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.
(Excerpt) Read more at theledger.com ...
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.
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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