As you know, one of our capital improvements this year was work to the #13 green complex. Below the left side of the green, we eliminated a fair amount of the vegetation and created a send tier grass shelf to help collect balls that are hit to the left of the green. In this general area, were two large Oak trees that we did a lot of pruning on to remove dead branches and to beautify the trees. Last night at about 6:00PM, a cold front moved through the area, bring a 1/4" of rain and some high winds. Unfortunately, the wind uprooted one of the two Oak trees, fortunately falling in the opposite direction of the putting green!
The photos clearly show the roots are not very healthy on this tree. A tree of this size would normally have a root ball that is at least 10' in diameter. We have large cleanup effort taking place to get this oak off the golf course. Once that is done, we'll be doing work in this area to beautify the creek at the bottom of the hill. This is just a minor setback, but stay tuned for more photos in the next week.
