Masters golf tournament interrupted after storm knocks trees onto course – National | 24CA News

Two towering pine timber fell close to patrons as storms rolled by means of Augusta National on Friday, and one other tree fell elsewhere on the property, although no one was injured because the second spherical of the Masters floor to a halt.

The storms had been anticipated all through the day, and match officers moved all beginning occasions up half-hour within the hopes of getting the second spherical in as scheduled.

The morning dawned scorching and humid, with loads of solar, however it gave option to ominous clouds churning by means of from the east shortly after the lunch hour.

The course had already been cleared as soon as for 21 minutes when the primary band of storms handed by means of the world.

The air horn sounded once more at 4:22 p.m. as one other set of storms arrived, bringing heavy rains and the specter of lightning.

About the time the horns sounded, two monumental pines fell close to the seventeenth tee field, sending the patrons within the space scattering for canopy.

On the close by sixteenth inexperienced, Sergio Garcia stopped and stared at what appeared to be occurring in gradual movement, and enjoying companions Kazuki Higa and Keith Mitchell watched anxiously to see if anybody was damage.

Workers rapidly arrived with chainsaws to start clearing the fallen timber.

Brooks Koepka was the chief at 12 underneath when play stopped, benefiting from fortuitous tee occasions that left him within the clubhouse lengthy earlier than the storms arrived. Jon Rahm was three photographs again in second however had 9 holes nonetheless to play.

Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., was 4 underneath by means of 13 holes to have him at even par general. He is the lone Canadian above the projected minimize line.

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