Moments before the horn blew to suspend play at Augusta National for the second time on Friday, three huge pine trees hit the ground nearly hitting spectators close to the 17th hole.
As pictures and videos of the terrifying moment surfaced on social media, one video showed a smaller tree limb hitting the ground. Then, seconds later, the sounds of limbs cracking led to the entire tree collapsing, sending spectators running for safety.
In a video that was taken right behind 16th hole, it appeared that the tree fell from the left side of the fairway in front of the 17th green and hit very near a few spectators in the sitting area. Moments before the tree fell, the trio—Min Woo Lee, Larry Mize and Harrison Crowe—were on the 16th green preparing to move to No. 17.
