Over the last 30 years or so, the course has undergone a number of significant changes and redesigns. Firstly, when land was taken to build the bypass, and again when the course was increased from 9 holes to 12 and then again to 18. During these changes a large number of trees were removed, particularly in the construction of the current 9th, 16th and 18th fairways. The 9th and 18th now run through what was once a large wooded area.
When these fairways were constructed, a policy was put in place to plant 10 saplings elsewhere on the course for every large tree that was removed, with a view to thinning these once they had become established to ensure the best specimens flourished.
Is it true that Alresford Golf Club have cut down many trees in the past in order to create the tees/greens and fairways?
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