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To continue on with making golf fun by playing from an appropriate distance for your game, a new concept has been proposed and is backed by a lot of golf professionals and enthusiasts. Professional golfers can hit the ball 300 to 350 yards off the tee, while most of us very senior citizens (75+) would consider our best drives "good ones" if they carried 150 to 200 yards. Thanks to folks like Barney Adams (he started Adam's Golf) there is a movement afoot to move the forward tees to accommodate women, kids and yes, grey beards like me, allowing 6,500-7,000 yard courses to be played anywhere from 4,500 to 6,000 yards allowing folks at all skills levels to enjoy the thrill of getting on a long par 4 or a short par 5 in par or at worst be able to play some of the holes in par or better. Charlie Mandel, founder of MyDivots and Florida Sun Coast Golfer |
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mikie500
04/20/2012
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You are correct here because our first tournament this year was played from the ladies tees. All the senior golfers loved this. I was able to reach all the par 5's in two and even drove one par 4 hole. It was so much fun. Our team shot a net 49 to win the tournament. I can't remember the last time I had 6 natural birds in one round. | |
