In April 2022, we stopped by during construction of PGA Tour Player Zac Blair’s Tree Farm project outside Aiken, South Carolina. Co-designer and lead shaper Kye Goalby was in the middle of building the 12th green. We chatted by Kye about his idea for the hole and why building USGA greens are so difficult to get right.
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So good. Thank you
Wow this was really good. How he came up with and shaped the diagonal Biarritz green is really cool. It's incredible how with those big earth moving machines, shapers can shape greens to the inch. I also never considered that they shape with all the hole placements in mind.
Now in the video, he is working on the green and a picture is shown showing how USGA greens are constructed. Where is he at in that process in the video? It seems like he is working a few inches beneath the ground surface. Do they fill in on top of that, and then fine tune with other tools?
Top shelf content as always. Thanks so much.
Always some very detailed information mixed into to some very nice camera shots.
Being so precise with construction vehicles is amazing
I’d love to see the 30 minute version of this honestly.