For about a century or more, golf was played by having the golfer tee his ball up for the next hole by teeing it up within ONE club length of the hole/cup just completed.
It took about a century to change that rule................. to TWO club lengths.
Subsequently, tees were moved to independent sites removed from the previous green.
Why do we have 3, 4, 5 and 6 sets of tees ?
Why not have just one set ?
If golfers played from a single set of tees, handicaps would automatically adjust for the change in distance.
Is it ego, the need for a low handicap that prevents but one set of tees ?
Ahh, you say that one set of tees will deprive groups of golfers from interfacing with the features, the hazards associated with the DZ.
Would you agree that all golfers will face the same features at the green end ?
That the green and surrounds, including greenside bunkers remain the targeted object along with the perimeter obstacles.
So, wouldn't random bunkering, in combination with one set of tees, provide a worthy challenge for all golfers that's interesting and fun to meet ?
The hole that stands out as the poster child for this concept is # 18 at NGLA.
Go to Google Earth and look at the bunker pattern and see how that pattern allows different bunkers to come into play for different golfers, from the tee, up to the green.
Heroic carries ?
Should there be some minimal playing standard for venturing onto a golf course ?