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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
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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?)
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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
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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> ---)
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To: servo1969

Replace it with another tree asap — Eldrick needs something to drive into and get injured under.


5 posted on 02/17/2014 6:55:31 AM PST by twister881
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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)
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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.)
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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)
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To: servo1969

also known as the hooker’s tree —


9 posted on 02/17/2014 7:38:49 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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