How to Use tee shot in a Sentence
tee shot
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But his tee shot had none of the touch required and soared to the back of the green.
—Bill Pennington, New York Times, 18 June 2023
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Smith needed a strong tee shot on the next hole but didn’t get it.
—Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
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Rahm hooked his tee shot into the trees on the final hole and didn’t reach the fairway.
—Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2023
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Her tee shot on 11, a par-3, ended up in a bunker, leading to a bogey.
—Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
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And for the third day in a row, the 18th proved trouble for Toms, who drove his tee shot into a lake down the right side of the fairway for the third time.
—Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2023
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When Pavon’s tee shot on 18 found a fairway bunker, the door was opened for Hojgaard to try to force a playoff.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
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Clark missed a par chance on the 15th hole when his putt did not sufficiently break, and then his tee shot on No. 16 wound up in a bunker.
—Alan Blinder, New York Times, 19 June 2023
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Thomas came to Thursday’s final hole at 7-over par for the first round, and his club slam came after his second tee shot on the 18th.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 20 July 2023
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But after his tee shot on the final hole of the first round of the Open Championship, Thomas slammed his driver into the turf.
—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 20 July 2023
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Dallas’ Scottie Scheffler got a nice hand from the crowd before his tee shot on No. 17.
—Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
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But Morikawa and Aberg found the water on 11 and double-bogeyed, and Homa doubled 12 when his tee shot rolled into the bushes above the green.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
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Rory McIlroy had a rough start, hitting the bunker on his tee shot on No. 4 and making bogey.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
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His tee shot on the par-3 No. 9 landed softly on the green, though McIlroy again wasn't able to capitalize and let his birdie try sail a touch long.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
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After a day of back-and-forth competition, Dunlap and Sam Burns were tied for the lead when Burns put his tee shot in the water and double-bogeyed the 17th.
—Greg Beacham, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2024
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After his bogey-free opening round, his only slip-up Friday came at the long par-3 fourth, when his tee shot wound up against the grandstand.
—Dave Skretta, ajc, 7 Apr. 2023
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Koepka’s Sunday afternoon tee shot, though, came to rest on a stretch of pine straw, forcing a punch-out onto the fairway.
—Alan Blinder Doug Mills, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2023
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Hit the tee shot at least 250 yards into what could be a decidedly forbidding wind.
—Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 19 July 2023
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That question was answered early in Thursday's opening round when France's Matthieu Pavon sent his tee shot on the 124-yard hole spinning back into the cup.
—Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
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However, after Bradley hit his tee shot on the third hole during the second round, the club’s owner recognized his swing.
—Ryan Hamel, The Courier-Journal, 2 June 2023
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Those seats are also a prime vantage for the action on that ultra-short 15th, where the challenge of putting a tee shot near the pin is tantamount to dropping a lob wedge down a chimney.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2023
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But then Stricker bogeyed No. 6 and No. 9 – where his temper flashed after hacking out of the rough following an offline tee shot.
—Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2023
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The playoff hole started inauspiciously after Fowler's tee shot sailed far right.
—Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 2 July 2023
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At the Estates Course, golfers are going to find a traditional, parkland-style layout with adjoining fairways allowing for the not-so-accurate tee shot to find a relatively friendly landing spot.
—Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 15 Jan. 2024
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