tee shot

noun

golf
: a first shot that is taken on a hole

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Another errant tee shot put Berger in the left rough during sudden death, preventing him from taking on the right-front pin. Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026 More cheers rang out across Riviera — Max Greyserman with a hole-in-one on the 14th, Tommy Fleetwood jarring one for eagle from the fairway on the 15th, and Kitayama stuffing his tee shot on the par-3 16th and then barely clearing the bunker to set up a two-putt birdie on the par-5 17th. CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026 More cheers rang out across Riviera — Max Greyserman with a hole-in-one on the 14th, Tommy Fleetwood jarring one for eagle from the fairway on the 15th, and Kitayama stuffing his tee shot on the par-3 16th and then barely clearing the bunker to set up a two-putt birdie on the par-5 17th. Dallas Morning News, 22 Feb. 2026 Players will be confronted with a partially blind tee shot with a fairway turning from left-to-right. Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 21 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tee shot

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