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Zac Blair wears a number of hats: PGA Tour player, GCA lover, founder of the borderless Buck Club, golf course developer. Now, after years of grinding both in and out of the social media spotlight, all of his hard work is finally coming to fruition.

With his Tree Farm project nearing completion in Aiken, South Carolina, Zac joins Tom Coyne and Robbie Vogel to discuss his efforts to build a modern golf club. Topics include the decision to pivot from TBC to Tree Farm, ZB's "dream home" list that Doak requested before routing the course, and the Tree Farm's ode to one of golf's hardest holes.

Sam Thomas is a golf course architect who currently works for the GEO foundation for Sustainable Golf as their Director of Golf Development.  Sam's role is focused on supporting & advocating sustainability in golf development in established & emerging markets, working with architects, developers, governments and tourism bodies.  For more information on becoming a GEO certified golf property please visit https://sustainable.golf

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Nick Schreiber is helping start a new private club called Old Barnwell whose mission is to be an inclusive club for beginners, women, people of color & families.  Old Barnwell is currently being constructed in South Carolina. 

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Jeff Johnson has been the Golf Course Superintendent at The Minikahda Club, located in beautiful Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the past 25 years. 

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Trev Dormer is a design/shaper associate for the golf course architectural powerhouse tag team of Coore & Crenshaw.

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Ken Siems is perhaps the most traveled greenkeeper in history, having grown grass for the game we all adore at courses in  Canada, Scotland, England, Dubai, China, Russia & the good old USA.  Currently, Ken is running his own DryJect business in the UK.

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James Huntoon, golf course superintendent of the Heritage Club located in Pawleys Island, South Carolina is back on this latest episode.  We discuss Mike Strantz, The Open Championship, volunteering for tour events, and how old is too old to get into greenkeeping.

Michael Vessely is the golf course superintendent on one of America's best 9 holers, a Langford and Moreau masterpiece, located on the campus of the Culver Academy boarding school in Culver, Indiana.

Christine Fraser is a golf course architect based out of Windsor, Ontario.  She is one of the few designers legitimately concerned with how golf impacts us socially, and is driven to create a more inclusive and sustainable environment for the game we all adore.  Please visit Christine's website for any additional info.

https://www.christinefraserdesign.com

Rich Shilling is the Golf Course Superintendent of Jeffersonville Golf Club.  Jeffersonville was just featured in a recent issue of Golfers Journal, and Rich has overseen the transformation of this property to ordinary muni to one of Philadelphia's finest golf destinations.

Intro music composed by Michael Protokowicz. Please follow Mike on Instagram at proto247