Augusta Nationwide assessing injury brought on by Helene

Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership chairman Fred Ridley stated the membership is assessing injury on the iconic course after the world was hit laborious by Hurricane Helene on Friday morning.

In an announcement, Ridley stated the membership was specializing in serving to its workers, neighbors and enterprise house owners in Augusta who had been affected by injury. A minimum of 15 folks had been killed in Georgia, and the storm left greater than 1 million folks with out energy within the state, in response to Gov. Brian Kemp.

“Our Augusta neighborhood has suffered catastrophic and historic influence from Hurricane Helene,” Ridley stated. “We at the moment are assessing the results at Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership.

“Within the meantime, our focus and efforts are foremost with our workers, neighbors and enterprise house owners in Augusta. Our ideas and prayers are with them in addition to everybody all through Georgia and the Southeast who’ve been affected.”

Augusta skilled tropical-storm-force winds Friday morning. Based on the Nationwide Climate Service, a wind gust of 82 mph was noticed at Augusta Regional Airport. First responders reported that timber fell on many homes, automobiles and roads within the space. There was vital injury to neighborhoods close to Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership.

There have been almost 225,000 folks with out energy in Augusta, in response to The Augusta Chronicle.

Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership is scheduled to host the 89th version of the Masters, the primary main championship of the season, April 10-13, 2025.