DMoriarity - You've sharpened my thinking. Thank you. Herewith: regular and ladies are such thatdecent drives allow one a go at the green in regulation, with all the approach shots being right out in front of you. But a shot missed is a shot lost, and a foolish attempt to get the miss back results invaribly in another shot lost. So the "harder fair test" ends up being proportional from the U.S. Open tees through every tee box in. In my own case, I can drive the ball far enough that I can go back to the Open tees once a year when my driver's working well. From there a really good round for me (90) is ten shots higher than a really good round (80) from the regular tees. In both cases I've had an absolutely wonderful time, and in no case feel that I've been dealt with unfairly.