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Australia’s Jason Day holds 4-year-old son Dash on the 18th green after wrapping up The Players Championship on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach. Day, the world’s No. 1 ranked player, opened the tournament with a course record-tying 63 and never trailed en route to a wire-to-wire victory to finish at 15-under par (273 total). It was Day’s third victory of the 2016 season and seventh in the last 10 months. The 28-year-old claimed the winner’s check of $1.89 million while c

Australia’s Jason Day holds 4-year-old son Dash on the 18th green after wrapping up The Players Championship on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach. Day, the world’s No. 1 ranked player, opened the tournament with a course record-tying 63 and never trailed en route to a wire-to-wire victory to finish at 15-under par (273 total). It was Day’s third victory of the 2016 season and seventh in the last 10 months. The 28-year-old claimed the winner’s check of $1.89 million while c

Day dominates to win The Players

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Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Jason Day’s childhood idol on the golf course was Tiger Woods. Lately, the Austrailian is beginning to dominate the sport as Woods once did. The most recent evidence came May 15 with Day’s Players Championship victory over the deepest field in golf on one its most famed courses.
Will Isom of Atlantic Beach with a nice over-slot red caught off the Mayport Jetties. (photo submitted)

Will Isom of Atlantic Beach with a nice over-slot red caught off the Mayport Jetties. (photo submitted)

Red drum and sharks caught at Mayport Inlet

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Wednesday, May 18, 2016
In the Mayport Inlet, anglers are catching plenty of red drum and sharks. Will Isom, of Atlantic Beach, fished the big jetties recently and brought in several over-slot redfish.   When fishing the big rocks for redfish, look for clean water on the jetty line during the last of an incoming tide.

Sharks collapse in second half, fall to Gladiators

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016
The Jacksonville Sharks held a 19-point lead in the third quarter of May 7's game but failed to score on each of its final three offensive possessions, giving the Cleveland Gladiators an opportunity to mount a comeback.
Fletcher High distance runner Kayley DeLay passes the Senators’ field house as she strides to victory in the 3,200 meters during Fletcher’s lone home track meet in March. DeLay won a gold and a silver medal during the state championship meet at IMG Academy in Bradenton. (photo by Rob DeAngelo)

Fletcher High distance runner Kayley DeLay passes the Senators’ field house as she strides to victory in the 3,200 meters during Fletcher’s lone home track meet in March. DeLay won a gold and a silver medal during the state championship meet at IMG Academy in Bradenton. (photo by Rob DeAngelo)

DeLay wins gold and silver at state track

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Fletcher High’s Kayley DeLay won one race and finished a close second in another during the recent Florida High School Athletics Association state track and field meet at IMG Academy in Bradenton. DeLay, a junior, won the Class 4A girls 3,200-meter race with a time of 10:30.30.

'Let's Go Fishing' takes place Aug. 13-14

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Monday, May 16, 2016
Women are invited to tackle fishing skills and enter a fun fishing tournament at the “Northeast Florida Ladies, Let's Go Fish-ing!” event Aug. 13 and 14.

Armada blanked by Rayo OKC

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Saturday, May 14, 2016
You cannot win if you do not score, and that is increasingly becoming the problem for the Jacksonville Armada.
Steve Nix presents a check to representatives of the Jay Fund.

Steve Nix presents a check to representatives of the Jay Fund.

Players volunteer seeks votes to benefit charity

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Friday, May 13, 2016
Steve Nix of Jacksonville Beach is among the PGA volunteers in the running to present a $10,000 check to the First Tee of North Florida as part of this year's PGA TOUR Volunteer Challenge.

Ripley's Red Train Tours now available in Spanish and French

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Friday, May 13, 2016
Ripley's Red Train Tours in St. Augustine recently announced that its tours are now available in both Spanish and French. Guests on the historic Red Trains tourscan download an app from the Google Play or iTunes stores on their smart phones.

Palooza Pickleball Tournament is May 14

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Thursday, May 12, 2016
About 80 Pickleballers from Duval, Ocala, Clay, St Johns, Putnam and Nassau counties, as well as a contingent from Georgia, are expected to participate in the 3rd Annual Palooza Pickleball Tournament on Saturday, May 14, in Neptune Beach. Visit pickleballbythesea.com for complete tournament details.
A white rhino at White Oaks Plantation. (photo by Jack Varney)

A white rhino at White Oaks Plantation. (photo by Jack Varney)

Visit to White Oak Plantation is fascinating

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Thursday, May 12, 2016
“Come Saturday morning, I’m goin’ away with my friend … .” Remember those lyrics from the  early '70s? They were playing in my head on a recent Saturday as my husband and I left the beach for White Oak Plantation, the famed wildlife conservation center near Yulee.