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Golf Monthly
Golf Monthly
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Jeremy Ellwood

EXPLAINED: Why removing trees on golf courses isn t as simple an issue as gary player would have you believe - The Real Truth

Tree clearing near a tee on a golf course.

A recent story involving Gary Player on the Golf Monthly website caught my attention and raised an eyebrow: “’One of the great tragedies that I have ever seen in golf' - Gary Player's impassioned plea to stop cutting down trees.”

The South African is no stranger to attention-grabbing comments but the following line from that story certainly took things to slightly bizarre extremes: “People on club committees who order trees to be cut down should go to jail for a year. I really believe that.”

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