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2. Tee - Wikipedia

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   Tee. Golf ball on peg placed in the ground. A tee is a stand used in sport to support and elevate a stationary ball prior to striking with a foot, club or bat. Tees are used extensively in golf, tee-ball, baseball, American football, and rugby .

3. Rules of golf - Wikipedia

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   You must Tee your Ball, within a Club's length of the Hole. Your Tee must be upon the Ground. You are not to change the Ball which you Strike off the Tee. You are not to remove Stones, Bones or any Break Club, for the sake of playing your Ball, Except upon the fair Green, & that only within a Club's length of your Ball.

4. Golf etiquette - Wikipedia

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   Golf etiquette. Golf etiquette refers to a set of rules and practices designed to make the game of golf safer and more enjoyable for golfers and to minimize possible damage to golf equipment and courses. Although many of these practices are not part of the formal rules of golf, golfers are customarily expected to observe them. [1]

5. Glossary of golf - Wikipedia

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   Also called a hole in one. address The act of taking a stance and placing the club-head behind the golf ball. If the ball moves once a player has addressed the ball, there is a one-stroke penalty, unless it is clear that the actions of the player did not cause the ball to move on purpose. If the player addresses the ball and places the head of the club behind it and in doing so causes the ball ...

6. Shotgun start - Wikipedia

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   A shotgun start is a golf tournament format in which all groups of players tee off simultaneously from different holes. [1] Each hole on a course will be the starting hole for one or more foursomes. Group 1 would start from hole 1, group 2 from hole 2, etc. Each group starts play at the same time. A shotgun start allows a tournament to end at ...

7. History of golf - Wikipedia

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   As the golf ball developed and became more durable with the introduction of the "gutty" around 1850, the club head was also allowed to develop, and a variety of iron headed clubs entered the game. The introduction of steel shafts began in the late 1890s, but their adoption by the governing bodies of golf was slow.