VILANO BEACH, Fla. -- A Vilano Beach family says they always had at least a little glimmer of hope after their dog disappeared the day before Thanksgiving.

Celeste and Tom Grable say their golden retriever Dillon managed to get out of their yard with their other dog Buddy.

Buddy came back to the house, but Dillon didn't.

After canvassing St. Johns County with posters, even buying a pet Amber Alert, they got awful news ten days later.

"A woman called who saw a poster and said she saw Dillon hit by a truck," Celeste remembered. 

The Grable's assumed the worst, and started taking down all the posters.

But not before reaching out one last time to the community newspaper, "The North Shore News."

"I called the paper and told them about it and the reporter asked if she could write a tribute to Dillon," she said.

The story ran and was seen by a family visiting from Virginia. 

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- It's a sign of their times, whether really good or, less than. In pro golf, your status follows you constantly.
     
Maybe it lessens the blow of a bad score knowing these standard bearers are all really nice local kids.

Perhaps the nicest is Matt Smith. In a sea of green, his is the gold standard.

"The perks of being standard bearer of the year is I get the gold standard, stands out a little more," he said.

He's volunteered for this job five years now.

"It's really competitive to get in. You volunteer on the stroke of midnight on New Years Day and get in line."

But once you're in, you're in.

And his Ponte Vedra High School GPA, community service and job well done earned him the top spot this year.

PONTE VEDRA, Fla. -- Matt Kelly works as the caddy for PGA TOUR pro Marc Leishman. 

The Australian duo's star rose during their run at The Masters this year. 

Leishman finished in a tie for fourth place, but was in the group with eventual winner and fellow Australian Adam Scott.

"If it couldn't be my guy, it was cool to see another Australian win," Kelly said during an interview from TPC Sawgrass.

"There's been a lot of replays [of Adam Scott's win] and it's cool to see yourself in the background there," he said.

The background is generally where caddies find themselves in the course of a tournament. 

That's not a low blow, or a jab -- just the nature of their business. 

But Kelly said he's fine with that. It's a career path that introduced him to his girlfriend. They met at The Players. 

He even decided to move to Jacksonville Beach full-time from Australia to be closer to her.