Nobody was hurt by the fallen pines, though they crushed several chairs where patrons had been sitting
. Three separate 10-by-10 foot areas near the 16th green and 17th tee were roped off Saturday with some wood chips left from where workers had quickly cut them up. Two of the areas were covered with green gravel and another with pine straw.
“I’m thinking, ‘Oh, my gosh, people, get out of there,’” Mize said. “Thank goodness no one was hurt.” The course was cleared once for 21 minutes by an early band of storms Friday. The air horns sounded again at 4:22 p.m. as another set of storms arrived, forcing the evacuation of patrons and sending players and officials searching for cover.Just before the second horn sounded, the three enormous pines slowly fell near the 17th tee, sending about 50 people below them scattering.
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