Many members and golfers ask the question " Why are you taking that tree down"? Well, sometimes the answer is a master plan removal, while other times the answer is a safety concern. As the picture above shows, this is the tree left of 8 green that sits very tall and limits access to the back left of the 8th green. As you can visibly see from the picture, this tree was a major safety concern as it was totally rotted and in a severe state of decline. Often times this type of deterioration goes unseen by golfers but we carefully monitor every tree on this property as any diligent golf course operation should. If this tree ever fell while golfers were around it, the results would be catastrophic. So rest assure, as you are playing your next round, we have examined every tree you may happen to land your golf ball under.
Mike O'Neill, GCS
