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Originally Posted by Sunrise Beach
The removal of the trees was what I felt was a lousy excuse. Most great golf courses have beautiful trees throughout. I urge any management who might read this thread to reconsider that aspect. We know the grass will not be lush in those areas but at least we aren’t playing in a desert devoid of trees and a bit of shade.
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Every quality golf course in the world, has a "tree removal/trimming plan" in place. Trees are removed, canopies are managed.
Other than "specimen trees" (such as on the 9th hole of Talley Ho or the famous "Hinkle Tree at Inverness, during the '79 US Open), trees generally have no place within the playing area and many cases, "cart paths" can't be tree-lined, because root growth undermines the cart paths (this is a different in some areas, depending on whether the tree root growth is vertical or horizontal).
Most every Donald Ross course in the USA, has had major "tree removal" initiatives, over the last 25 or so years. The courses don't play the same as they did when Ross designed them.
I'm reminded of the old Sam Snead story, when he played with a young pro.
Sam said, "whey I was younger, I used to drive the ball right over that big ol' Oak tree and cut the dogleg". When the young pro tried it, he made a double bogey. Sam laughed and said, "of course, when I was younger, that tree was a lot shorter".