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title: "What is the starting point called in golf ?"  
description: "What is the starting point called in golf ?"  
author: "Rajib Ahluwalia"  
published: 2018-07-22  
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# What is the starting point called in golf ?

What is the [starting](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12024/things-you-need-to-know-when-starting-your-own-business) point called in golf ?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Harshal Vispute

**Each hole on a golf course has a starting point. The teeing area is the starting point**. The teeing area is the only place on the golf course where you can **'tee up' your ball**, or **raise it off the ground**, by placing it on top of a tee. Almost all golfers, especially beginners, will benefit from this.

**The teeing area is marked by a pair of tee markers**. There are **frequently several tee markers on each course**, each of which is designated a different colour. The colour corresponds to a line on the scorecard and **denotes the game's length (yardage)**. If you're playing **the Blue tees, for example, there's a line on the scorecard labelled 'Blue.'** On each hole's teeing area, you'll tee off from the Blue tees, and your scores will be recorded on **the 'Blue' line of the scorecard**.

**The teeing area is defined as the space between the two tee markers and two club-lengths behind them. You must tee the ball inside the rectangle, never in front of the outside tee markers.**

**Teeing areas are also known as tee boxes, and in the Rules of Golf before 2020, they were referred to as 'teeing rounds.'**\

Each hole on a standard golf course features three or more teeing locations, with some holes having as many as **six or seven teeing areas**. Once you've **decided on a teeing place, you'll play the rest of the round from those tees.**\

**Golf courses are sets of holes in the game of golf.** **A 'full-sized' golf course has 18 holes, and a regular round of golf consists of playing 18 holes. Teeing areas, fairways, and putting greens, as well as rough, bunkers, and penalty areas, are all part of the golf course.**\

**A golf hole always starts with a teeing area** (sometimes known as a tee box or teeing field) and finishes with a putting green. **The fairway is located in the middle, and the rough is located outside of these sections. Bunkers and bodies of water known as penalty areas are hazards.**

The **fairways connect the teeing areas** to the putting greens. **Fairways are generally set off and easy to spot due to the contrast between the height of the grass in the fairway and the taller grass — known as the rough — on either side of the fairway.**\


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