Honestly who cares if there are more starting points for holes on golf courses. I think most golf architect’s egos can handle it.
I do. Topography doesn’t always allow for easy construction of more tees at prescribed distances. Forcing tees on a severe upslope, downslope or sidelope is difficult at best, and dangerous for golfers and maintenance staff at worst.
When I first started working on a golf course in 1977, there was one set of tees at 6200 yards, and another at 5100 yards. The course was full, no one was asking for more sets of tees, and somehow people found a way to enjoy it. Architects seem to think golfers know what’s best for themselves when they tell the architects what they need.
A superintendent friend of mine quipped, after being asked by his committee to place another set of tees on the course, “It’s already like a damn gumball machine out there!” I’m with Niall on this one. Too much clutter in a never-ending attempt to make all golfers happy and fairly treated.