Terrifying second on the Masters on Friday … two large pine timber fell close to the seventeenth tee on the famed Augusta Nationwide golf course — almost crushing spectators.
All of it went down simply minutes in the past in the course of the second spherical of the celebrated golf event in Georgia … as Sergio Garcia was stalking a putt on a close-by inexperienced.
nicely THIS was terrifying pic.twitter.com/qfIm2w4zKW
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) April 7, 2023
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You may see in video of the tourney’s broadcast, the timber got here down rapidly … sending followers scurrying away to keep away from being crushed.
Fortunately, based on Masters officers, nobody was injured … a small miracle contemplating the sheer quantity of people that attended the occasion Friday.
Play was suspended as staff used chainsaws to clear the particles from the course. Masters officers later known as off the second spherical, saying golfers might want to end on Saturday morning earlier than starting their rounds.
Brooks Koepka is at present the chief of the event at 12-under.