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Photos: Ice brings down Augusta's famed Eisenhower Tree
Ice is mightier than a president? The so-called “Eisenhower Pine” at Augusta’s fabled Augusta National Golf Course, site of the The Master’s, was a victim of last week’s ice storms. The tree sits along the 17th fairway and has an appetite for flying golf balls. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, an Augusta National member, hit the tree so many times that that he asked Augusta National’s board to cut it down. That was in 1956. In 2014, he finally got his wish. The AJC’s Steve Hummer observes, “Somewhere Dwight Eisenhower is smiling.”
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Mark O'Meara is dwarfed by the Eisenhower tree on the 17th fairway at Augusta National Golf Club on Tuesday, Apil 6, 2010. Also known as the "Eisenhower Pine", is a loblolly pine located on the 17th hole, approximately 210 yards from the Master's tee. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, an Augusta National member, hit the tree so many times that, at a 1956 club meeting, he proposed that it be cut down. Not wanting to offend the President, the club's chairman, Clifford Roberts, immediately adjourned the meeting rather than reject the request Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com
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