Opening Up the Rough

The Blue Hills Crew took advantage of the weather that we had this past month with the high close to 50 degrees and cut down a few more trees. The trees that were in question were located on hole 11, just past the start of the fairway on the left hand side.  It was a group of pine trees that were posing a problem agronomically as well as for playability purposes. Removing these pines will definitely help with the turf growth in the rough with their absence and the fairway will benefit as well.  Looking at the playability  aspect of this decision, when your golf ball would land near this area the shot would be very difficult to recover from and land back into the fairway. The removing of these trees will at least help your chances of recovering and landing back into the fairway, but the shot still leaves it difficult to go for the green. The next grouping of trees acts as another barrier to keep the hole challenging.