Vandal fällde hundraårigt träd på golfbana i Minnesota

En vandal fällde en nästan 100 år gammal douglasgran på Cokato Town & Country Club under torsdagens tidiga morgontimmar. Den blygsamma niohålsbanan i Cokato, Minnesota, utlovar en belöning på 2 000 dollar för information om händelsen. Spelet fortsatte som vanligt då trädet föll bort från fairway.

Det 21 meter höga trädet stod i en kurva vid det sjunde hålet, ett par 4-hål med en dogleg till höger som utmanat spelare ända sedan banan byggdes om i slutet av 1950-talet. Cokato öppnade 1929 och granen hade vuxit till ett strategiskt hinder som vissa golfare regelbundet slog bollen i. Styrelseledamoten Adam Tabberson säger att klubben tror att gärningspersonen kan ha spelat där tidigare och valt ut barrträdet av frustration. "Beroende på hur du spelar kan det definitivt vara ett problem", säger Tabberson. "Du hade goda chanser att träffa det om du sliceade."

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