Interesting thought: Will men's tees and ladies' tees someday be outlawed on public golf courses?
“Will mens and ladies tees be outlawed? ...”
To some extent a move is underway to label tees just by color and let the individual golfer work out what tees to use. Many golf courses now have four sets of tees which work out this way for usage: longest tees for elite men, second longest for elite women and most average male golfers, third longest suitable for older men, beginners and most women, and fourth longest, juniors and older women, geriatric men. A three-set course usually combines the categories for 3 and 4. If the LPGA visited the average course they would probably take a combination of back tees and second longest for a tournament. I have noticed a tendency for course signs to avoid specifying who should use certain tees and instead the scorecards emphasize player handicaps. I play to about a 15 cap nowadays and find it fits my game to use second longest tees but I can function from back tees. A 15-cap woman golfer is usually about my length off tees because in general recreational women golfers spread out over a higher range of playing caps. This may be partly because a lot of men play to a lower cap than they normally shoot, but partly because scorekeeping for handicaps requires that you post only to a maximum of triple bogey so a more erratic player will have a lower cap than they often shoot. A more consistent player will usually play to near their cap. Women tend to be more consistent golfers if they are serious enough to bother maintaining a cap.