tee off
verb
teed off; teeing off; tees off
1
: to drive from a tee
3
: to hit hard
4
: to make an angry denunciation
—often used with on
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The Masters, season’s first of four golf majors, tees off Thursday at Augusta anyway with Scottie Scheffler (ho hum) the betting favorite per DraftKings followed by Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau.
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Greg Cote
april 5, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Kody Clemens scored on an error by five-time Gold Glove-winning catcher Salvador Perez in the second, and Byron Buxton added a sacrifice fly off John Schreiber in the eighth, before the Twins teed off against Royals reliever Steven Cruz in the ninth.
—CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
So, two golf icons won’t be at Augusta National come next week, when the 90th edition of the Masters tees off Thursday, April 9.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026
The Masters begins the following week at Augusta National, with practice rounds starting early in the week and the tournament officially teeing off on Thursday.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
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Greg Cote
april 5, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Kody Clemens scored on an error by five-time Gold Glove-winning catcher Salvador Perez in the second, and Byron Buxton added a sacrifice fly off John Schreiber in the eighth, before the Twins teed off against Royals reliever Steven Cruz in the ninth.
—CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
So, two golf icons won’t be at Augusta National come next week, when the 90th edition of the Masters tees off Thursday, April 9.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026
The Masters begins the following week at Augusta National, with practice rounds starting early in the week and the tournament officially teeing off on Thursday.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Tee off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tee%20off. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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