Blane Merritt (c), director of the MSU Golf Course, discusses the layout of a golf course hole Friday with middle school students (from left) Keshia Robinson of Crawford, Deionesha Lenoir of West Point, Monica Johnson of Caledonia, and Robert Gaston of West Point. They are among 26 students participating in Science on the Green, a four-week program that provides an introduction to golf and the science behind it.