Burning Tree’s ball marker carries its golf identity in two colors

Burning Tree’s white ball marker, carrying a green tree and red flames, drew fresh attention Monday when Chad Mumm shared a photograph of the club accessory.

“I don’t think Burning Tree gets as much credit for its logo as it deserves,” he wrote on October 12. His accompanying photograph makes the appeal easy to inspect. The image contains no club name, initials or surrounding crest. A compact evergreen overlaps an upward burst of red, translating the name into two recognizable shapes.

The white circle gives both colors room to read, while the tree’s stepped branches remain distinct from the flame tips behind it. At ball-marker scale, there is little room for fine detail. This mark uses its silhouette and color separation to carry the image. The photograph also shows how clearly it stands out against the dark wooden surface beneath it.

Burning Tree Club is a private golf facility in Bethesda, Maryland, according to the PGA of America’s current course listing. That matters when identifying the emblem: clubs elsewhere also use the Burning Tree name, including Burning Tree Country Club in Greenwich, Connecticut. They have separate identities and histories.

Mumm’s appreciation has a precedent in a firsthand course review. Writing for Golfadelphia in March 2021, Chris Mavros also praised the Bethesda club’s logo after visiting its pro shop. His photographs show the same green-tree and red-flame emblem as a freestanding tee marker, establishing its use on the course as well as on the small accessory. The review places the shop beside a course built around rolling, wooded terrain, with selective bunkering and greens that reward attention to the ground’s movement.

Mavros reported that the course opened in 1923 and described Charles Alison’s principal role in its original design. The review is historical context for the club represented by the marker, rather than evidence of a new course project or a newly introduced emblem.

The marker itself remains the focus of Mumm’s post. Readers can examine the original photograph in his embedded post; the club’s golf access is limited to members at the private facility.

Sources

Firsthand Burning Tree course review · PGA of America: Burning Tree Club