The pine beetles have flown the coop and the withered trees left in their ravenous wake have been put through the chipper.
And when golf season finally arrives with an expected early opening after a mild winter, it will be business as usual at Prince George Golf and Curling Club.
The January clearcut logging project is now complete, and that's opened up new vistas for golfers to enjoy as they line up their shots this season without the worry of one of those 6,000 dead pines suddenly going horizontal on them.
Laurie Pierce admits the pine-beetle disaster that first showed signs of arriving eight years ago has left some positive benefits to the city's longest established 18-hole course as it heads into its 63rd year of operation.
"It definitely looks better," said PGGCC head pro Laurie Pierce. "There are still the same tees and the same greens, so I don't think it will be too bad. In fact, it might even be healthier with all the trees not shading things and taking all the water away from the grass."
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