Having read the blogs and discussion about "which tee to play", I feel strange that it is a question for many people. With an official handicap system, it should be clear for everybody to play from the right tee for him or her.

In Sweden, most golf clubs require that you have an offical handicap (highest 36) in order to play on the golf court, and some difficult courts require maximum 24 for men. To obtain the official handicap, you have to take a training course by an authorized pro in a golf club. In the training course, you learn basic rules and how to behave on golf court and basic techniques. When you have passed theory and technique tests, you get a green card so you can play on golf courts under supervision of someone who has an offical handicap. After you have played three rounds with results better than required minimum points, you need to join some golf club to become a member, and the club can register you so that you get your official handicap (starting from 36). Later, your official handicap will be revised by the club or the computer system of Swedish Golf Association when you register your golf results. Your handicap will decrease if you get points higher than 36, but it will increase if your points are below 30. Normally you can decrease from high to medium handicap level, but it is difficult to further decrease. I heard that to keep handicap below 15, you need to to play frequently without interruption.  

The golf courts in Sweden have white, yellow, blue and red tees. Only elite man players start from white tee, while most of men start from yellow tee. Elite woman players start from blue tee (I maybe wrong), while most of women start from red tee. All the golf courts have their individual slop table depending on the difficult level of th court. From the table, you can find how many extra strokes you have on the particular court. The score card you get from the club when you check in before the round also shows your extra strokes. The interval between two starting times is mostly 7, 8, 9 or 10 minutes, depending on the difficulty of the court. To avoid too slow speed by a group of high handicap players, usually the booking system has a requirement of maximum total handicap of a party (max. 4 persons). This ensures that at least there is someone in the party who is familar with the rules. I have seen many single handicap men players starting from the yellow tee, except those who are playing real competitions. It is very common that experienced low handicap players help high handicap players to find balls and answer their questions. It is also a rule that you don't give other people instruction unless the person ask you (to give instruction is the job of the pro).

It is quite cheap to play golf in Sweden. The annual membership fee for many clubs is only one to several thousands kronor (close to yuen) and for that you play for free in your home club. The green fee for guests is normlly a few handreds kronors. No cady works at golf clubs. To ride golf chart you need a letter from doctor which states that you have medical reason for the need of golf chart. In general, most people here behave very gentle on golf courts, and it is enjoyable to play golf here. The only problem is that summer is short, and you can't play golf in winter period.