Trees -VS- Turf continued........

The three photos below were taken Monday April 14th at 3:00 pm. It was a beautiful sunny day, 68 degrees and perfect weather to aerate greens. The reason I show the photos is to see if you get the same feeling as I did when I drove up to the 12th and 15th greens. The amount of daylight we had on April 14th is the same as we'll get on August 28th. The first photo shows #14 green. 

The green is in full sun. I rolled up to check out this green with the sun in my face and I'm feeling great. Despite just getting aerated and sanded, the turf is happy too. 

I then headed over to #12 green to check it out. 

The green is shaded, but the trees are in full sun. Hmmmmm?  I drove over to #15 next.

Wow. Bright sunny day and it feels like stepping into a closet. Turn on the lights please! Decreased light equals decreased turf quality. You get the idea now of what caused the 15th green to fail in November of 2012, just 17 months ago. I like trees, but not next to greens where the turf suffers. In the battle of Trees -VS- Turf, the trees win every time.