I used to work at a highly ranked golf course designed by a famous course architect. I noticed that many of the trees had lightning rods at their tops. I asked about it, and discovered that all the trees with the rods on them were considered features of the hole. In other words, they influenced the way a golfer chose to play the hole. We lost a small number of trees to lightning while I was there, but never lost a featured tree. This could be coincidence as far as I know...just found it interesting.
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