
Ike's tree, seen here at last year's Masters Tournament, was removed from No. 17 at Augusta National Golf Club after suffering major damage in last week's ice storm.

A look at Ike's Tree, as seen before it was taken down at Augusta National.
1 posted on
02/17/2014 5:45:36 AM PST by
servo1969
To: servo1969
We have begun deliberations of the best way to address the future of the 17th hole and
How about just planting another one and calling it "Obama's bogey tree"?
2 posted on
02/17/2014 5:48:39 AM PST by
Hot Tabasco
(Was Occam's razor made by Gillette?)
To: servo1969
Plant a high bred aspen. In four years it’ll be about 30 feet high.
3 posted on
02/17/2014 6:13:37 AM PST by
crz
To: servo1969
I assume none of the arborists were golfers?
4 posted on
02/17/2014 6:25:02 AM PST by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: servo1969
Replace it with another tree asap — Eldrick needs something to drive into and get injured under.
To: servo1969
I want to hug that tree!

6 posted on
02/17/2014 7:04:10 AM PST by
Daffynition
("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
To: servo1969
The Eisenhower Tree suffered major damage in an ice storm ... Another victim of Global Warming.
7 posted on
02/17/2014 7:05:26 AM PST by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: servo1969
I’ve seen worse that were salvaged - unless the trunk was split to the roots and we can’t see it - it may not have looked nice, but it would have lived most likely.
8 posted on
02/17/2014 7:24:09 AM PST by
reed13k
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
To: servo1969
also known as the hooker’s tree —
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