Author Topic: Golfer loses arm during a game (Read 5609 times)

Chrissy · « **on:** October 10, 2009, 11:17:08 AM »

Jeez, I didn't know they had alligators on golf courses??!

http://golf.fanhouse.com/2009/10/09/south-carolina-golfer-meets-alligator-becomes-real-life-chubbs/?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl1|link5|http%3A%2F%2Fgolf.fanhouse.com%2F2009%2F10%2F09%2Fsouth-carolina-golfer-meets-alligator-becomes-real-life-chubbs%2F#

Why would they have them there in the first place? Can't the golf courses get rid of them?

Regolith · « **Reply #1 on:** October 10, 2009, 11:21:28 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxLsGDcI8xM&feature=related

Matthew Carberry · « **Reply #2 on:** October 10, 2009, 05:34:16 PM »

Golf courses are like parks, wildlife just moves in. If you have waterholes in Florida of any size, you're gonna have gators. Especially if you design the course to use existing natural features.

Fish and wildlife rules apply, you can't hunt or harass wildlife except under limited circumstances, even in golf courses and parks.

Waitone · « **Reply #3 on:** October 10, 2009, 07:15:59 PM »

SC coast is a golfer heaven. The place is infested with alligators. A year or so ago a golfer on Hilton Head was packin' a .357 which he needed to deal with a gator. They're an annoyance to golfers and really rough on dogs and cats.

Harold Tuttle · « **Reply #4 on:** October 10, 2009, 07:45:16 PM »

fore! Arm!

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #5 on:** October 10, 2009, 10:50:27 PM »

^^^
That's gonna leave a mark.

roo_ster · « **Reply #6 on:** October 10, 2009, 11:20:50 PM »

Quote from: carebear on October 10, 2009, 05:34:16 PM

Golf courses are like parks, wildlife just moves in. If you have waterholes in Florida of any size, you're gonna have gators. Especially if you design the course to use existing natural features.

This ^^^.

Assume they are in every body of fresh water in FL.

In parks, there will be warnings. Makes an outing in the park with a toddler a bit stressful.

Gowen · « **Reply #7 on:** October 11, 2009, 12:32:53 AM »

He should have sent the caddy.

Chrissy · « **Reply #8 on:** October 11, 2009, 08:37:24 PM »

I'm not a golfer, so I had no idea. Wow, more of a dangerous sport than I thought! He should have hit the thing with his club

Boomhauer · « **Reply #9 on:** October 11, 2009, 08:42:10 PM »

Chrissy, you should have seen the moaning and teeth gnashing that went on when somebody dumped a few gators in our pond at work...

South Carolina DNR (state wildlife agency) will remove them, but not if they are under 6 feet. So we payed several thousand dollars to a professional trapper to remove them (I offered to take care of them for free). Beaufort, SC has a good many gators in the area, so seeking out a water hazard is not suprising to me at all.

Chrissy · « **Reply #10 on:** October 11, 2009, 08:44:15 PM »

This is all new to me. I live in New York. We have to watch out for Taxi Cabs, not gators, lol.

Boomhauer · « **Reply #11 on:** October 11, 2009, 08:49:38 PM »

Quote from: Chrissy on October 11, 2009, 08:44:15 PM

This is all new to me. I live in New York. We have to watch out for Taxi Cabs, not gators, lol.

Taxicabs and really crowded cities scare me more than gators...I grew up in the woods and on the water in SC...including running a shallow draft boat up the inlets and such at night flounder gigging, right in the gator infested areas. Breaking down out there is real fun.

Chrissy · « **Reply #12 on:** October 11, 2009, 08:52:03 PM »

eh, taxi cabs aren't that scary. Give them a good tip and just close your eyes for the ride, lol!

Devonai · « **Reply #13 on:** October 11, 2009, 10:38:04 PM »

Remind me not to play golf without traveling overwatch.

red headed stranger · « **Reply #14 on:** October 12, 2009, 02:41:03 AM »

Sounds like a good reason to throw a little H&R single-shot shotgun into the golf bag. :-)

Tallpine · « **Reply #15 on:** October 12, 2009, 11:45:55 AM »

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Why would they have them there in the first place?

To eat the gophers ...?

erictank · « **Reply #16 on:** October 12, 2009, 01:01:31 PM »

Quote from: Chrissy on October 10, 2009, 11:17:08 AM

Jeez, I didn't know they had alligators on golf courses??!

http://golf.fanhouse.com/2009/10/09/south-carolina-golfer-meets-alligator-becomes-real-life-chubbs/?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl1|link5|http%3A%2F%2Fgolf.fanhouse.com%2F2009%2F10%2F09%2Fsouth-carolina-golfer-meets-alligator-becomes-real-life-chubbs%2F#

Why would they have them there in the first place? Can't the golf courses get rid of them?

The naval base golf course in Orlando was FAMOUS (locally) for having a rather sizable gator in one of the water hazards. I never took up the game, but the word was, if your ball went in the water, you did NOT try to get it back (it was an actual standing order on the base not to recover the ball!). And anyone who did would not be covered for medical care, if they made it out alive (violation of aforementioned order). Don't know if the latter part was true, but the former definitely was, and I did actually see the gator once.

Chrissy · « **Reply #17 on:** October 12, 2009, 10:28:35 PM »

I didn't know any of this about golfing. Wow, you learn something new every day! I only go to Disney when I'm in Florida, and I've never seen any alligators in any of their hotels - even the cheap All Star ones I use, lol.

roo_ster · « **Reply #18 on:** October 13, 2009, 10:31:42 AM »

Quote from: Chrissy on October 12, 2009, 10:28:35 PM

I didn't know any of this about golfing. Wow, you learn something new every day! I only go to Disney when I'm in Florida, and I've never seen any alligators in any of their hotels - even the cheap All Star ones I use, lol.

Got any suggestions as to Disney hotels?

Chrissy · « **Reply #19 on:** October 14, 2009, 06:11:17 AM »

Quote from: jfruser on October 13, 2009, 10:31:42 AM

Got any suggestions as to Disney hotels?

I guess it's a matter of preference - what is important to you and how much you want to spend. I stayed in the cheaper All-Star hotels (All Star Sport, All Star Movies, and All Star Music) and asked for a preferred room and that worked out great (preferred is near the food building and near the place where you catch the buses). I then stayed at a more expensive hotel that Disney had (I think it was the Carribbean Beach), and you had to walk a LOT more to get to everything, and the rooms were about the same size. For me, the extra money wasn't worth it, but others swear by the more expensive hotels. One of the other higher-priced ones might be better than the Carribbean, but I'll never stay in that one again. May try one of the other higher end ones in the future, though.

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Author Topic: Golfer loses arm during a game (Read 5609 times)