Frazier, who was on a motorcycle, died when a tree limb fell and struck him on the head, Jordan said.

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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.

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The wounded limb has now been amputated and Mr Kossoff is no longer painting the tree.

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