I'm curious what members here think of the square tees themselves...Does the aesthetic justify the effort?
I like square tee boxes. Forest Dunes in Michigan has razor sharp square tee boxes placed in wispy native grasses. Aesthetically, they really stand out, as the course is known for its impeccably maintained conditions. It's also really beautiful there. And it's to be appreciated, because it is a fine golf course and the experience is first class...as if you're playing a high-caliber tour course on the day before the tournament. The best conditioned course I've ever played.
Forest Dunes in Roscommon, MI
Subscribing to Tom Paul's "Big World" Theory,
I find that round tee boxes look pretty good too.
Nicklaus' Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Jupiter, FL
Both of these places charge somewhere between $150-$250 per round, so maintenance budgets would likely allow for the extra effort to maintain the tees as such.
If I had my druthers however, and was building a golf course on my farm, you'd be playing from tee boxes like the picture Bill McBride posted from David Stamm's Valley Club thread:
And I'd charge about $40 bucks to play it. And my brother-in-law would run over it with the gang.