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• n  the starting place for each hole on a golf course
  they were waiting on the first tee
• n  support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff
• n  a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground
• v  place on a tee
  tee golf balls
• v  connect with a tee
  tee two pipes

• Crack! A golf ball soared off the first tee at the Pittsburgh Field Club, dwindled to a white speck, landed on the fairway, rolled to a stop.
• It was the American golfer Fred Couples who earned the nickname Boom Boom in the 1990s with his explosive tee shots.
• On the final day, Hogan appeared on the first tee bundled up in two sweaters and feeling the touch of flu.

• teeing ground
• football tee
• golf tee
• tee up

News & Articles

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• US Open tee times: Can Mickelson hold the lead?
  US Open tee times: Phil Mickelson is tied for first at one under par going into Saturday's third round of the US Open golf tournament. Tiger Woods was tied for 13th at 3 over par. Michelson will tee off at 2:40 pm.
  June 15, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
• Tee times for Round 2 of U.S. Open
  With players finishing up the opening round of the U.S. Open, tee times for the second round were announced...
  June 14, 2013 - New York Post
• Tee times set for Mason City city golf tournament
  MASON CITY — Tee times have been set for this weekend’s city golf tournament.
  June 13, 2013 - The Globe Gazette

Quotes

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• Steve Stricker in Detroit Free Press
  You're 12 back before you even step on the first tee. That's tough to swallow,Stricker said. "That's why you've got to get into a little different thought process and get in your own little world and chip away."
• Tiger Wood in The Associated Press
  It's gotten better. The more time I've been able to practice and play, it's starting to solidify, and I'm actually really excited to tee it up on Thursday. The more I play, the more I get my feel back,he added. "Where I was in the...
• KJ Choi in The Associated Press
  This course, it looks like it's wide-open fairway, but in the teeing ground, in the mindset, you look right, look left, either way is very tough,Choi said. "And you can't stop in the bouncing, so you're very scared on the tee shot."