(03-22-2018, 09:44 AM)PF* Wrote: Reminds me of an old Sam Snead story- he was walking a course with a young pro who complained about a tree sitting on a corner of a dogleg, that it blocked him from cutting the corner.

Snead said that when he was younger, he hit the ball so well that he could drive it right up and over that tree. The young pro thought about it for a minute and Sam added, "Of course, 40 years ago it was only this high..."

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Other than Adventure Landing, is there a course here that has such an impediment? I know of a par 3, I think it's at Palencia, that has a tree that is curved over and supported by a man made, tree-like column. You have to clear the tree to get to the green.

The doomed River Bend in Green Cove Springs used to have a big tree near the 18th green that would catch balls hit into it. They said when it came down about 10 years ago that there were 1000 balls caught in it.