A shooting incident at Walgreens, located about a mile from the TPC Sawgrass, forced the Players Championship to delay its opening games on Friday, 13 March, for precautionary reasons. This was after a male suspect, later identified as a 32-year-old Christian Joseph Barrios, found his way to the golf course and carjacked a getaway vehicle.
Barrios reportedly shot two people multiple times at the parking lot of Walgreens before briefly staying at the PGA Tour property according to the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office. The male suspect would end up leaving the golf course after carjacking a black BMW.
