Golf at the Oak Hills Golf Club, Columbia, South Carolina

One of the reasons golf is fun is that people get to meet local people when they travel playing a game that they all enjoy.

Too many times we stop in a town, spend the night at a hotel, then move on. Golf allows people to relax and take the time to enjoy the local culture.

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If I didn't go golfing at Oak Hills Golf Club in Columbia, South Carolina, I would not have seen the flower on this tree.  How did I identify it? I did a search for South Carolina flowering trees, turned up many items but not this flower. Then I looked in Roger Tory Peterson's Guide to Eastern Forests. I found an entry that looked like this, maybe, listed as a tulip tree.

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The answer? Liriodendron tulipfera or the Tulip Tree.
Source? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liriodendron_tulipifera