The Masters Grinds to a Halt After Massive Pine Trees Topple Over and Nearly Crush Spectators

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pic.twitter.com/iwzJahKnQ3Dark skies, swirling winds, rain and lightning started to roll in late Friday afternoon as the later tee times began to finish their rounds.

Play was initially suspended 21 minutes before resuming only to be suspended again about an hour later.Though some wind was gusting, it was never exceptionally strong, which makes it unclear why the trees fell over across the 17th tee box.

It did not appear that any players were on the tee box at the time, though the group of Min Woo Lee, Larry Mize and Harrison Crowe was on the 16th green about to head to No.

17.More wind and rain is expected on Saturday as the weather turns cold and Augusta National attempts to get Round 2 finished with expediency in hopes of having all four rounds completed by the time darkness falls Sunday evening.