{"id":540155,"date":"2026-03-14T15:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T15:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/540155\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T15:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T15:05:10","slug":"players-championship-delayed-due-to-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/540155\/","title":{"rendered":"Players Championship Delayed Due To Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

The gates to The Players Championship did not open until 9am ET on Saturday because of “operational considerations,” with details of a fatal shooting emerging in the area.<\/p>\n

First reported by News 4 Jax<\/a>, details of a shooting in a drug store parking lot near TPC Sawgrass were reported by the outlet, with news that two people were shot and killed at a Walgreens about a mile from the famous venue and home to the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n

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The shooting is believed to have taken place at around 10.30 pm on Friday, March 13.<\/p>\n

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According to the news outlet, the suspect, identified by authorities as Christian Barrios, was tracked onto TPC Sawgrass by canine units.<\/p>\n

Barrios is said to have made contact with PGA Tour staff and picked up a radio before fleeing on foot and stealing a car to try to escape police.<\/p>\n

There are reports that the suspect has now been apprehended.<\/p>\n

“We have worked closely with the St. Johns County Sheriff\u2019s Office and appreciate the coordination and partnership from Sheriff Rob Hardwick and his team,” a statement from the Tour read.<\/p>\n

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Hardwick said Barrios had a long criminal history and knew the victims, both of whom were reportedly shot multiple times and taken to the hospital, where they died.<\/p>\n

Saturday’s third-round tee times remained unchanged, and play is now underway.<\/p>\n

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Play commenced as usual on Saturday morning<\/p>\n

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Earlier, a statement from The Players Championship read: “Due to operational considerations, gates for today’s third round will now open at 9am ET.<\/p>\n

“Tee times will remain as previously scheduled, and all on-course hospitality venues will open at 11 am ET.”<\/p>\n

Ludvig Aberg leads the way at golf’s unofficial ‘fifth Major’ going into the weekend, and the Swede tees off alongside two-time Major champion Xander Schauffele<\/a> at 2.35pm ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The gates to The Players Championship did not open until 9am ET on Saturday because of “operational considerations,”…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-540155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}