I don't know a lot about golf.
I just play golf. A lot. Not especially well. Just frequently.
I know enough to know when I don't know and need to ask. The learning curve isn't as steep now as in my first year, but there's still a lot I don't know about golf.
That's ok, I can live with that. That's one of the things I like about golf actually - you're always learning.
However, one of life's certainties is that women play off the red tees. The red tees, which are further forward than the men's yellows, which are further forward than the men's competition whites. Ok, so the colours might vary (I've never seen it, but I don't play a lot of courses) and there might be extra tees (like the 'Tiger' tees, or junior tees), but basically, women play off the reds.
So the discovery that out there in the universe there are places where this isn't the case has come as a bit of a shock. It's a whole different thing out there. I've discovered that in America, women can choose which tees they want to play from. Initially I thought that meant they could choose to play from the men's tees. But further investigation uncovers the fact that men can also choose which tees they want to play from. And that there might be five colours to choose from! Here, take a look at this example. How mental is that??
My information is that there are sometimes indications about which tees are suitable for which handicaps, but not always. So I suppose you just pick from the yardage.
This throws up a whole host of problems to my mind, but if that's the way they run it over there I can only assume it works. Still, I'm happy knowing where I stand, and that's in between the two red pegs.
(Photo courtesy of foxypar4's photostream)
