Interim sovereigns from tee and greens (7)
I believe the answer is:
regents
'interim sovereigns' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'from tee and greens' is the wordplay.
'from' indicates anagramming the letters (from the letters).
'tee' becomes 't'.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
't' after 'greens' is 'greenst'.
'greenst' with letters rearranged gives 'REGENTS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for regents that I've seen before include "They have leading roles" , "They rule on behalf of monarchs" .)