Two lightning strikes happened at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta at 4:45 p.m. ET, one hitting a maintenance area and another striking a fan zone near the 16th tee box. Debris from that strike injured at least four people.

NBC Sports television cameras captured the moment lightning hit the tree.

NBC just showed a lightning strike out at the #TOURChampionship at East Lake that injured possibly 4. This is a slow motion shot of their coverage. Wow! ? pic.twitter.com/0Z1ARb6a8q

— Craig Lucie (@CraigLucie) August 24, 2019

Ambulance sirens rang out across the property as medical personnel raced to the scene. According to the PGA Tour, “EMT tended to those fans and two others immediately and transported them from the property via ambulance for further medical attention.”

The latest report from tournament officials stated the injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

“We put on the scoreboard the weather was approaching and tell fans to take shelter, but oftentimes they don’t,” said the PGA Tour’s Mark Russell, head of Rules and Competition. “We opened up hospitality areas that are grounded, a lot of other places like that. You’ve got a lot of people, and you have to do that quickly, and sometimes people don’t take shelter.”

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Tyler Dennis, senior vice president & chief of operations, said the tour has “several layers of safety” for these situations.

“We have the plan each week to evacuate everybody inside the ropes, and the tournament also has a comprehensive plan to evacuate everyone outside of the ropes, meaning spectators and other constituents,” Dennis said.

Russell said there were no concerns in moving up the tee times—it was sunny and temperatures in the high 70s Saturday morning—stating they have staff officials, technology, and equipment specifically dedicated to monitoring weather and safety.

Players were taken off the course at 4:17 p.m. after the tournament was suspended for an approaching storm. The tournament has been called for the day; play will resume on Sunday at 8 a.m.

This article will continue to be updated.

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Justin Thomas will begin the final day of play in a similar fashion to how he began the week: with the lead. Only this lead is just one stroke instead of two. Thomas made five straight pars to start his third round, and watched as everyone else around him faltered in the windy conditions. His next shot will be from the middle of the sixth fairway, where his 289-yard drive has left him with just 220 yards into the green on the front nine’s only par 5.

Brooks Koepka, who lead at the end of Friday’s play, bogeyed two of his first three holes to drop to 11 under, one back of Thomas. Koepka will begin play on Sunday in the left rough at the par-5 sixth, with 222 yards left to the green. He’s tied with Rory McIlroy, who bogeyed the first hole and then made four straight pars. After hitting the fairway at No. 6, McIlroy took direct aim at the flag and landed it a few feet from the hole, his ball rolling out to 43 feet. He’ll have an eagle putt to start his Sunday.

Playing alongside McIlroy is Xander Schauffele, who found a fairway bunker with his tee shot at the sixth but then hit a fairway wood that landed on the green and rolled just over the back. As he was preparing to chip his third, play was halted. He’s in solo fourth at 10 under, having played his first five holes in one-over-par.

One of the rounds of the day on Saturday belonged to Chez Reavie, who is three-under through seven holes, nine-under for the tournament.

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