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Golf Caddie Takes on Live Adult Alligator

Apr. 13, 2012 10:55pm Mytheos Holt

Golfer Brian Gay might have just found the one caddie who could pull double duty as a bodyguard. While trying to hit a ball at the PGA’s 2012 RBC Heritage event on Hilton Island, Gay found his path blocked by, of all things, an adult alligator lounging on the edge of the water. Gay quickly backed off in defeat, but his caddie Kip Henley wasn’t ready to let the gator get in his boss’s way as easily as that.

Without missing a beat, Henley picked up a bunker rake and started using it to prod the alligator back in the water. The massive reptile obeyed with minimal resistance, even as the crowd gasped. Watch this moment of extreme courage below:

H/T: Mediaite

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TWO BITS
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:01am
If the drop for a gator hazard is only one club length, I’d take the penalty.

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- Al Gator
  Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:52am
  Mess with best, die like the rest.
  
  Something about those little white balls flying around that flat ****** a gator off.
  
  Gator’s got your granny, chomp, chomp
  
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- lukerw
  Posted on April 15, 2012 at 7:16am
  Gators think the Balls are Eggs! Henley, seems to think that Gators are Domesticated! Which one has the best grasp on Reality?
  
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- MCDAVE
  Posted on April 15, 2012 at 9:13pm
  caddy underestimates how fast these gators can be,even on land..he just got lucky this time.Golf course should remove the big ones..
  
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Gonzo
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:47am
Poor guy. How would you like to tell people you’re going to the Gay family reunion? Who knows, maybe he has Gay pride.

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- ChuckSammich
  Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:57am
  Looking for Gay’s balls should suffice. Where is Gay’s wood? Who is Gay’s ball buffer?
  
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Master.Debater
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:41am
That was probably a tough shot for Brian Gay. Not so easy to stay focused and block out the fact that there is a freaking alligator in the pond behind him!

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BehindBlueEyes
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:18am
I remember a story about a missing golfer in Florida. They found his golf bag by the edge of the water on a fairway. A large alligator living in the pond was shot and when they opened the alligator up they found the golfer in several pieces.

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- DagneyT
  Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:38am
  Never again will I complain about deer in my yard!
  
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- TXPilot
  Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:21am
  Happy Gilmore would have kicked the gators @ss….:D
  
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- OlderNSmarter
  Posted on April 14, 2012 at 10:45am
  Dagneyt I like to watch deer in my yard. I live in the “boonies.”
  
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supressorgrid
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:08am
Chute ‘em, lizbeth! Sorry, could not resist.

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grannyrecipe
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:04am
That gator looked a little defiant. I would have rendered a good respect whack on the head when he was looking back all snotty.

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denisp52
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 2:07am
He should of taken out his 45 auto and plugged it in the head a couple of times. A little gator meat for the after party. Then had a new golf bag made with matching shoes.

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- supressorgrid
  Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:09am
  Add new meaning to the term “hole in one”.
  
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Free To Choose
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 1:12am
Kudos Kip and thanks to Mytheos Holt & TheBlaze for showing a little love to us caddies! I caddy there full time and have had to chase them away on #4, #6, especially the par 3 #7, #10, as well as the ones on #15. And for all you tourists……take all the pictures you want but PLEASE do not feed them.

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Cat
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 1:02am
Gators are socialists lizards …
They know they can snap a hull just enough to sink the boat, cut a calf in half, eat the best half, and drag the rest to the bottom so nothing else can eat it and silence a barking dog in less then five seconds.
Only after a 30-06 is planted in their pea brain, their hide becomes a pair of boots and their meat is dropped into a deep fryer, do they become capitalists …

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cemerius
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 12:46am
Hope he got a decent tip after the 18th!

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thegodfather
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 12:20am
Dude…. if it was a Titlist, I’m taking on the gator

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godhatesacoward
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 12:13am
Choot ‘em!….CHOOT ‘EM!!!!!

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- StinkoPinkos
  Posted on April 14, 2012 at 1:31am
  Nice!! Little swamp people ref.
  
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marine249
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:42pm
if it starts after you, I hear all you have to do is zig and zag when
you run. But be careful you don;t zig when he zigs

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Teabunny
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:40pm
Great old tune! Joe Vitale’ “Lady on the Rock” enjoy! http://www.metacafe.com/watch/4269213/statue_of_liberty_lady_on_the_rock/
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- JACKTHETOAD
  Posted on April 14, 2012 at 6:52am
  Thanks, Bunny. There’s nothing like some early morning chills…speaking of chills, check out Ray Gomez’s ‘U.S.A.’ from his ‘Volume’ album. It works for me. :)
  
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Teabunny
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:39pm
…wish a broom worked half as well on pissed off spouses!

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- JACKTHETOAD
  Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:52am
  You ride, I’ll decide. :0
  
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trueamerican40
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:39pm
Man, gators can sprint at 30 m.p.h. on land. AND YES, they can eat little birdies.

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- rawmilker
  Posted on April 14, 2012 at 12:39am
  Just as long as you don’t let em latch on to you in the water, you’re good to go. Most of the time on land they’ll just snap at you and twist a little. I’ve caught a few of them, live and expired…all legal of course!
  
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Mark0331
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:36pm
Thats why man invented billy clubs and .38s…do not ‘F’ with the ‘bull’ , you may just get ‘horns’…

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deano24
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:36pm
Reminds me of the movie “Happy Gilmore”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5JSm9wldjA

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- larryj1978
  Posted on April 14, 2012 at 12:39am
  Exactly what I was thinking and we all saw what happened to Chubs!
  
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The-Monk
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:17pm
A Monks perspective:
The Golfer is Capitalism; the Alligator is socialism and the Caddy…. that’s Glenn Back. : )

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- JACKTHETOAD
  Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:30am
  Nice allegory, Monk.
  
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Magyar
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:17pm
I live in a southern state with LOTS of gators. I play golf often— I’ve seen other stupid people do the same thing. You have no idea how UNBELIEVABLY STUPID THIS IS! I’ve seen gators turn and take chase! OMG!

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lessoneleg
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:14pm
A Canadian Caddie would have jumped on its back and road it off into the wilderness.

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Baddoggy
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:11pm
A man with a little bit of courage. Nice to see. Maybe there is hope for the younger generation after all. I would love to make my wife a handbag out of him though…Realy, they are not that scary if you know what you are doing.

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Doctor Nordo
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:08pm
Remember that gator that got your hand? Well I got his head!

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voodoolife
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:06pm
Chubs! You took his hand!!!

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CatB
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:01pm
“courage” …. no stupidity .. YES!

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- Baddoggy
  Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:12pm
  Courage? No…Stupidity…no not really. They are almost harmless unless you really piss them off and then fall down.
  
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- Master.Debater
  Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:56am
  Alligators are cute, cuddly and fun to play with. Don’t you ever watch Go Diego Go on Nickelodeon with your kids?
  
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