Falling tree at Masters 2023

The incident occurred in the early morning of April 8, Hanoi time, in which two trees were uprooted, the other tree was broken. The scene squeezed from the back of the 16th green to the front of the 17th hole. Before that, a storm with lightning swept through, causing round 2 to pause twice.

Not long after the fall of the pine tree, the Organizing Committee stopped the second round and evacuated all players and spectators due to bad weather. Then, they announced: "Augusta National has confirmed that there were no casualties in the three pine trees that fell due to the wind. The safety of everyone at the Masters is a top priority. We will closely monitor the field situation to ensure this. there". According to the organizer of the tournament, the second round will be reopened from 19:00 today, April 8 according to Hanoi time.

When the tree fell, competitor Sahith Theegala was on the 15th par5 hole. On ESPN, Theegala said he was climbing uphill on the fairway when he heard a loud noise, thinking the sign was about to fall or collapse.

At the same time, the group of former champions Larry Mize, Min Woo Lee and amateur amateur Harrison Crowe were on the green of hole 16, about 45 meters away.

"We heard a lot of noise and watched from start to finish. My family stood nearby, but escaped. It was scary," Crowe told fellow Australian media. When he stopped, Crowe was at +5, Lee +6, Mize +12.

Both Masters 2023 has seven amateurs, of which 21-year-old Crowe has a place in the tournament thanks to the 2022 Asia-Pacific amateur championship, the rest is the cup holder of the same level tournaments designated by Augusta National in the UK, Latin America and the US. .

Meanwhile, Tiger Woods finished the 11th hole with a score of +2, right at the expected cut line, and defending champion Scottie Scheffler reached -1 after going all the way with 75 strokes. In the opening match, Scheffler was -4, three strokes off the top of the table.