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Location: The labeled tee is near the intermediate tee of No. 3. Other examples of the plant are right of the No. 7 fairway near the dogleg and behind No. 18 on the hill overlooking the green.
Tree information: Introduced into cultivation by the botanist David Douglas in 1827. The name also honors his rival botanist Archibald Menzies. This was the dominant lumber tree in the northwest.
Size: In native territory the champion trees exceed 300’ tall and diameters of 10’. Most trees in cultivation are in the 80 to 100’ tall range.
Growth rate: Fast growing to 70 to 100’ tall.
Foliage description: Douglas fir needles are held in two ranks around twigs looking like a v-shaped groove. The Cones hang downward unlike Frazier fir cones that are upright on the branches. It is not a ‘true’ fir tree. The cone has a snake tongue-like forked bract creeping out from under its scales. True fir trees have needles that are upturned and not whorled. The Doug fir has needles with a white line underneath and are not prickly like spruce.
 
USDA hardiness zone: 3 to 6
Provenance: Planted at the time of the construction of the second nine.
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