A man and his dog were severely injured after being attacked by five unleashed dogs last week in Ponte Vedra Beach, near Turtle Shores, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau will be the in the same place next week, when they head to Augusta National for the Masters.

Players on the PGA Tour board are preparing to meet with the Saudi leader backing LIV Golf.

Scottie Scheffler has become the first player in the 50 years of The Players Championship to win back-to-back.

Players on the PGA Tour board of directors are moving closer to meeting with the Saudi leader behind rival LIV Golf.

A stabbing incident that left four people injured occurred at a Ponte Vedra Beach restaurant Saturday afternoon, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

Jon Rahm is out of The Players Championship.

The TPC Sawgrass is one of the most unpredictable courses in golf.

Toward the end of a news conference in Ponte Vedra Beach on Thursday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis commented on the possibility that state lawmakers could move to repeal the 1967 Reedy Creek Improvement Act over Disney’s stated and financial opposition to the recently signed “Parental Rights in Education” bill.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday will hold a news conference at the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.

The weekend looms at The Players Championship and the first round is still not completed.

Tommy Fleetwood and Tom Hoge share the lead after a long and wet start to The Players Championship.

The governor will speak in Ponte Vedra Beach at 1 p.m.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds another news conference.

It's getting H-O-T in Central Florida.

It matched the most players who have had to withdraw from one tournament because of a positive test since the PGA Tour returned from the COVID-19 pandemic in June. The tour said Scott Piercy and Doc Redman also tested positive. Three players also tested positive before tournaments at the RSM Classic at Sea Island in November, and the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit in early July. The positive tests follow two weeks of the Florida events on the PGA Tour allowing limited fans, with roughly 8,000 in attendance at Bay Hill in Orlando and The Players Championship near Jacksonville. Woodland, who won the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach and has been coping with a torn labrum in his hip, and Redman missed the cut at The Players Championship.

Dustin Johnson watches his tee shot on the ninth hole during the second round of the The Players Championship golf tournament Friday, March 12, 2021, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)One year later didn't make Dustin Johnson change his mind. Johnson said he didn't put forward his name to be among the maximum of four Americans who can play in the Olympics. I actually didn't really ever decide whether I was going to play or not, I just didn't sign up,” Johnson said Saturday. That's 11 days after the British Open at Royal St. George's in England, and a World Golf Championship, which Johnson has won, is the week after the Olympics. “As long as I can compete, I'll be there.”AdEven with Johnson playing, the Americans still have 10 other players among the top 15 with three months — and three majors — remaining before qualifying ends.

Westwood, who turns 48 next month, played well enough to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational last week at Bay Hill except that DeChambeau was one shot better in a fascinating duel of generations on a course that favors power. Ad“I think to compete in any of these tournaments against the best players in the world, you can’t have any weaknesses in your game,” Westwood said. "I wouldn’t be able to say I’m doing this better or that better. His 36-hole total of 154 was his highest ever in his 11 appearance at The Players Championship. AdFour players from the top 10 in the world missed the cut — Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay, Tyrrell Hatton and Webb Simpson, whose hopes ended with one of 13 balls in the water at the island-green 17th.

Garcia thought he had plenty of time to get from the range to the 10th tee to start his round. Then he fired off a 7-under 65, capped off by a birdie-birdie-eagle finish for a two-shot lead over Brian Harman. AdWhen darkness brought the first round to a halt — 21 players didn't finish — there already were 13 scores of 80 or higher. “For some reason, it just kind of fits my eye,” said Garcia, who won The Players in 2008 and has twice been runner-up. British Open champion Shane Lowry took bogey on his final hole for a 68 and was tied with Corey Conners and Matt Fitzpatrick.

Ron DeSantis news conference at the Ponte Vedra Beach Publix on Wednesday morning. BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Several Publix pharmacies in Brevard County will begin administering a COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday. Ron DeSantis made the announcement outside a Publix supermarket in Viera on Tuesday. [TRENDING: Fla. leads nation in cases with new COVID variant | 12-year-old Orlando girl still missing | Biden inauguration will be different]“So, we will have 22 different Publix pharmacies in Brevard County, that will have vaccines for seniors,” the governor said. “We think that this is likely to be very convenient for many of our seniors.”With those Brevard County locations added to the tally, the statewide total of Publix pharmacies administering shots goes to 242.

Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that more Florida Publix pharmacies will soon begin offering the COVID-19 vaccine to residents 65 and older. He said registration will open Wednesday for 56 additional Publix pharmacies in St John’s, Flagler and Volusia Counties. DeSantis said there will be four Publix locations in Flagler County offering the vaccine and 22 in Volusia County. “They’re going to be opening them up to do more in the future.”[RELATED: More Florida Publix pharmacies to begin offering COVID-19 vaccine]He emphasized that the Publix locations are only open to elderly Florida residents and anyone without an appointment will be turned away. A full list of Publix locations offering the shots is available here.

(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)Mike Whan has been commissioner longer than anyone in the 70-year history of the LPGA Tour. Along the way, the LPGA Tour formed alliances with traditional men’s organizations. But that’s going to happen.”Hall of Famer Juli Inkster was on the search committee when the LPGA selected Whan as its eighth commissioner. He’s going to tell you if he can do it or not. He’s going to be tough to replace.”

FILE - PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan reacts to a question during a news conference at The Players Championship golf tournament in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., in this Friday, March 13, 2020, file photo. Monahan says tournaments next year are prepared to break even without the return of fans. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)Amid hopes for the return of fans on the PGA Tour next year, Commissioner Jay Monahan says tournaments are prepared financially to do without and still break even on operating costs. Monahan said it was too early to determine how or when the vaccine would help with the full return of fans. “We still have a lot of interest in bringing a PGA Tour event to San Francisco,” Monahan said.