My local course looks like they built it in 2015 (according to this site) and then pretty much forgot about it.
Hole 4 is a double Mando but it now has a limb blocking a large portion of the gap. I frequently go out and see where someone keeps pulling the limb back and tangling it up out of the way (amazingly I never actually see anybody on the course though) and I usually untangle it before I throw.
The other day I was messing around on the other part of this site and figured out that there are pictures from the tee stamped March of 2015 and the limb is not there.
My question is would it be ethical to remove the limb?
One side of me says it would be Okay because it wasn't an obstacle that was intended to be there.
The other side of me says "you should play the course 'as is'".
I'm afraid that next summer the limb would actually be big enough to block the entire gap (it is probably blocking 75-80% now). What are your thoughts on removing the limb? Keep in mind I am wanting to "restore the course to original condition" not "remove the limb to make the hole easier just so it's easier".
Hole 4 is a double Mando but it now has a limb blocking a large portion of the gap. I frequently go out and see where someone keeps pulling the limb back and tangling it up out of the way (amazingly I never actually see anybody on the course though) and I usually untangle it before I throw.
The other day I was messing around on the other part of this site and figured out that there are pictures from the tee stamped March of 2015 and the limb is not there.
My question is would it be ethical to remove the limb?
One side of me says it would be Okay because it wasn't an obstacle that was intended to be there.
The other side of me says "you should play the course 'as is'".
I'm afraid that next summer the limb would actually be big enough to block the entire gap (it is probably blocking 75-80% now). What are your thoughts on removing the limb? Keep in mind I am wanting to "restore the course to original condition" not "remove the limb to make the hole easier just so it's easier".