Definition: The red, white and blue in the title of the Red, White and Blue golf tournament format refers to the colors of the tee markers. If your club uses different colors, or has more than three tee boxes, think of this as the Forward, Middle and Back tournament.
All golfers tee off from the white (middle) tees on their first hole. After that, the teeing ground used depends on the golfer's score on the previous hole. Golfers who make a birdie tee off from the blues (back tees) on the next hole; golfers who make par, from the whites (middle tees); golfers who score bogey or higher, from the reds (forward tees).
A Red, White and Blue tournament can be played with or without handicaps, although if it is played without - and the tournament field has a mix of skill levels - many players will spend most of their day teeing off from the reds.
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Examples:
"The format for this week's golf association tournament is Red, White and Blue."
