Tee time Artist Valentino Dixon served 27 years of a 38 and-half-year sentence as an innocent man. He used his art to endure and eventually help him to freedom on September 19, 2018. Many more prisoners than society gives credit to are thoughtfully and strategically “teeing off,” using talents often developed inside, to hit their mark of freedom. You can read Valentino’s story and see more of his work at: Valentinodixon.com. by Shai Alkebu-Lan Soledad, Calif. – According to Webster’s, the word “tee” in golf as a noun is 1) A small peg on which the ball is placed to hit, 2) starting place for each hole; then, in verb form, it’s “teed,” “teeing,” to hit a ball from a tee, tee off.