Trees fall as The Masters suspend play due to bad weather

A security guard moves people away from trees that blew over on the 17th hole of the Augusta National Golf Club on Friday. No injuries were reported.

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Brooks Koepka tees off on the 10th hole Friday. He is 12 under par heading into the weekend.

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Jason Day and William Kane, caddie for Gordon Sargent, read the first green on Friday.

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Tiger Woods tees off on the eighth hole Friday.

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Amateur Sam Bennett plays a shot on the second hole Friday. He shot 68s on both Thursday and Friday.

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Jon Rahm plays out from the bunker on the second hole Friday.

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Billy Horschel reacts to a shot on the second hole Friday.

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Viktor Hovland chips onto the 10th green Thursday. The Norwegian shot a 7-under 65 and shared the first-round lead with Koepka and Rahm.

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Patrick Reed’s caddie, Kessler Karain, helps Reed line up a putt on the 13th hole Thursday.

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Woods grimaces on the fourth tee Thursday. The five-time Masters champion said his surgically repaired right leg felt sore Thursday and that the pain is “constant.”

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Phil Mickelson hits a shot on the second hole Thursday.

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Adam Scott plays a bunker shot on the second hole Thursday.

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Pins adorn a spectator’s hat on Thursday.

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Defending Masters champion Scottie Scheffler hits his tee shot on the seventh hole Thursday.

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Sergio Garcia fishes his ball out of the creek on No. 13.

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A worker updates one of the leaderboards Thursday at Augusta National.

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Koepka hits his tee shot on the 14th hole Thursday.

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Hideki Matsuyama, who won the tournament two years ago, looks over a putt on the second hole.

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Rahm and his caddie, Adam Hayes, are seen on the third green Thursday.

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Golf legend Jack Nicklaus hits a ceremonial tee shot before the start of the first round. He was joined by Gary Player and Tom Watson.

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Rory McIlroy signs autographs after competing in the traditional par 3 contest that is held the day before the start of the tournament.

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Min Woo Lee walks to the 15th green during a practice round Wednesday.

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Masters 2023: The best pictures from Augusta

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The second round of The Masters was suspended for the day due to bad weather on Friday as three trees fell near spectators at Augusta National Golf Club, tournament organizers said. No one was injured according to the organizers.

Footage broadcast on Sky Sports showed spectators running as a tall pine tree fell close to the 17th tee, shortly after play had been suspended for the second time during the round at 4:22 p.m. ET.

The broadcasters later showed footage of workers arriving with chainsaws to clear the fallen trees.

A general view of fallen trees on the 17th hole.

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The three trees were blown over due to wind, The Masters said in a statement, adding that play would resume at 8:00 a.m. ET on Saturday.

“The safety and well-being of everyone attending The Masters tournament will always be the top priority of the Club, which will continue to closely monitor weather today and through the Tournament,” the statement read.

Play had been suspended for about 21 minutes from 3:07 p.m. ET before resuming. Several players are yet to finish, including second-placed Jon Rahm. With nine holes left to play, the Spaniard is three shots adrift of Brooks Koepka, who leads at 12-under par.

A security guard moves patrons away from the fallen trees.

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Tiger Woods completed 11 holes of his second round before play was suspended. He will tee off on Saturday at two-over par, the exact cut line projected by The Masters website. The five-time Masters champion has missed the cut just once in his 24 previous appearances at the major, on his second outing in 1996.

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA – APRIL 07: Amateur Sam Bennett of the United States plays his shot from the fourth tee during the second round of the 2023 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 07, 2023 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

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