tee shot

noun

golf
: a first shot that is taken on a hole

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Clark had just committed a bogey before hitting his tee shot to the right on the 16th hole. Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2025 Rahm would make a double bogey there before splashing his tee shot on 18 into the creek, leading to another double to finish the championship. Troy Finnegan‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025 Scheffler’s 305-yard, high-arcing 3-wood tee shot softly rolling perfectly to the pin on No. 14 for a tap-in eagle. Brody Miller, New York Times, 18 May 2025 DeChambeau was kicked in the teeth by the Green Mile, bogeying No. 16 and dunking his tee shot on 17 before carding double bogey. Jordan Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 18 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for tee shot

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“Tee shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tee%20shot. Accessed 26 May. 2025.

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