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Golfers often stop to take pictures in front of the tableau. вЂњI always know when the telecast is on because all of a sudden вЂ¦ IвЂ™ll start getting texts from Boston and Florida and Colorado, different friends that, say, вЂHey, they just mentioned your name on TV,вЂ™вЂќ Abbott chuckled. The вЂWвЂ™ is also featured in logos on merchandise and has won national landscape awards. The scene will be shown repeatedly this week on Golf Channel telecasts. The вЂWвЂ™ trees have taken on a life of their own in the years since.

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вЂњI was thrilled and excited and it was even better than the movie because it was the real thing. вЂњIt just was symmetrically perfect,вЂќ he recalled. Now even the people without imaginations could see AbbottвЂ™s vision. Nine months later the trees used for stabilization were removed.

So we were able (to give feedback) with the walkie talkie and they had some big cranes and we said, you know, go up another foot, go up another foot on this side.вЂќ вЂњIt's straight or is one too far - like putting a painting on a wall.

вЂњI'm not an artist, but your eye, you can kind of see if it looks right,вЂќ Abbott said. He and Nakama used walkie-talkies that day to help the crane operators position the trees. Two of the existing trees were left for stabilization while four new palms were brought in and planted sideways around them to form the letter. вЂњI may have had the idea and the kind of vision, but he had to physically make the trees in the shape of a вЂWвЂ™ and do it correctly.вЂќ

вЂњI really give a lot of credit to the arborist, Steve Nimz, actually,вЂќ Abbot said. And with several hundred coconut trees lining the fairways at Waialae, no one had to look far to find four that could be added to the вЂWвЂ™ project. вЂњBut there are one or two, they'll still kind of look sideways at me, but that's the way it goes.вЂќДЄs it turned out, the entire project only cost about $3,500 - and the money came from a gift already earmarked for a project on the course. вЂњNow 99.9 percent of them have come around and said what a great, great thing it is and how much they enjoy it. вЂњQuite a few people were supportive, but there were some, especially the old-timers, who felt this is not appropriate for their golf course,вЂќ Abbott recalled. So Abbott made a video that included scenes from the iconic movie - particularly the spot where the money was unearthed - and made presentations to the clubвЂ™s greens committee, the executive committee and the board of directors. So was course superintendent Dave Nakama. Actually, you know, they're kind of ugly after a while.ДЄ little more than a decade ago, Abbott began lobbying to alter the landscape. вЂњBut after 20 years they grow very, very tall and don't provide any shade. вЂњCoconut trees in Hawaii are wonderful and great and they add to landscaping and the shade,вЂќ Abbott said. With a little imagination, he thought, those trees could be formed into a вЂњbig dubyaвЂќ like the one in the movie where the money was buried. Small wonder, then, that Abbott picked up on something else when he would play golf at Waialae Country Club.Д«ehind the seventh green as members like Abbott play the classic Seth Raynor design - or the 16th as the pros see the course during this weekвЂ™s Sony Open in Hawaii - were four very tall coconut trees. I can pretty much watch any portion of the movie and pick right up on what's going on.вЂќ вЂњI have the DVD now so we'll put it on and watch it. вЂњIt was just a very funny, hilarious, interesting, captivating movie,вЂќ Abbott recalled. Shoot, the Three Stooges even made an appearance. The 1963 film, centered around a wacky race to find $350,000 in stolen cash, starred Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Sid Caesar, Jonathan Winters and Milton Berle, among others in an A-list ensemble cast. Ethan Abbott was 9 or 10 years old when he first saw the movie, вЂњItвЂ™s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.вЂќ

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