An interesting render that combines lights, shadows and textures.

Another tutorial combination from examples provided by Thomas Suurland (Grass)
and Jesper (Golfball). The golf tee is a simple LATHE from a Tee profile by me.

To get the darker lighting effects for the ground plane, ensure you exclude it from the lighting source.
Or you can choose to give it another material. A close-up with alternate ground effects is located Here