Masters week has become a quiet ritual in the studio.

What began in 2020 with Golden Bell has evolved into a long-view study of Augusta National… one hole at a time. Eighteen years, eighteen greens. Each approached not as an image, but as a problem of space, light, and consequence.

For 2026: the fourth hole—“Flowering Crab Apple.”

A par three that reveals itself slowly. From the tee, it feels open. Generous, even. But the closer one looks, the more it narrows. The green sits in tension, held in place by contour, contrast, and restraint.

The aim was to build that tension—to create an amphitheater where the green holds the eye, and everything else recedes into pressure.

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