RIP: Morley Shoe Tree

Posted on | January 24, 2008 | No Comments

Tuesday, I ran out to Morley Field in attempt to beat the sun and get in at least 9 holes. Arriving at the second hole, there was an old friend that was now missing. In its place was this large cement slab with a single shoe on it, honoring the fallen shoe tree.

Probably one of San Diego’s oddest landmarks and tourist attractions, the shoe tree had died years ago. Disc golfers protested its removal and would add new ‘foliage’, tying the strings of their shoes together, and launching them up into the branches. Some say the looser would add his shoes, while others say it was to honor a hole in one.

With the recent rains and high winds, the tree finally gave in and fell, late night on January 8th. According to the UT, it took 2 tractors 4 trips to dispose of all the shoes.

Fair well to shoe tree on #2. We still got shoe tree on #11, and the neighboring trees on #2 now sport some new sneaks.