Excessive Wear On Tees

Many people will have noticed the rather worn and tired appearance of some of the men’s teeing grounds. A concentration of wear through the centre of tees is evident in many cases, most notably on holes 1,2,3,11 and 12. Often these extremely worn central areas have virtually unused strips of tee at either side where nobody plays from. To address this issue, on some tees green staff will no longer position the markers at the full width of the tee. Instead, markers will be placed a minimum of five paces apart but in a way that directs all play to specific areas of the tee on any given day. This will allow the course team to manage wear better, reducing the overall impact on the tee. Of course this means that the markers will sometimes be positioned on the “wrong side” of the tee depending on the shape of shot a player wishes to hit. On hole 2 few people would choose to play from the right half of the tee as it offers less of an angle to get around the corner. The same is true for the left side of the 11^th tee. When tee markers are positioned to the full extent on the tees the effective width of the surface is approximately halved. More focused positioning of the markers will help get better use out of the whole area reducing the wear on the centre and improving the look of the tee.