Augusta Nationwide chairman Fred Ridley says the house of The Masters suffered in depth harm from final week’s Hurricane Helene however vows the event will probably be performed subsequent April as deliberate.
Ridley mentioned Augusta Nationwide suffered “numerous harm” from the storm, knocking out electrical energy and water on the famed course.
“There was numerous harm and now we have lots of people working exhausting to get us again up and operating. 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 operating, 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 if you happen to it’s humanly attainable, we’ll be again in enterprise sooner slightly 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 influence,” Ridley mentioned. “Our staff, neighbours, associates and enterprise homeowners want and deserve speedy and significant help to beat the hardships being skilled at this second all through Augusta.”
Ridley mentioned that The Masters would start April 10 as scheduled.
“The 2025 Masters will probably be held,” he mentioned. “Will probably be on the dates it’s scheduled to be held.”
