Jordan said Burkhart died when she was struck by a tree at a popular swimming hole near the park's Abrams Creek campground.

CNN: Crews search Smoky Mountain wilderness after deadly storm

One morning in September 1940, a boy called Marcel Ravidat was exploring the hills above Montignac when his dog, Robot, uncovered a hole beneath a tree root leading to a cave.

BBC: The perfect trip: Dordogne

At the edge of his tree line is a forbidding 4-foot hole in the ground.

FORBES: Magazine Article

His day could have been much worse except for a tee shot that caromed off a tree and into the fairway on the second hole, and a big hook on the third that hit the tire of a golf cart and stayed in play.

NPR: Leonard In 3-Way Tie For The Lead At Innisbrook

Looking at the torn-up hole in the ground there where the tree had gone over.

NEWYORKER: Good People

Hunter Mahan's tee shot on the 15th hole got stuck high up in a tree, leading to double bogey, but then he rolled in an eagle putt from off the 16th green.

NPR: Stormy Round At Players For Tiger And Sergio

Lee Westwood whiffed a shot on his opening hole then his club nicked a pine tree on his downswing and the club went nearly a foot past the ball, leading to double bogey.

NPR: Stormy Round At Players For Tiger And Sergio

His mental images of the ranch had blurred and faded, leaving only a house with a hole in the middle, an enormous, threatening tree, and a barn flickering with shadows that might have been rats.

NEWYORKER: The Insufferable Gaucho

The Spaniard's tee shot on the 10th hole somehow came to rest about 15 feet up in an oak tree, sitting between two large branches.

NPR: Monday Blues: Bay Hill Pushed Back By Thunderstorm

Two years later, in 2008, then-U.S. captain Paul Azinger was determined to make similar changes, including having a tree limb cut down after one team member found it was disrupting his tee shot on the 16th hole.

WSJ: In Golf Rivalry, Important Equipment Includes a Mower