What part of the golf ball should you look at while you swing? It depends on what sort of flaw you are trying to fix.

Seems like it would, but here's what the Rules of Golf says about it. Rule 8.1b(4) explains that an action that is allowed is to ground the club lightly right in front of or right behind the ball.

In golf, the size of the tee box is an imaginary rectangle. The width of the tee box is the space between the two tee markers. You can't tee the ball in front of them, and you can't tee the ball ...