Tree falls during 2023 Masters near Augusta National hole No. 17
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Play was suspended a second time Friday during the second round of the 2023 Masters Tournament after two pine trees fell near the 17th hole at Augusta National Golf Club.
It appeared based on television coverage video that at least one tree fell near multiple patrons.
“I was sitting, looking, waiting for the next group to come up to the tee and it fell maybe 8-10 chairs to our left,” said patron Megan Hill, of Manhattan, New York. “I stood up and screamed and thought, ‘Is it going to fall on me? It fell to the left of us and it was so scary.
“If the wind had been blowing a slightly different direction, we might have got hit.”
Hill claimed that no patrons were hurt.
“Pinecones were hitting us in the back, we turned around and looked up and heard a huge cracking noise and the tree basically crushed 10 chairs that were sitting there,” said Deshey Thomas, from Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. “Luckily we got everyone out of there. We were blessed.”
Multiple patrons on site confirmed that no one was injured.
“It fell on my chair,” said Sylvia Martin, who was attending with Jodi Streff, both of Frisco, Texas. “We were sitting under the umbrella becuase of the pinecones. We were kinda laughing and joking it was raining pinecones and pine needles.
“All of a sudden, the people behind us were paying attention,” Martin continued. She later added, “We heard cracking. Everyone started running. so we were trying to get over the rope (into the fairway). We had nowhere to go because people were behind us.”
An announcement from the clubhouse shortly after horns sounded to stop play said: “There are thunderstorms approaching the area with heavy winds and lightning. Play has been suspended.”
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