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This player's twin sister, a physician, set a patron's broken ankle at the Masters

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — As Corey Conners played his way into contention at the 89th Masters Tournament, his twin sister Nicole went to work outside the ropes.

When an elderly patron slipped on some pine straw beneath a TV camera near the sixth green Friday, Nicole quickly came to her aid. Canadian journalist Adam Stanley first tweeted about the incident.

“I looked over and her left foot was basically sideways, clearly fractured or dislocated,” said Nicole while out watching Corey play in the penultimate pairing on Sunday.

“There were some other patrons that were helping her up and as she tried to take some steps, she was unable to, given her foot.