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GolfClubAtlas.com => Golf Course Architecture Discussion Group => Topic started by: ward peyronnin on October 01, 2013, 10:36:41 PM

Title: If a trre falls on a golf course
Post by: ward peyronnin on October 01, 2013, 10:36:41 PM

does anyone hear it? I ask because we lost a fearsome tree that guarded/blocked the left half of the fairway from the back tees.

There is a bunker right and gunch and they do imply a draw works best but form the back tees it becomes really pronounced. I speculate that all the WEB.com players who played a draw bitched enough to force a clandestine removal for if Fazio knew the tree was there when he built the tees he would have dealt with it.

So what are the issues here? Do pro's rule? Should members be upset that visual cue not in play but framing the hole is gone. Should the archie have been consulted? What is proper protocol for tree removal of which a definite part of the hole is changed (ie the eisenhower tree , etc)

http://www.victorianational.com/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=328595&ssid=223967&vnf=1
tree was located just behind the left lake between it and the tee but was tall enough that many balls could be hit below the branches into the lake

Title: Re: If a trre falls on a golf course
Post by: John Kavanaugh on October 01, 2013, 10:45:16 PM

I hated that tree. Clem Dog was dancing in the parking lot the day it was removed. My personal experience has been improved every day since.

Title: Re: If a trre falls on a golf course
Post by: Nigel Islam on October 02, 2013, 04:34:53 PM

Quote from: John Kavanaugh on October 01, 2013, 10:45:16 PM

I hated that tree. Clem Dog was dancing in the parking lot the day it was removed. My personal experience has been improved every day since.

I recently saw a guy wearing a Dismal River hat and a Victoria National shirt at Home Depot purchasing a chain saw ;D Coincidence?