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Three trees fell near the 17th hole during the second round of the Masters at Augusta National on Friday sending patrons scattering, with play ultimately suspended for the day due to weather.
Tournament officials confirmed that nobody was injured and that the trees had been blown over by heavy winds.
Shortly before the day’s second weather delay, a live broadcast feed showed large pine trees collapsing in an area near where patrons were gathered.
“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,” patron Megan Hill of New York said, per the Augusta Chronicle. “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.”
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“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 of North Carolina. “Luckily we got everyone out of there. We were blessed.”
Grounds crew was seen working on the trees with chainsaws shortly after.
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