The Big Oak has long been one of the most famous trees in golf. There’s the Old Macdonald ghost tree at Bandon Dunes, the Cypress on the 18th at Pebble Beach and that cluster of Cypress trees on ...

Corey Nakatani, who won the jockey title at last year's Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita, got off to a good start Wednesday by riding Dancing Edie to victory in the Grade III $114,900 Sen.

The live oak is roughly 150 steps up the hill from the main scoreboard, just off the first fairway. “Before I came here the first time, I had heard all about this landmark tree,” said Mark O ...