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Golf Goes Wild

  • Overhead shot of a golf ball ready to be hit by Roberto Castro with a divot in the grass.
    Photograph: Andrew Hetherington
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    Taking a shot from the rough.
  • Roberto Castro entering the sound stage carrying a golf bag and clubs.
    Photograph: Andrew Hetherington
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    Roberto Castro, a former professional golfer, enters the TGL test studio.
  • Overhead view of TGL test studio on a soundstage on the back lot of Universal Studios.
    Photograph: Andrew Hetherington
    03
    The TGL test studio is on a soundstage on the back lot of Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.
  • ball tracking equipment
    Photograph: Andrew Hetherington
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    Players drive from patches of natural grass and aim for a hole in the virtual world onscreen.
  • Cameron Young watches his ball land on screen.
    Photograph: Andrew Hetherington
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    Cameron Young watches his ball land on screen.
  • A groundskeeper raking the sand trapbunker with a giant screen in the background projecting an image of a picturesque...
    Photograph: Andrew Hetherington
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    A groundskeeper rakes the sand trap.
  • The projector for the virtual screen.
    Photograph: Andrew Hetherington
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    The projector for the virtual screen.
  • A groundskeeper collects the balls after they've been hit.
    Photograph: Andrew Hetherington
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    A groundskeeper collects the balls after they've been hit.
  • Cameron Young putts while Roberto Castro holds the pin with the 40second shot clock looming in the background.
    Photograph: Andrew Hetherington
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    Cameron Young putts while Roberto Castro holds the pin with the 40-second shot clock looming in the background.
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