Playing from the tips: Upvote-yes, Downvote-no

Just depends on the group I’m with. My home course isn’t crazy long though.

I’d prefer to play from the tips, but my playing partners don’t so I don’t. If I’m blasting my driver I feel sort of guilty having a wedge into every hole.

If I’m not blasting my driver tho I guess my opinion could change.

Tips from Oakbourne, sure

At Koasati, hell no. Keep it under 6800, I'm technically a senior and not a long hitter

I just play whatever the rest of the group wants. End up hitting hybrid on the box more when playing up tees so I feel like it kind of evens out anyway. If I’m playing with solid players that want to play all the way back let’s do it.

Generally play whatever the group I'm with wants to do. That's rarely the tips, and rarely do I want to play the tips unless it's a shorter course.

I don't get paid to play golf, so no tips for me.

I choose by yardage not “color” of the tees. I’ll play up to about 6600 if the group wants but usually stay under 6400. Even though I’m 60 I don’t play the senior tees unless they are 6300 or so.

Correct. PGA and USGA set out good guidelines in 2011 that you essentially correspond the tee box choice with your average consistent driver distance. Every course has different color tees, different yardages for tee boxes, different number of tee offerings, and those tee boxes also have a slope and rating. Here is the chart they recommend using. Keep in mind that a course is generally designed for these ballpark yardages in how it is supposed to be played from tee to green

I hit driver around 290, but not playing 7000+ because of inconsistency. It goes everywhere. Usually playing courses around 6200 - 6800. I go by slope and rating moreso. I'm playing the tees where the slope isn't above 135 usually.