The Blue Tees vs The White Tees

The Blue Tees vs the White Tees

I usually play with one other person, sometimes 2, so I get matched up with randoms a lot.

Some are very good; some make me look like Tiger Woods. The 1st tee can be interesting, and

amusing.

Some places I play have black tees. Anyone I’ve ever seen play them belongs there. They

don’t even comment that I will generally still play the whites. They still out drive me every hole,

they are playing for birdie or eagle, on a good day I’m trying to save par. There was an occasion

I went out as a single, caught up to a 3 some, joined them, and there was 1 playing the blacks,

the other 2 playing the blues, so I played the blues. It was a long day…. This rarely happens to

me. I played with one guy who went from the blues to blacks with someone. I stayed on the

whites and let them have fun with that.

Let’s go back to the first tee. I’ll be getting ready, and the other guys start lining up by the

blues. A few times I just sighed and joined them, and it would be a long day. I noticed, they are

usually about my level, and none of us should be playing the blues. It is bad enough not being

able to reach the ladies tee from the whites, I’ve been matched with players who can’t reach

the whites from the blues. The breakfast ball doesn’t make it either. I can say I’ve always

gotten past the whites.

After 2 or 3 times of this, I asked myself what I am doing? So if they lined up on the blues, I

told them I’m just going to play from the whites. Well, I’m paraphrasing what I say, but the gist

is I’m sticking with the whites. 9/10, they end up moving up to the whites with me.I don’t know

if they are standing by the blues so the rest of us will think they are good, but they end up with

the same struggles I have.

Now some stay on the blues. Maybe 1/5, they are good enough for it to be worth their time.

The rest, they just struggle all day. So I ask them, ‘Why are you playing the blues?’ The usual

answer is ‘’To get our money’s worth.’ These must be the same people that go in the batting

cage on super fast and can’t touch the ball.

They also insist on doing this when the course is slow. I’m sure I annoy the people behind

me when I’m turning par putts into double bogeys. I can just imagine what they think of the

blue tee warriors putting for double bogey every hole. Golf is hard enough, if you aren’t a

scratch golfer, play the whites. Practice and maybe one day you’ll get up to the blues.

By Sebastian Wyczawski