Play was suspended during the second round of the 87th Masters on Friday after two pine trees fell near the 17th tee at Augusta National.
Host broadcaster ESPN reported that no spectators had been injured after strong winds brought the trees crashing to the ground.
Eyewitness Megan Hill told the Augusta Chronicle: “I was sitting, looking, waiting for the next group to come up to the tee and it fell maybe eight to 10 chairs to our left.
The moment a tree fell on No. 17 at Augusta National. pic.twitter.com/43qilawab4
— Sky Sports Golf (@SkySportsGolf) April 7, 2023
“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.”
Another spectator, Deshey Thomas, added: “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.
“Luckily we got everyone out of there. We were blessed.”
An earlier suspension of play had lasted just 21 minutes. A further 54 minutes of play was possible before it was halted and players and spectators evacuated from the course.
| Pos. | Player | To Par | Thru | Round | R1 | R2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooks Koepka | -12 | F | -5 | 65 | 67 | 132 |
| 2 | Jon Rahm | -9 | 9 | -2 | 65 | - | 65 |
| 3 | Sam Bennett(a) | -8 | F | -4 | 68 | 68 | 136 |
| T4 | Collin Morikawa | -6 | F | -3 | 69 | 69 | 138 |
| T4 | Viktor Hovland | -6 | 10 | +1 | 65 | - | 65 |
| T6 | Jason Day | -5 | F | Par | 67 | 72 | 139 |
| T6 | Sam Burns | -5 | F | -1 | 68 | 71 | 139 |
| T6 | Jordan Spieth | -5 | F | -2 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| T6 | Cameron Young | -5 | 9 | Par | 67 | - | 67 |
| T10 | Gary Woodland | -4 | F | Par | 68 | 72 | 140 |
| T10 | Phil Mickelson | -4 | F | -3 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| T10 | Joaquin Niemann | -4 | F | -3 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| T10 | Justin Rose | -4 | F | -1 | 69 | 71 | 140 |
| T10 | Russell Henley | -4 | 17 | -5 | 73 | - | 73 |
| T10 | Patrick Reed | -4 | 14 | -3 | 71 | - | 71 |
| T10 | Shane Lowry | -4 | 13 | Par | 68 | - | 68 |
| T10 | Adam Scott | -4 | 10 | Par | 68 | - | 68 |
| T18 | K.H. Lee | -3 | F | -5 | 74 | 67 | 141 |
| T18 | Ryan Fox | -3 | F | -1 | 70 | 71 | 141 |
| T18 | Chris Kirk | -3 | 12 | -1 | 70 | - | 70 |
| T18 | Hideki Matsuyama | -3 | 8 | -2 | 71 | - | 71 |
| T22 | Harris English | -2 | F | -1 | 71 | 71 | 142 |
| T22 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | -2 | F | Par | 70 | 72 | 142 |
| T22 | Tom Kim | -2 | F | Par | 70 | 72 | 142 |
| T22 | Sahith Theegala | -2 | 14 | -3 | 73 | - | 73 |
| T22 | Keegan Bradley | -2 | 11 | Par | 70 | - | 70 |
| T22 | Justin Thomas | -2 | 9 | Par | 70 | - | 70 |
| T22 | Cameron Smith | -2 | 8 | Par | 70 | - | 70 |
| T29 | Sepp Straka | -1 | F | +1 | 70 | 73 | 143 |
| T29 | Harold Varner III | -1 | F | -1 | 72 | 71 | 143 |
| T29 | Dustin Johnson | -1 | F | Par | 71 | 72 | 143 |
| T29 | Scottie Scheffler | -1 | F | +3 | 68 | 75 | 143 |
| T29 | Tony Finau | -1 | F | +2 | 69 | 74 | 143 |
| T29 | Tommy Fleetwood | -1 | F | -1 | 72 | 71 | 143 |
| T29 | Abraham Ancer | -1 | 12 | -1 | 72 | - | 72 |
| T29 | Xander Schauffele | -1 | 10 | +3 | 68 | - | 68 |
| T29 | Sungjae Im | -1 | 8 | Par | 71 | - | 71 |
| T38 | Mito Pereira | Par | F | -2 | 74 | 70 | 144 |
| T38 | Tyrrell Hatton | Par | F | +1 | 71 | 73 | 144 |
| T38 | Max Homa | Par | F | +1 | 71 | 73 | 144 |
| T38 | Fred Couples | Par | 17 | +1 | 71 | - | 71 |
| T38 | Mackenzie Hughes | Par | 13 | -4 | 76 | - | 76 |
| T38 | Patrick Cantlay | Par | 10 | +1 | 71 | - | 71 |
| T44 | Taylor Moore | +1 | F | Par | 73 | 72 | 145 |
| T44 | Si Woo Kim | +1 | F | Par | 73 | 72 | 145 |
| T44 | Zach Johnson | +1 | F | -2 | 75 | 70 | 145 |
| T44 | Talor Gooch | +1 | 17 | +1 | 72 | - | 72 |
| T44 | Keith Mitchell | +1 | 14 | -2 | 75 | - | 75 |
| T44 | Seamus Power | +1 | 12 | Par | 73 | - | 73 |
| T50 | J.T. Poston | +2 | F | Par | 74 | 72 | 146 |
| T50 | Tiger Woods | +2 | 11 | Par | 74 | - | 74 |
| Projected Cut | |||||||
| T52 | Charl Schwartzel | +3 | F | +1 | 74 | 73 | 147 |
| T52 | Billy Horschel | +3 | F | +2 | 73 | 74 | 147 |
| T52 | Scott Stallings | +3 | F | +5 | 70 | 77 | 147 |
| T52 | Thomas Pieters | +3 | 13 | +1 | 74 | - | 74 |
| T56 | Bryson DeChambeau | +4 | F | +2 | 74 | 74 | 148 |
| T56 | Francesco Molinari | +4 | F | +4 | 72 | 76 | 148 |
| T56 | Tom Hoge | +4 | F | +2 | 74 | 74 | 148 |
| T56 | Mike Weir | +4 | F | +4 | 72 | 76 | 148 |
| T56 | Kazuki Higa | +4 | 14 | Par | 76 | - | 76 |
| T61 | Ben Carr(a) | +5 | F | +2 | 75 | 74 | 149 |
| T61 | Bernhard Langer | +5 | F | +2 | 75 | 74 | 149 |
| T61 | Rory McIlroy | +5 | F | +5 | 72 | 77 | 149 |
| T61 | Kevin Kisner | +5 | 17 | +5 | 72 | - | 72 |
| T61 | Adrian Meronk | +5 | 17 | +4 | 73 | - | 73 |
| T61 | Harrison Crowe(a) | +5 | 15 | +2 | 75 | - | 75 |
| T61 | Sergio Garcia | +5 | 14 | +3 | 74 | - | 74 |
| T61 | Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira(a) | +5 | 12 | +1 | 76 | - | 76 |
| T61 | Kurt Kitayama | +5 | 10 | +2 | 75 | - | 75 |
| T70 | Cameron Champ | +6 | F | +2 | 76 | 74 | 150 |
| T70 | Danny Willett | +6 | F | +3 | 75 | 75 | 150 |
| T70 | Vijay Singh | +6 | F | +3 | 75 | 75 | 150 |
| T70 | Min Woo Lee | +6 | 15 | +3 | 75 | - | 75 |
| T74 | Aldrich Potgieter(a) | +7 | F | +2 | 77 | 74 | 151 |
| T74 | Brian Harman | +7 | F | +2 | 77 | 74 | 151 |
| T74 | Matthew McClean(a) | +7 | F | +2 | 77 | 74 | 151 |
| T74 | Jason Kokrak | +7 | 17 | +6 | 73 | - | 73 |
| T74 | Louis Oosthuizen | +7 | 17 | +3 | 76 | - | 76 |
| T74 | Bubba Watson | +7 | 12 | +2 | 77 | - | 77 |
| T80 | Corey Conners | +8 | F | +7 | 73 | 79 | 152 |
| T80 | Alex Noren | +8 | 17 | +2 | 78 | - | 78 |
| T80 | Adam Svensson | +8 | 14 | +5 | 75 | - | 75 |
| 83 | Gordon Sargent(a) | +9 | F | +4 | 77 | 76 | 153 |
| 84 | Jose Maria Olazabal | +10 | F | +5 | 77 | 77 | 154 |
| 85 | Larry Mize | +12 | 16 | +5 | 79 | - | 79 |
| 86 | Sandy Lyle | +19 | 17 | +10 | 81 | - | 81 |
| W/D | Kevin Na | - | - | - | - | - | - |
