The Players Championship is currently underway at TPC Sawgrass, and the event is now approaching its weekend rounds. With Ludvig Aberg leading the tournament with a total score of 12 under par, Round 3 promises to be exciting for the fans. While the game has been great so far, there may be a delay for the fans who are going to watch Round 3 live owing to unfortunate circumstances.
It has been reported that on Friday, March 13, around 10:30 PM, some bullet shots were fired at the Walgreens on Palm Valley Road in Ponte Vedra, and later, it was discovered that two people were shot in a parking lot.
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The news spread like fire, and after some investigation, St. Johns County Sheriff Rob Hardwick confirmed that a 32-year-old man named Christian Barrios is the current suspect in the case. He is already a convicted criminal and is on probation. Police dogs tracked him from the parking lot, and the suspect went towards the PGA Tour property at TPC Sawgrass.
Speculations are that from there, Christian Barrios then stole a BMW to flee the crime scene. According to News4Jax, Sheriff Hardwick has spoken about the suspect and said:
“He is out of prison again on probation, committing another violent felony. Here we are dumping all these resources, and families are gonna mourn two people that were shot and killed in a parking lot of Walgreens over domestic violence situation.”
Following this incident, the Players Championship has delayed fans’ entry to the TPC Sawgrass for Round 3 of the tournament. Flushing It Golf reported on the situation with an X post that revealed,
“The Players Championship has delayed entry for thousands of fans after 2 people were killed nearby in a double shooting last night. The local sheriff tracked the suspect with canine units onto TPC Sawgrass, where is he believed to have made contact with PGA Tour staff before stealing a vehicle and leaving the area.”
According to reports, the fans’ entry in the TPC Sawgrass will begin at 9 a.m. local time.
Will the tee timings for the Round 3 Players Championship also change?
While the Players Championship has delayed fan entries for the golf course, according to reports by Flushing It Golf, the golfers who are competing in the tournament will play their games at their regular times. The tee timings and groups for Round 3 of the event will remain the same, and the game will begin at 8:15 ET.
Talking more about the tee times, here’s a look at them:
- 8:15 AM: Seamus Power
- 8:20 AM: Patrick Cantlay, Michael Brennan
- 8:30 AM: Danny Walker, Kristoffer Reitan
- 8:40 AM: Rico Hoey, Daniel Berger
- 8:50 AM: Zach Bauchou
- 9:00 AM: Stephan Jaeger, Steven Fisk
- 9:10 AM: J.T. Poston, Kevin Roy
- 9:25 AM: Si Woo Kim, Scottie Scheffler
- 9:35 AM: Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Ricky Castillo
- 9:45 AM: Nico Echavarria, Takumi Kanaya
- 9:55 AM: Joe Highsmith, Rory McIlroy
- 10:05 AM: Nicolai Hojgaard, Chris Kirk
- 10:15 AM: Tony Finau, Robert MacIntyre
- 10:25 AM: Max McGreevy, Bud Cauley
- 10:40 AM: Sam Burns, Chris Gotterup
- 10:50 AM: Adam Scott, Nick Taylor
- 11:00 AM: Taylor Pendrith, Sam Stevens
- 11:10 AM: Matti Schmid, Max Homa
- 11:20 AM: J.J. Spaun, Wyndham Clark
- 11:30 AM: Taylor Moore, Keegan Bradley
- 11:45 AM: Akshay Bhatia, Brooks Koepka
- 11:55 AM: Min Woo Lee, Alex Noren
- 12:05 PM: Rickie Fowler, Hideki Matsuyama
- 12:15 PM: Ryan Gerard, Andrew Putnam
- 12:25 PM: Jordan Spieth, William Mouw
- 12:35 PM: Chad Ramey, Sahith Theegala
- 12:50 PM: Justin Rose, Jason Day
- 1:00 PM: Alex Smalley, Ryo Hisatsune
- 1:10 PM: Patrick Rodgers, Keith Mitchell
- 1:20 PM: Russell Henley, Matt Fitzpatrick
- 1:30 PM: Brian Harman, Viktor Hovland
- 1:40 PM: Michael Thorbjornsen, Tommy Fleetwood
- 1:55 PM: Maverick McNealy, Austin Smotherman
- 2:05 PM: Lee Hodges, Jacob Bridgeman
- 2:15 PM: Justin Thomas, Sepp Straka
- 2:25 PM: Cameron Young, Corey Conners
- 2:35 PM: Ludvig Aberg, Xander Schauffele
Edited by Mitali