The air horn sounded again at 4:22 p.m. as another set of storms arrived, bringing heavy rains and the threat of lightning.
“I was standing on the right side, which is near 17, right by the back right bunker on 16 lining up my putt,” 1987 champion Larry Mize said. “Then all of a sudden, I heard it, and I looked around, and I saw the trees.
“It is what it is,” said 63-year-old Fred Couples, who was 1 over after his second round and broke Bernhard Langer’s record for the oldest player to make the cut at the Masters. “Am I going to look thrilled to play 18 holes in this this afternoon? No, I’m a wimp. I’m an old wimp. But I’m excited to play.”Article content
Just before the second horn sounded, three enormous pines slowly fell near the 17th tee, sending about 50 people scattering. On the nearby 16th green, Harrison Crowe watched a tree fall and started to backpedal in surprise, while on the 15th green, Garcia stopped and stared at what seemed to be happening in slow motion.
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