Posted April 06, 2014

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Count 2013 Masters champion Adam Scott amongst the people celebrating the recent removal of the famed Eisenhower Tree from the 17th fairway at Augusta National Golf Club.

Scott spoke Sunday about the change, saying the hold looks good sans the (in)famous loblolly pine. However, he admitted thatthe absence of the tree, though aesthetically pleasing, doesnt mean the hole is now a cakewalk:

Its still a narrow fairway, especially where the driver finishes, said Scott, who arrived at Augusta Friday and played a practice round with his father. Its still a very demanding hole at the end of the round. We wont know how it will play until we get the statistics, but it does look better off the tee, there is a little more room, but its still a very, very demanding hole.

As we shared with you before, the tree, damaged during an ice storm this past February, was the nemesis of Dwight D. Eisenhower, who loathed itso much he actually campaigned to have it chopped down in 1956.

Our guess is golfers wont exactly be pining for the tree to be replaced.

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Adam Scott Is Not Mourning the Loss of Augusta Nationals Eisenhower Tree

It wasnt what the early arrivals for the 78th Masters Tournament saw on an overcast Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club that was so jarring to them.

It was what was missing the Eisenhower Tree and the limbs from some other pine trees, not to mention Tiger Woods.

This will be the first Masters without the Eisenhower Tree, and the first one Woods hasnt been a part of since 1994.

Woods, a four-time Masters champion, had played practice rounds on the Sunday before the tournament for years, but he is recuperating from back surgery and withdrew Tuesday.

Hes already listed among the non-competing invitees on the big scoreboard next to the first fairway.

The absences didnt detract from the inaugural Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals. The competition aimed at helping golf attract young people featured 88 boys and girls who competed on the same grounds as Masters participants.

The 65-foot Eisenhower Tree, which was more than 100 years old and 210 yards from the tee on the 17th hole, was lost to a mid-February ice storm. It has not been replaced, and Augusta National Chairman Billy Payne said at the time of its removal that we have begun deliberations of the best way to address the future of the 17th hole and to pay tribute to this iconic symbol of our history rest assured, we will do both appropriately.

Payne will elaborate on the future plans for the 17th in his annual news conference Wednesday, but players have been speculating about the hole for in the weeks leading into the Masters.

Most thought there would be a replacement tree in time for the Masters.

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Terry Ann Gallagher places a photo on the stump of the 330-year-old tree.

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Despite the wind and rain early Saturday, Terry Ann Gallagher went out to the stump of the 330-year-old Garry oak that was cut down last week to pay her respects.

Gallagher tacked to the stump a photograph of the tree she had taken years ago.

Theres a lot of history with that tree, Gallagher said. Ive been on the island for 16 years. This is first time in a long time I wanted to get out and be pissed at someone.

Gallagher said she posted the tree cutting on Facebook and the response of her friends was, What a disgraceful thing to do.

Under the direction of Mayor Scott Dudley, the city cut the Garry oak down early morning Sunday, March 23, without prior public notice.

A lengthy press release from the city was emailed about the felling at the time the cutting got underway.

The Oak Harbor City Council had known about the plan to cut the tree for months, but the subject was discussed in closed-door sessions because, they subsequently maintained, the city was under the threat of possible litigation.

While limbs falling onto the road below posed some safety concerns in the past, the city was not facing any impending lawsuits, according to city officials.

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For years, La Caada has worn the mantle of "Tree City USA," a title bestowed by the national Arbor Day Foundation upon communities that support tree preservation, in part, by maintaining a comprehensive tree ordinance.

The city recently revised its tree ordinance after 12 years to simplify rules protecting certain species and to codify language on preservation, removal and maintenance. At the time, City Council had the opportunity to consider also protecting "heritage trees," or nonprotected species with a diameter of at least 36 inches, but declined.

Now, a month after the revision, some residents living on La Forest Drive are concerned with what they believe is an ordinance that's too permissive and is allowing a local developer to legally remove several 100-foot-tall pines on a neighboring lot.

"The whole thing is going to be clear cut, basically," said neighbor Lorrie Buchanan Alves. "If he wants to take out every piece of vegetation and raze this thing flat, he can."

Alves and neighbor Cameron Crosby, whose lots abut the property in question, have communicated with property owner Seung Choon "Mario" Lim through emails and two neighborhood meetings held by Lim in September and October to discuss renovation plans.

In the first meeting, Lim informed neighbors he wished to expand the 1956 home and remove some of the 23 trees on the overgrown lot.

Crosby said he supported the plan at the time but was angered when he discovered, in a second meeting one month later, Lim planned to remove 20 trees including several tall pines Crosby felt crucial to the character of the street.

"These trees are part of a canopy," Crosby said Tuesday. "This is just about the community's desire to maintain the forest feel we have."

Harriet Harris, an assistant planner who worked on the tree ordinance revision, said any tree that is non-native and therefore unprotected can be removed without a permit, regardless of its age or size.

When the ordinance was being presented for approval, she added, City Council was not in favor of protecting heritage trees.

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