Tree Removal on Hole 10

Sun path with trees removed

Some of you have noticed we have removed quite a few trees around the 10th green in the past year. This was not just a random selection just to cut down trees. The trees were chosen with careful consideration and strategy. The reason was to give the 10th green much needed morning sunlight, more air circulation and to promote Creeping Bentgrass. Morning sunlight is the most critical sunlight to golf course putting surfaces. During the shoulder seasons when frost delays are common, tree removal will allow you to get on the course a bit sooner too. With the help of an app on my Phone, this app allowed me to view the path of the sun at any time. The pictures below will help explain this.

Tree cutting

We have been taking out a lot of the dead trees around the course, especially on hole #3.  Also, #18 has a really nice white oak that was hidden by other scrubby dead trees.  We took out the dead ones to expose the white oak and will eventually maintain the area around the tree like common rough.  I think it will look great from #17 tees and will look a lot nicer when you are on #18 tees.

Our plan is to remove all the dead trees that are on the property but it will take time.  We will grind the stumps down and add seed and soil to fill in the are that had a tree with grass.