Tom
I sort of agree. There are times when a well forward tee is warranted simply because certain tee shots demand to be utilized. Mainly though, I would prefer archies to seek out different angles for tee shots which aren't all that different in yardage.
On the other hand, we have courses built for carts either because people are lazy or the land calls for it. In these cases it is much easier to imagine mega multiple tees as necessary or desirable. Golfers do have brains and they can decide that certain courses do not suit their games...so play somewhere else. All courses can be all things to all golfers so why pretend about ideal courses?
On the other hand dos, it is becoming more and more clear that shorter courses need to be built for folks who can't handle even the forward 6300 yard tees. We always point to women on this issue, but the truth is a huge percentage of seniors and children could do with 5500 max tees. How is it possible to build a course of 5300 yards stretching to 6700 yards without some serious tee sheenanigans?
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Sean,
An early Doak Course, Riverfront, in Suffolk, VA does a good job at this problem, particularly the Par 3's... interesting and hard short shots.