#17 green tree removals

The golf course has been frozen for the past week and closed for play. With no golfers on the course, it's been the perfect time to remove trees that have been causing shade problems around several of our greens. We hired Arborcom last year to do a shade analysis on #3, #8, and #17 greens. The past week our turf crew has been busy working with a tree contractor removing the "Arborcom trees" around those greens.
Shown below is a before and after view of #17 green from the center of the fairway 110 yards out from the green. Not much change from this viewing point.

Two dead trees were removed to the left of the green, and also two large Fir trees in the same area that were shading the green. There was an extra large Fir tree with four Cedar trees growing around it that was removed just off and to the left of #18tee. The before and after photos below were taken from the bridge on #11, looking across at #17 green.

This green will now get the sunlight it needs to grow healthy turf. The photos below show the extra large Fir tree that was adjacent to #18 tee.

  This last photo below shows Frank and Kyle transporting part of the tree from #18 tee out to the staging area at #4 tee where the logs are stored until they get picked up and taken to a mill.