Tee box
The marked starting area of a golf hole where the first shot is played.
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The tee box, also called the teeing area or teeing ground, is the marked starting point of each golf hole. The player takes the first shot of the hole from within this area, aiming out toward the fairway or green.
On the tee box the ball may be placed on a small peg, also called a tee, which raises it off the ground so it can be struck more cleanly. The area is usually marked by a pair of markers that show where players must tee up.
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Golf
A precision target sport played across an outdoor course, blending skill, strategy and a long walk in the open air.
Disc Golf
A relaxed, low-cost target sport where players throw flying discs toward chain baskets across an outdoor course.
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- Golf courseA large outdoor course of individually designed holes, each running from a teeing area to a hole cut in a putting green.
- Driving rangeA practice facility with hitting bays and an open landing area, used to repeat shots without playing a hole.
- Tennis courtA rectangular marked court, divided across the middle by a net, where tennis is played as singles or doubles.
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