Ridley is in Japan for the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at the Taiheiyo Club, where the winner will earn an invitation to play in the 2025 Masters and British Open. More: Drone footage shows extensive damage to Augusta National Golf Club’s Magnolia Lane caused by Hurricane Helene

Augusta National Chairman Fred Ridley said Thursday he was confident the Masters would be held as scheduled in April.

Hurricane Helene brought “unprecedented” levels of damage across the state. Roughly 200,000 Georgians are still without power a week after the storm.

Jerry and Marcia Savage's daughter told USA TODAY her late parents hugged so tightly in their Beech Island home, they had to be pulled apart.

John Savage says he checked on his grandparents in their bedroom as Hurricane Helene roared outside This photo provided by Laurel Lindsay shows Marcia and Jerry Savage, who were killed by a tree that fell and crushed their bedroom during Hurricane Helene.

I was just going through sheer panic at that point.” Astonishingly, the elderly couple was found hugging one another in the bed. To John Savage and his family, it was God’s elaborate plan to take them together,