the middle tees?

The course i play at a few times a month has womens tees, mens tees, and pro tees. I always tee of from the mens since its the easiest to find and thats where all the signs are at. It seems like the pro tees were placed in weird places on some holes where they didn't have much room to go back farther so they put the tee box behind a giant bush or a group of trees so you imediately had to throw around an obstacle. I guess it would make you a little better but it wouldn't be near as fun...

this is sorta what i was thinking, if there are only 2 sets of tees, the short ones are for the women...if there are 3 sets of tees, the front would be womens and the other 2 would be mens(back/middle) like normal golf

 

[billnchristy]

Short tee does not equal womens tees.

Tees in disc golf should be based on skills and ratings.

 

[Brall]

i kept the options simple.

so few courses have middle tees so i really didn't want to include that and take away from the more grand question of long or short.

an 'it depends' option would completely kill the thread as everyone would check that. 99.9% of people prob play both. even i play the occasional short tee because we have a home course here where the long tee is just rediculous. i've never actually even played the long for that hole so i would have to check 'it depends'.

i kept the question factual and literal, including everyone. it is, which do you play more, long or short?

 

[smarkquart]

I always play the longs. That is the way it has always been, that is the way it always will be. I feel the need to get my money's worth, even if it is a free course. It could also be that most of the shorts out here, when there are shorts, seem more like approaches than drives.

However, I am in perfect agreement that players who cannot make the distance to the short tee should not be playing from the longs. Yet I see most rec players out here still playing from the long because they are out there to have a good time and it is humorous when they cannot make it to that shorter tee and they end up with a triple bogey. This happens at most courses I visit and you see most of the short tees so neglected with overgrowth and whatnot that you would not want to play the shorts anyway. This is also the reason why dual pars are often listed, so rec players can play from the longs and still say they got a decent score according to their ability.

 

[Beable]

I play where my skill level dictates I should....red or white tees, which are short or medium in these parts.

 

[scarpfish]

Short tee does not equal womens tees.

Agree.

Tees in disc golf should be based on skills and ratings.

Disagree. Tees based on skill equal pigeonholing, just like tees based on gender do. At the tournament I played this weekend, there was a different tee-basket configuration each round, but in each round everyone from the open players down to the juniors threw the same layout.

Fact is, tees are only one half of the equation in the difficulty of a hole. The position of the baskets (if you have movable baskets) is the other, and unless there are actual multiple baskets, that variable is beyond the player's control.

Granted, the position of the baskets may play a role in which tees I decide to use. When I was in Omaha last month, I played at Seymour Smith Park. They had just has a tournament the previous weekend and they set the baskets all short for the last round. Short to short on that course is very underwhelming for experienced players, and the short tees had plenty of mud around them, so I decided to go all long that day.