<blockquote>It received its name because former U.S. president and club member Dwight Eisenhower hit into the tree so often he campaigned to have it removed.</blockquote>
via <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-golf-masters-tree-20140216,0,4369148.story">Eisenhower Tree victim of winter storm - chicagotribune.com</a>.