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		</div><p>Six people were injured when lightning struck a 60-foot pine tree at a US golf event, showering the area with debris, Atlanta police said.</p>
<p>The third round of the season-ending PGA Tour event had been suspended for about 30 minutes because of storms in the area, and fans were instructed to seek shelter.</p>
<p>The strike hit the top of the tree just off the 16th tee and shattered the bark all the way to the bottom.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">NBC just showed a lightning strike out at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TOURChampionship?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TOURChampionship</a> at East Lake that injured possibly 4. This is a slow motion shot of their coverage. Wow! ð <a href="https://t.co/0Z1ARb6a8q">pic.twitter.com/0Z1ARb6a8q</a></p>
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<p>Brad Uhl, from Atlanta, was among those crammed under a hospital tent to the right of the 16th hole that was open to the public.</p>
<p><em>“There was just a big explosion and then an aftershock so strong you could feel the wind from it,”</em> Mr Ulh said after the last of the ambulances pulled out of the golf course.</p>
<p><em>“It was just a flash out of the corner of the eye. It was raining and everyone was huddled near the tree.”</em></p>
<p>Mr Uhl said the people on the ground were moving around before the ambulances arrived.</p>
<p>Atlanta Police spokesman James H White III said five men and one female juvenile had sought shelter beneath a tree. Lightning struck the tree and all six were injured.</p>
<p>He said they were taken to hospitals for further treatment, all of them alert, conscious and breathing.</p>
<p>Ambulances streamed into the private club about six miles east of Atlanta, where 30 players are competing for the FedEx Cup.</p>
<p>The players already had been taken into the clubhouse before lightning hit, and before long East Lake was hit with a ground-shaking clap of thunder.</p>
<p>The PGA Tour cancelled the rest of golf on Saturday, with the round to resume at 8am on Sunday, followed by the final round.</p>
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