Augusta Nationwide Chairman Fred Ridley is assured The Masters could be held as scheduled in April because the membership directs its consideration and assets to serving to the world recuperate from devastating injury from Hurricane Helene.
Augusta Nationwide and the Group Basis for the Central Savannah River Space introduced a joint donation of about $7.5 million to a fund offering important providers all through the better Augusta space.
Ridley was a number of days late arriving in Japan for the Asia-Pacific Novice. He mentioned the house of the Masters sustained “loads of injury,” similar to the remainder of the Georgia metropolis on the border with South Carolina.
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“We have had actually dozens of individuals working on the membership and what I’ve actually been probably the most happy with is whereas everybody definitely is targeted on getting us again up and operating, our workers have been so targeted on the group at massive,” Ridley mentioned at a information convention to kick off the Asia-Pacific Novice.
Scottie Scheffler received the 2024 version of the Masters. Getty
“So far as the golf course, it actually was affected simply as the remainder of the group was,” he mentioned.
“There was loads of injury. We now have lots of people working onerous to get us again up and operating.
“We do not actually know precisely what that is going to imply however I can inform if you happen to it is humanly potential, we’ll be again in enterprise sooner somewhat than later.”
Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Class 4 system in Florida’s Large Bend area and prompted huge injury because it transfer by means of Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Virginia. The dying toll is now properly north of 200.
Rae’s creek, which flows by means of the southernmost nook of the property, flooded and inundated important sections of the course.
Drone footage exhibits the picturesque Magnolia Lane, the doorway highway as much as the clubhouse, was additionally considerably broken.
The Masters is scheduled for April 10-13. The membership has assets that permit for rebuilding and even creating new buildings briefly time.
It’s closed throughout the summer season and was not scheduled to reopen till mid-October. The membership didn’t say if that had been delayed.
Volunteers working a barbecue within the wake of Hurricane Helene in Augusta. The town hosts the Masters each April. AP
“I am assured … that the Masters might be held, will probably be held on the dates that it is scheduled to be held, and I feel we have now a number of bulletins to make with respect to that undertaking. So keep tuned,” Ridley mentioned.
He additionally mentioned the membership, CSRA and the Medical Faculty of Georgia Basis have made separate contributions to help restoration efforts led by the American Pink Cross.
“We now have been in a position to maintain our workers however we have additionally been targeted on what the Pink Cross and different organisations are doing at Augusta,” Ridley mentioned.
“And our workers have actually been a giant a part of that, which I feel actually speaks for them and the tradition on the membership.”
