Split at the Root
Forget the tour pros fighting for zeroes. The real war in golf that affects everybody continues to rage with untold cost and loss of lives. Emotional divisiveness rips apart foursomes and green committees. I’m speaking, of course, about trees, and in this issue Architecture Editor Derek Duncan explains why the sound of chainsaws has been echoing so loudly across our courses lately. Duncan gets down to the roots of removalist reasons that make sense, such as improved turfgrass health, more shot options, restoration of dead architects’ original strategies, and more. It’s the very rational thinking of adults, and accordingly, my experience has been that senior and junior golfers tend to be the most wistful/shocked when a big one goes down. Sure, short-and-straighthitters would have proclivity toward obstacles that punish their wayward…
