Meaning & use
tee service
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Meanings
nouncountable
A business or facility that provides golf tees, tee times, or a place to practice driving a golf ball.
Grammar: Countable, so it takes a/an or a plural: a tee service, several tee services.
Patterns
- a tee service at a golf club
- book a tee service
- offer tee services
The resort runs a tee service that rents clubs and sells tees to guests.
We booked a tee service for Saturday morning so we would not have to wait.
Their tee service also includes a covered area for practicing drives in the rain.
noununcountablespecialist
The part of a golf club's operation that handles booking starting times and preparing the teeing area for players.
Grammar: Used as an uncountable noun when talking about the activity or department: the tee service was slow today.
Patterns
- the tee service is busy
- improve tee service
- run tee service
Tee service was slow on Sunday because so many members arrived at once.
The club hired extra staff to improve tee service during the tournament.
Good tee service means players start on time and the first hole stays clear.
Word forms
| plural | tee services |
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Common combinations
- book a tee service
- You can book a tee service online up to a week in advance.
- tee service staff
- The tee service staff checked our names and handed us scorecards.
- run a tee service
- They run a tee service for visitors as well as members.
- tee service counter
- Ask at the tee service counter if you need extra balls.
Synonyms and how they differ
- tee-time booking
- This is more common and refers only to reserving a starting time, not to the whole facility or the staff who run it.
- driving range
- This names the place where you practice hitting balls; a tee service may operate at a driving range but is not the same thing.
Word family
Commonly confused: tee service or tea service?
tee service vs tea service
A tea service is a matching set of cups, plates, and a pot for serving tea. It sounds almost the same as tee service but has nothing to do with golf.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'tee service' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Tee service' belongs to golf and covers booking starting times or supplying golf equipment, so the golf club sentence fits. Option A describes a 'tea service' (a set for serving tea), which is a different word. Options C and D use 'service' in unrelated senses.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “tee service”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.