The odds of being struck by lightning in any one year are 1 in 700,000.
However, multiple people at the PGA Tour Championship outside of Atlanta have now become a statistic. The Associated Press reported that multiple people were struck by lightning near the practice range at East Lake Golf Club at around 5 p.m.
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
NBC’s Mike Tirico made the announcement at about 5:30 p.m. and stated that none of the injuries were life threatening but didn’t have many other details regarding the injuries.
Golf was suspended the rest of the day.
