tee shot

noun

golf
: a first shot that is taken on a hole

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Rose was on the par-3 16th and hit his tee shot to 4 feet for birdie, and suddenly they were tied. Time, 14 Apr. 2025 Another booming tee shot on No. 2 helped set up a textbook chip-in eagle. Sam Settleman, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025 On the 16th green, Rose holed his tremendous tee shot to get to 11-under himself, and the movie that was playing out at Augusta National reached peak tension. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025 Then on the par-3 4th, McIlroy hit a beautiful tee shot to 10 feet. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tee shot

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