CROMWELL, Conn. — Two people were taken to the hospital Saturday after lightning struck a tree near a home along a golf course that is hosting the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The home is just north of the fifth green at TPC River Highlands, which is hosting the tournament one week after the U.S. Open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cromwell Police started getting 911 calls around 4:30 p.m. about a lightning strike. When first responders arrived, they found a tree that had been hit and three people who were near it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cromwell Fire Department Chief Jason Brade said in a statement that an emergency medical crew treated two people and took them to the hospital for further evaluation. He did not elaborate on their condition. A third person refused treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Weather delayed the third round of the Travelers Championship, where earlier in the day Cameron Young shot a 59<\/a> for the PGA Tour’s first sub-60 round in four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lightning is an ever-present danger on golf courses. In 2019, six people were injured<\/a> when a strike hit a 60-foot (18-meter) pine tree at the Tour Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n