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Poor moma probably thinks it's one of it's eggs..............

Gator bites golfer, reminds us golf is a dangerous and deadly sport | Devil Ball Golf - Yahoo! Sports

Having grown up in Florida,from the time I was very little,I was taught to stay away from marshy waters because of snakes and gators.Sure sounds like a snow bunny move...............

That seems to be a fairly common thing in parts of Florida. A superintendent that I once worked with was an avid Florida golfer, and brought pictures of one of his vacations where he was making a putt on the green, and there was a gator about ten feet from him; two caddies with sand rakes were between him and the gator. When he retired - to Florida, of course - we bought a cheap but fancy putter and re-shaped the head and made a sectional handle for it so that when it was all put together, he would have a 24 foot long putter. He sent us pictures of him using it - yeah, with a gator on the green with him.

Did you watch the video link on that page with the caddy using a rake to get an alligator to move. Obviously not aware of how fast they can move. Upwards of 30 mph for short distances. When I worked in the Keys, I gave them alot of room, when trying to get around them, sometimes, we turned around and left, better 10 fingers and 10 toes, than proving who's the smarter beast!

I think alligators should be a part of the water hazard on every golf course.
Might make golf a lot more interesting to watch!

Mick

It's the only way to make golf interesting! imho..

For the non-golfers, it's FORE, not FOUR.

It's not Four, it's 'fore - meaning 'Watch out afore' or ahead!



"Fore" is another word for "ahead" (think of a ship's fore and aft). Yelling "fore" is simply a shorter way to yell "watch out ahead" (or "watch out before"). It allows golfers to be forewarned, in other words.

The British Golf Museum cites an 1881 reference to "fore" in a golf book, establishing that the term was already in use at that early date (the USGA suggests the term may have been in use as early as the 1700s). The museum also surmises that the term evolved from "forecaddie."
When chipping onto the green from a water hazard with alligators, one might yell My Fore-arm or my FORE-leg as they lose it!

Originally Posted by lurker mick

I think alligators should be a part of the water hazard on every golf course.
Might make golf a lot more interesting to watch!

Mick

and cobras and cape buffalo and pitbulls

Darn, and I was just about to start a new thread "Fiiiiiiiiive"

On the E.D. ads on TV, they almost always say "see our ad in Golf Digest" Is there a link between E.D. and golf?

Yeah, back when I was 40 and decided to build another circle track car, my wife after hearing of several drivers burned, I think at the time the latest was Tony Walls, tried to get me to take up a safer sport........................ Golf. I never thought of gators, but have heard of a few struck by lightning, balls, and at our local course encounters with rattle snakes. I decided to stay safe, inside my roll cage............................................... But if they'd play like Happy Gilmore I'd take it up.