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Golf adds up for TMS students Eighth grade students at Thomson Middle School celebrated the upcoming Spring Break with an Interdisciplinary Project connecting art and mathematics to the Master's Golf tournament. McDuffie County Superintendent of Schools Mark Petersen plays golf with Amanda Key and Coriel Brown. Students were divided into groups and then designed and "built" a golf hole. The students had to include tee-off locations, water hazards, sand traps, and greens among other features. The activity culminated with the students "playing" a round of golf on the holes designed by their class. They had to use protractors, angle measurements, and estimation skills to complete the course. Student Kendra Ballard uses a protractor and ruler to play golf. Web posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005