A SPOKESMAN for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said trappers captured the alligator that attacked Albert Miller. The alligator weighed about 190 pounds. (PROVIDED TO THE LEDGER)
Posted on 05/01/2012 7:48:49 PM PDT by rawhide
LAKE WALES | "You'll never get me to look at a gator, touch a gator or eat a gator," Albert Miller said.
He's seen enough of alligators for a while.
Miller, 75, is at home recovering from being bitten and dragged by a 9-foot alligator while he was playing golf last Wednesday.
Miller was playing a four-ball tournament with his friend, 66-year-old Ted Price last Wednesday at Lake Ashton Golf and Country Club.
Price said his ball landed closest to the 15th hole, but Miller had hooked his into the water that borders the green.
The golf course uses the pond for irrigation water, Price said, so the water is clear, not muddy.
No one saw an alligator, Price said, but in retrospect believes they should have been more cautious because of that.
Miller went over to the edge of the water with a ball retriever tool, and found two balls that weren't his, so he turned to leave.
That's when the alligator launched at him from under the water and got him by his left knee.
"He lifted me up three feet and slammed me down," Miller said.
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A SPOKESMAN for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said trappers captured the alligator that attacked Albert Miller. The alligator weighed about 190 pounds. (PROVIDED TO THE LEDGER)
/johnny
That’s one tough water hazard.
ping
One doesn’t have to out-run a gator, one simply has to outrun his golf partner.
Someone’s getting a new alligator golf bag.
that will make you work on your slice
that will make you work on your slice
that will make you work on your slice
that will make you work on your slice
Probably cost him a couple of strokes.
I'm not a golfer. But I wouldn't approach a body of water in Florida without a firearm in my hand.
/johnny
It would be nice of the Lake Ashton Golf and Country Club if they’d extend an invitation to POTUS to play their course.
/johnny
ROTFLOL! T’would be nice, indeed! LOL!
His ‘miracle of the month”? Would think this his miracle of a lifetime. Good e-mail reminder for any/all, golfers in Florida.
We used to play on a course in Lake Charles, Louisiana that had quite a bit of rough around one side of one of the greens. Locals knew if they hit their ball in that rough to just leave it for the snakes - male newbie golfers not from the area often did not believe the stories and often found out the hard way.
I will never understand why anyone would go anywhere near fresh water in Florida.
There are only 34 Rules Of Golf.
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Thanks for the belly laugh. That reminds me of the old LBJ joke about trolling for alligators. Can the One water ski?
Yep, the gator tried to eat him. He could only return the courtesy.
Were gators shot sufficiently, their numbers would be reduced and gators would know their place on the food chain - into the fryer and onto the plate.
I’d have my freezer stuffed with gator, a new golf bag and everyone on my Christmas list would be getting a new boots.
WHOA....reminds me of the time my husband was playing in S. Carolina...and I walked along....saw a gator at the top of a knoll on the side of one of the holes....never took my eyes off of him...until we were way far away...
This a croc. Not buying it.
"Hmmmm...golfers as bait?
I neva taught uh dat."
Apparently not enough
That reminds me of the golf scene on Caddy Shack where the lawyer is dressed as a hockey goal keeper, definitely puts a new spin on bad shots...miss it the gator gets you..LOL!!!
Its ok Florida is drying up anyway...
they are searching for “square grouper”..LOL!!!
Seriously,with a good sized pond, like this water hazard, the rule of thumb is stay TWICE as far from the water's edge as the lenght of the biggest gator..i.e. 20ft..
The first time I played at Limuru in Kenya, I had been all over the place on the first four holes. Then we get to Five, and it is a long downhill to a large green with trees on the left and a pond on the right.
I ask my caddy, Godfreid, for the driver, thinking that I can run it down the hill close to the green. He hands me my five iron instead, and tells me to lay up. It all looks wide open to me, a perfect set up. So he points to the woods and says “Mamba”, and points to the pond and says “Crocs”.
I hit the five iron...
Ha! Thanks.
Why oh why couldn’t this have been datelined Thibodaux, Louisiana?
[cue Jerry Reed]
To: Uncle Slayton
“I’m not a golfer. But I wouldn’t approach a body of water in Florida without a firearm in my hand”.
I for one wouldn’t approach FLORIDA without a firearm on my side. too many of Holder’s people cruisng about looking for someone to rob, rape, car jack, or what ever...Take your pick.
I was securing the aft of my little boat to the trailer after pulling it out of an oxbow pond we have on the property. Standing at the edge with my back to the water. I soon, very soon, realized what a dumbbutt move that was and pulled the 4-wheeler further up and kept my sight toward the water. Still gives me the willies when I think about how stupid I was.
During a scheduled Wednesday golf event as part of our company annual meeting, our president and one of our managers were playing in a foursome that had two par fours, back-to-back, intersected bay a canal.
On the way back on the second par four, their drives came up just short of the canal, and when they arrived at their balls, there was a fairly good-size alligator warming himself in the fairway.
The manager’s ball was first, so he got out (quite leery I might add...) and was told by the president not to worry. He’d shout if the alligator moved.
The manager addressed the ball and began his back swing. Just as he reached the top of his arc, the president yelled “WOW! I didn’t know they could run that fast!” The manager jumped and almost threw his club. Turning around, he saw the alligator still sunning himself about 15 yards behind him.
True story.
The lake in my back yard is down from no rain, Gators are peering at me when i go fishing, I carry a 357 with me...oh yea they are there..
Yeah, but did he finish the round?
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