Workers remove the ``Hinkle Tree'' at the Inverness Club. The tree was hastily planted during the 1979 U.S. Open. the <PERSON>, left, and <PERSON>, right, remove the Hinkle Tree on the golf course at the Inverness Club Friday, March 6, 2020 in Toledo. The Black Hills spruce known as ``The Hinkle Tree'' was uprooted by a gust of wind this week. The tree dated to the 79th Open, when a journeyman pro named <PERSON> came up with a way to outsmart the course during the first round. ( <PERSON>/The Blade via AP) Photo: <PERSON> / Associated Press