Building the 12th Green at The Tree Farm

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Last April, we stopped by Zac Blair’s new course, the Tree Farm, outside of Aiken, South Carolina and discussed the thought process behind the course’s 12th green, which co-designer Kye Goalby had been finalizing.

Based on a William Langford hole Kye played growing up, the 12th travels along the spine of the property up to a flattish fairway and a green that sits at grade. The front-left and back-right sections create a diagonal ridge that bisects the green, not dissimilar to a Biarritz. Given the nature of the topography and the length of the hole (about 490 yards), Kye imagined a green that would allow players to run the ball in.

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Cameron Hurdus

My love of golf and art collided as a child and I realized that when I wasn’t on the golf course, I could still be imagining the game through pen and paper. Like many of us, I spent class time doodling golf holes with my 7th grade art teacher telling me at one point that there were too many golf courses in my sketchbook. Luckily, I mostly ignored his request and since then, the game has taken me to some of the most incredible places on earth.

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