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The pedestal that makes golf's first swing the easiest one you'll ruin.

means A small peg (or the area where one teeing off) used to prop a golf ball up for the opening stroke of a hole.

from Traces back to the Scots word 'teaz' or 'teez,' used for the little mound of sand golfers once shaped by hand to perch their ball on before every drive — long before molded plastic pegs existed. The term later stretched into 'tee off' and 'teed up,' carrying golf's starting-line flavor into everyday speech for being poised and ready to begin.

name origin
From Scottish golf term teaz, meaning starting mark
invention leap
Wooden tee patented 1899, ending the sand-mound era
height rule
No official max height, only ball-above-clubface guidance
t-shirt link
Tee shirt named for its flat letter-T shape
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