In the game of golf, what does it mean to "play from the tips"?

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  1. Raj M says:

    Play from the last set of tees (usually blue)…making the golf course the longest possible.

  2. Michael L says:

    To tee off from all the way at the back of the last tee box area.

  3. John says:

    playing a golf course from the longest tees, many times called the championship tees.

  4. turtle5169 says:

    Actually to play from the tips is when you play at the very end of the tee box of the championship tees

  5. Tim S says:

    It would be from the furthest tee box back on each hole. Usually that means the Championship tees.

  6. Thomas F says:

    It means add 14 strokes, and subtract half the balls in your bag. At least that’s what happens when I play from the tips, but maybe I should practice more often.

  7. Mike L says:

    From the tips usually indicates the Championship tees, or the ones furthest back on the tee box,

    The saying is derived from measurement, that being the longest possible length would be "from tip to tip".

    It doesn’t really apply the other way, as that would indicate that the flags are all cut at the back edge of each green.

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