The strong wind caused the fall of several trees in Augusta, Georgia without anyone being hurt, and forced to interrupt for the second time in a few hours the Golf masters, first ‘big’ it’s from the season.

The fall of trees, at least three, occurred in the area of ​​hole 17 due to a storm of rain and wind. No fans or players were injured, according to US media reports. After a morning with good weather conditions, the wind intensity It increased in the local afternoon and made it necessary to interrupt the competition for twenty minutes after 2:00 p.m. local time, and again after 4:00 p.m. local time.

Brooks Koepka was the only one of the three leaders on Thursday who was able to complete his run, while Spaniard Jon Rahm and the Norwegian Viktor Hovland had to stop. Rahm had a cumulative -9 on the ninth hole, three behind Koepka, while Hovland left his round on the tenth hole, with a total of -6.

One of the best of the day was the amateur Sam Bennett, who currently occupies second place with an accumulated eight under par. Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy had a very difficult day and his accumulated five over par will prevent him from making the cut. The defending champion and world number one Scottie Scheffler also suffered, who after Thursday’s -4 handed out a card 75 hits, three over par.