Augusta Nationwide chairman Fred Ridley says the house of The Masters suffered intensive harm from final week’s Hurricane Helene however vows the match shall be performed subsequent April as deliberate.
Ridley stated Augusta Nationwide suffered “plenty of harm” from the storm, knocking out electrical energy and water on the famed course.
“There was plenty of harm and we have now lots of people working onerous to get us again up and working. We’ve had dozens of individuals working on the membership, and what I actually have been most happy with is whereas everybody actually is targeted on getting us again up and working, our staff have been so targeted on the group at giant.
“We don’t actually know precisely what that’s going to imply so far as the golf course is anxious, however I can inform in the event you it’s humanly attainable, we’ll be again in enterprise sooner quite than later.”
Ridley additionally introduced that the membership had donated $5 million to a fund supporting native restoration efforts from the storm, which battered the southeastern United States final week.
“I used to be in Augusta within the days instantly after the storm and have seen firsthand its devastating affect,” Ridley stated. “Our staff, neighbours, mates and enterprise house owners want and deserve fast and significant help to beat the hardships being skilled at this second all through Augusta.”
Ridley stated that The Masters would start April 10 as scheduled.
“The 2025 Masters shall be held,” he stated. “Will probably be on the dates it’s scheduled to be held.”
