Lightning halts play at Hazeltine National

On the course where a golf fan was killed by lightning during the 1991 United States Open, play was suspended after less than 90 minutes of the USPGA championship.

Lightning halts play at Hazeltine National
Thu, 15 Aug, 2002 - 17:26

On the course where a golf fan was killed by lightning during the 1991 United States Open, play was suspended after less than 90 minutes of the USPGA championship.

Tiger Woods and Ernie Els had just hit one shot each when the sirens sounded at Hazeltine National, the scene of Tony Jacklin's 1970 US Open victory.

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