Garcia, with a wild swing of emotions whenever he plays, looked subdued on the first tee.
For a clubhouse they loaded the abandoned Tipton train depot on skids and installed it behind the first tee.
On the first tee, people didn't know whether he was going to make a toast or hit a golf ball.
Robson will be out there on the first tee, without breaks for food, water or the call of nature, from 0630 to 1606.
Guan said he watched a little television Wednesday night and after a good sleep had only slight nerves as he approached the first tee.
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But instead of lowering their scores, most recreational golfers do the opposite, and shoot themselves in the foot before they even step to the first tee.
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While the Bushes planned to take two shots off the first tee, the younger Bush, after feeling satisfied with his first shot, decided not to take another.
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Every player who has played - and that includes me - if asked how they felt on the first tee will tell you it was pretty scary.
By "other contexts" he means playing in the pressure of competition, but also driving off the first tee in front of friends and hitting off a downhill lie.
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And it will be really something to see, because I guarantee people will be fighting for position around the first tee to watch Arnold Palmer hit that shot.
Sergio Garcia played with Tiger Woods in the last round at the British Open and he had that deer in the headlights look from the first tee on.
Woods then limped through nine holes at Sawgrass after aggravating his injuries on the first tee -- posting 42 on the front nine -- before withdrawing from the tournament.
Just as the first tee shot has changed in the last few years to present an even more formidable challenge, so too has the final one at the 18th.
"Only one off the first tee, " he told reporters.
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On the first tee, we dole out handicaps.
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The club is about golf and generously donates the surplus it makes from television, ticket and gift shop sales to worthy organizations such as The First Tee, which uses golf to teach values to kids.
Research on the program is largely sponsored by the First Tee itself, but the available data suggest that it is effective, particularly in developing the ability of participants to manage their emotions, set goals and resolve conflicts.
The first tee has been increased to allow for the hole to perhaps be reduced in length given a northerly wind, while the seventh and ninth greens have been altered for "agronomic reasons" allowing for extra pin positions to be used.
Through its 198 chapters across the country, the First Tee provides low-cost access to courses and driving ranges, free clubs, summer camps and a highly structured system of golf, etiquette and life-skill lessons designed for kids as young as 5 and as old as 18.
The industry response has been charity, through non-profits like the First Tee Foundation, backed by everyone important in golf: the USGA, PGA Tour, PGA of America and the LPGA, along with the Tiger Woods Foundation (scholarships and summer camps) and countless local junior golf programs.
"We have contacted a world famous golfer and invited him to be the first to tee off of it when it is ready for the grand opening, " said Bolin's operations manager.
European team captain Colin Montgomerie revealed Westwood asked to follow Mickelson and Johnson's tee shots as part of the first group to tee off at 0745 BST on Friday.
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On the par-three 17th, his first tee shot flew into the water, and although his second stuck to the green he could not make a 30-footer and came away with a double bogey.
Players were averaging about 350 yards off the tee on the first hole, with the trade wind at their backs.
Mets 3B David Wright took swings off a tee for the first time since being diagnosed with a strained intercostal muscle.
At 10:00 a.m. on a cool Monday morning I walk up to the tee of my first hole at the PGA Tour's Waste Management Phoenix Open pro-am.
At 10:00 a.m. on a cool Monday morning I walk up to the tee of my first hole at the PGA Tour's Waste Management Phoenix Open pro-am in Arizona.
He started the day yanking his tee shots left, into the rough on the first hole, into the trees on the second, where a birdie could have created some momentum.
World number one Woods, gunning for his 13th major title, Australian Ogilvy and Briton Ramsay are set to tee off on the first hole at 0806 (1306 BST) in Thursday's opening round.
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