Things From The Golf Course

GBOGEY
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Feeling the need to post sometime. I must admit that I find alligators to be fascinating creatures. Each of the ponds in our community have at least one larger one. The biggest known guy lives in a waterway between our 9th and 18th holes on our Ocean course. He's at least 15 feet long and has a massive trunk that looks like he just ate.

The other really big one that I see frequently lives along the holes #5 and #6 on the same course. I refer to him as Big Horny Guy. I would guess that at least 80% of the alligator mating calls I have heard have been him. The other night he let out three consecutive calls while I was working on one two putt. If you've never heard heard an alligator mating call, it's kind of a cross of an extremely loud bullfrog croak and a lawn mower trying to start.

So the other night my tee shot on #6 (par 5) went way right. I got down to my ball and it was maybe three feet from the water. I had a nice gap between two trees to fit a 6i down the fairway. I spent several minutes scouting the water for snouts - waters edge is really when they are dangerous. Seeing nothing remotely like an alligator nose, I quickly addressed the ball and hit a beauty down the fairway right smack in the middle. Walked back to the pull cart and heard a noise behind me. It was BHG about 15 yards behind me. I never thought to look on the land.

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MattF
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Wow
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Pretty cool in a rather dark way. What course is that :ugeek: :shock:
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Once I get south of the Mason Dixon Line I always need to remind myself that there are things on the golf course that will kill you.
and maybe eat you, too. :shock:
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CeeBee wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 3:29 am Pretty cool in a rather dark way. What course is that :ugeek: :shock:
The course is called Ocean Winds. The back nine is always windy as you are pretty close to the ocean and play to it for two holes.
bkuehn1952.2 wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 4:17 pm Once I get south of the Mason Dixon Line I always need to remind myself that there are things on the golf course that will kill you.
and maybe eat you, too. :shock:
Yes, carry a club when you are along the water as our snakes are much more venomous too.
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