Tees off before me coming back, having the honour (6)
I believe the answer is:
esteem
'the honour' is the definition.
(esteem is a kind of honour)
'tees off before me coming back' is the wordplay.
'off' indicates an anagram.
'before' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'coming back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'me' back-to-front is 'em'.
'tees' with letters rearranged gives 'este'.
'este'+'em'='ESTEEM'
'having' is the link.
(Other definitions for esteem that I've seen before include "Revere(nce)" , "Value highly" , "Favourable regard" , "Think well of" , "Consider" .)