The forecast looks drier for Sunday, when the field will finish that round before playing the final round.
Heavy rains that left pools of standing water across Augusta National brought play to a halt at the Masters on Saturday, and Brooks Koepka and the rest of the field will have a long Sunday slog to decide who will wear the green jacket.
Many players had returned to the course early to finish second rounds, which when a storm came through the area. It caused three towering pine trees to fall — nobody was hurt — and workers made sure there was little evidence it even happened by the time patrons returned to the course.
The crushed chairs and other debris had been cleaned up, and all that was left were three 10-by-10-foot areas near the 16th green and 17th tee that were roped off. Some wood chips were scattered about where the workers had cut up the pines, and two of the areas were covered with green gravel and another with pine straw.
Sergio Garcia teed off at the 17th as he finished his second round, and the 2017 champion tried to crane his head over the patrons as he walked toward his shot to see where the trees had stood. Several workers around the area were still discussing what happened, and one called it “a miracle” that no one was injured or killed.
“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.
