Course Distances

Schoen-hopper · Post by **Schoen-hopper** » Mon May 28, 2007 1:17 am

Herman Hill Short Pins

Long Tees: 6164
Blue Tees: 5534
Red Tees: 5410
Short Tees: 4780

Herman Hill Long Pins

Long Tees: 7517
Blue Tees: 6922
Red Tees: 6758
Short Tees: 6133

Oak Park

Long Tees: 6931
Blue Tees: 6122
Red Tees: 5975
Short Tees: 5166

Schoen-hopper · Post by **Schoen-hopper** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:03 pm

Something that is interesting about distances at Herman Hill...

The short tees to long pins have roughly the same length as the long tees to the short pins. Which one plays tougher?

Schoen-hopper · Post by **Schoen-hopper** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 2:32 pm

The 40 feet difference is from the complete opposite course. Short tees and long pins vs. long tees and short pins.

If you keep the tees the same, the difference from the short pins to the long is 1353 ft. This is regardless of what tees you play.

If you keep the pins the same and change the tees (from short to long or vice versa), the difference is 1384 ft. 31 ft. difference actually.

scarpfish · Post by **scarpfish** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:11 pm

Some of the shorter tees at HH definitely play tougher than the long ones do. 8 and 18 being the most obvious. Of course, the pin location can make a significant difference.

I really wish more courses across the country would use the alternating color system that ICT has as opposed to the static red=short, white=middle, blue=long system I see in so many places. Why should I be resigned to just 2-3 choices? In fact, it would be cool if there was yet another alternating system based on hole distances rather than tee number. You could theoretically have six different courses with just two tees per hole.

Course 1 - All Short
Course 2 - All Long
Course 3 - Long on Odds, Short on Evens
Course 4 - Short on Odds, Long on Evens
Course 5 - Nine Longest long tees, short tees on other 9 holes
Course 6 - Nine Shortest long tees, short tees on other 9 holes