Well I like to play from the blue (mid tees) because it makes the course more of a challenge but the whites (farthest forward) are better for me right now, I don't care if I look like a loser playing from the front but I enjoy the round more!

I like to have fun on the course and at the same challenge myelf. I shot an 83 on whites last Sat and felt good. If I start playing whites, I'm just concern that during league play, I won't score good on blues. :(

Thanks guys for the inputs. :)

BTW, I also take into consideration the Par/Slope rating and yardage of the course when deciding what tees to play. I try to play 6200-6600 yards Par 72 and 70+/130+.

I normally play the whites when with friends but play the blues (sometimes sing the blues while doing so) when alone. My local course has 5 tee boxes so I opted to play the black back tees once. It got to the point where I started laughing at the distance I had left into some par 4's. It gave my long irons a work out.
I am considering playing the red tees just to see what it is like. Anyone ever play the front?

Golf should be fun, so play wherever you think you would enjoy yourself. Leave the ego out of it, everyone loves hitting wedges into greens instead of mid irons. You could also alternate and switch every time you play.

My biggest problem with going from the whites which I normally play right now to the blues isn't the par 4's and par 5's it the par 3's. My biggest problem area of my game right now is the 175ish-205ish yards to the pin and that what the playing from the blues makes most of the par 3's.

Also because I play most of the games with my dad who doesn't hit it as far as he used to we both usually play from the whites.

So I play from the whites because its more fun to play from the same tees as everyone else and playing from the blues would lead to increase frustration.

That's the whole idea behind different tees on golf courses LOL.

Play to whatever you feel most comfotable with. Playing the more challenging tee does not always help your game!

To me ,the point of the game to to shoot even par.Play whatever tees to achieve this.

I play both depending on what I wanna work on. But if I'm hitting driver at all usually the tips. But I'm a bit of a long knocker. But Today I played the whites and only hit driver like 4 holes. And hit 4 iron or 2 hybo off the tees. Most important thing is that you have fun. If you're gonna get frustrated playing the blues I'd play the whites.

I am in a very similar situation with my abilities. I like to mix it up and play both. It makes can make the same old course feel new again.

I pretty much just the whites, unless I'm playing with someone who want's to play from the blues.

I played the reds once with an older guy. It was like being on a completely different golf course. I wouldn't mind doing it again some day but I need the practice from the longer tees right now.

Admittedly, I'm a little weird (in all aspects), but I always play from the tips. At my home course, there are only 2 options, but when I pay money for a course (and I'm super poor hence cheap), I always play the entire course. I'd rather shoot a few strokes worse from the tips than play from some other colour. I once played John Daly's course in Niagara Falls (good, not great) with 3 seniors who drove an hour every weekend to get together and play there from the front tees; I played the backs anyway, even though I had to walk a bit and make them wait for me to tee off.

In your case though, I'd play the whites whenever possible because you can gain confidence and have more fun. Then just play blues on competition days and be happy if you play well (irregardless of score). Enjoy!

P.S. I am a single digit capper, and get annoyed with bogeys, so take my advice with some salt.

I wouldn't completely agree with that. Around here the only real difference between the blues and whites is the yardage. They are directly in line with each other so playing the blues wouldn't change the line any. The reds are a different story. They are put to one side or the other most of the time so you are playing your tee shot from a completely different angle. I've never played on a course yet where they had five different tee boxes so I wouldn't know how those are set up.

Really depends on the personality of the person, for me I like the challenge and if I were you would play from the blues, but if you like the better score then go for the white. There's nothing wrong with shooting low scores!

I moved to the whites from the blues a few years ago at the age of 55. It greatly improved my game having a lot less distance to cover, not to mention making par 3's a world easier. When I was younger I moved from the whites to the blues as my game improved.

I usually play blues but very now and then it is nice to play from the whites. The advantage of playing from a different tee box at your home course is that it changes up your shot. I usually know what club I need after my tee shot because it get to be a routine, if you change where you start from you have a chance to work out different shots. A pro buddy of mine regularly plays from the reds because he wanted to work on his short game. That is were I picked this up.

In that case, play the blues as practice for your league days.