How to Use tee shot in a Sentence

tee shot

noun

• 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
• Smith needed a strong tee shot on the next hole but didn’t get it.
  — Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
• 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
• Her tee shot on 11, a par-3, ended up in a bunker, leading to a bogey.
  — Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
• 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
• And then his tee shot rolled just far enough toward the edge of a bunker to present another problem.
  — Doug Ferguson, Hartford Courant, 19 May 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 20 July 2023
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 20 July 2023
• Dallas’ Scottie Scheffler got a nice hand from the crowd before his tee shot on No. 17.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The playoff hole started inauspiciously after Fowler's tee shot sailed far right.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 2 July 2023
• 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

Last Updated: 16 Sep 2024