Fatal Shooting Near Sawgrass Delays Fan Entry

A fatal shooting adjacent TPC Sawgrass meant spectators were delayed entering nan people earlier time 3 of nan Players Championship.

St Johns County Sheriff's Office said 2 group were changeable and killed astatine 22:30 section clip connected Friday, little than a mile from nan people successful Florida.

The suspect, who has been named arsenic Christian Barrios, fled connected to nan people earlier being arrested successful Nassau County astatine astir 08:00 connected Saturday aft a car chase, according to police.

Sheriff Robert Hardwick said Barrios "made contact" pinch labor astatine TPC Sawgrass during his attempted escape.

"He picked up - we judge it was a power that belonged to nan PGA Tour, not 1 of our radios and we cognize he dropped it aft that. Our canines utilized it arsenic a scent erstwhile they came successful there," Hardwick said.

Gates astatine Sawgrass were owed to unfastened for fans astatine 07:30 but introduction was delayed until 09:00, pinch nan PGA citing "operational considerations" arsenic nan logic for their decision.

Third-round play astatine nan PGA Tour's flagship arena began connected time.

Sweden's Ludvig Aberg led nan tourney aft 2 rounds having changeable a nine-under-par 63 connected Friday.