Drone images of Augusta National Golf Club have emerged on social media showing some of the damage caused by Hurricane Helene.
Hurricane Helene caused widespread destruction across the Southeastern United States in late September, with Florida, North Carolina and Georgia suffering power outages, massive floods, damage to homes and, sadly, hundreds of deaths.
Augusta in Georgia, where Augusta National – which hosts The Masters every year – is located, was one of the areas hit hard by the tropical cyclone.
Drone photos posted by X user @ed_bodenhamer reportedly taken on 28 September shows a glimpse of the damage to the iconic golf course, including fallen trees on what appears to be the 16th green.
“Hole 16 is wrecked,” said the X account that posted the photos. “The other photos show damage that’s represented pretty much across the entire course.”
Other pictures and videos on social media at the time showed huge damage around the Augusta area, including several trees down on the famous Magnolia Lane and on an overflowing Rae’s Creek, which flows close to the 11th and 12th holes of Augusta National.
Drone footage recently posted by Eureka Earth also shows extensive damage to “the club next door” Augusta Country Club, while many have reported first-hand accounts of the devastation caused to the Augusta area.
Augusta National 9/28/24, the day after Helene. Hole 16 is wrecked. The other photos show damage that’s represented pretty much across the entire course pic.twitter.com/iZ8TnhoU5WOctober 11, 2024
We recently had drone (😬) footage of ACC, ‘the club next door,’ shared with us. We’ll let you draw your own conclusions… pic.twitter.com/EwjcFZyLcAOctober 17, 2024
Earlier this month, Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley said “a lot of damage” was caused to the golf club, but he insisted the 89th edition of The Masters – which is scheduled for April next year – will go ahead as planned.
“As far as the golf course, it really was affected just as the rest of the community was – there was a lot of damage and we have a lot of people working hard to get us back up and running,” Ridley said at the Asia-Pacific Amateur…
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