I played golf on Sunday. Got paired up with a snowbird from Canada. He hit his ball into a soggy, grassy area near a swamp filled with water moccasins, cottonmouths, gators, leeches, etc., and wanted to go look for it. I asked him if I could have his clubs if he didn't make it out alive. I guess he had a change of heart because he played a drop instead.
From what I've heard about the Canadians that migrate to Florida in the winter they have a habit of being real cheap when tipping so not going after the golf ball really surprises me.
More on the same story from local6.com:
Vernon Messier, 57, was wearing a diver's wet suit and standing in waist-deep water on the No. 5 hole of the Timber Greens Golf Course Wednesday morning when the alligator bit his left foot, a Pasco County sheriff's spokesman said.
Messier told deputies he gouged at the alligator's eyes and tried to pry its jaws apart while trying to free himself.
Messier refused medical treatment, and said he would drive himself to a hospital.
He suffered minor injuries to his foot, according to authorities.
Messier said he is an independent contractor who collects golf balls from the course for resale.