Editing Golf course (section)

===Teeing area===
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The first section of every hole consists of the [[teeing ground]], or tee-box. There is typically more than one available box where a player places his [[golf ball|ball]], each one a different distance from the hole (and possibly with a different angle of approach to the green or fairway) to provide differing difficulty. The teeing ground is generally as level as feasible, with closely mown grass very similar to that of a putting green, and most are slightly raised from the surrounding fairway.

Each tee box has two markers showing the bounds of the legal tee area. The teeing area spans the distance between the markers, and extends two-club lengths behind the markers. A golfer may stand outside the teeing area, but the ball must be placed and hit from inside it.<ref>{{cite book|title=Rules of Golf and the Rules of Amateur Status 2008–2011 |publisher=[[The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews]] and [[United States Golf Association]] |date=September 2007 |location=[[St Andrews]], [[Fife]], Scotland |page=67 |url=http://www.randa.org/flash/rules/PDF/WEB_ROG_spreads.pdf |access-date=16 September 2008  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029043057/http://www.randa.org/flash/rules/PDF/WEB_ROG_spreads.pdf |archive-date=29 October 2008 }}</ref> A golfer may place his ball directly on the surface of the teeing ground (called hitting it "off the deck"), or the ball may be supported by a manufactured [[tee]] (limited to a height of four inches), or by any natural substance, such as a mound of sand placed on the teeing surface.