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Golf Caddie Takes on Live Adult Alligator
- Posted on April 13, 2012 at 10:55pm by
Mytheos Holt
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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 9:01amIf the drop for a gator hazard is only one club length, I’d take the penalty.
Report Post »Al Gator
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 9:52amMess 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
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 7:16amGators think the Balls are Eggs! Henley, seems to think that Gators are Domesticated! Which one has the best grasp on Reality?
Report Post »MCDAVE
Posted on April 15, 2012 at 9:13pmcaddy underestimates how fast these gators can be,even on land..he just got lucky this time.Golf course should remove the big ones..
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:47amPoor guy. How would you like to tell people you’re going to the Gay family reunion? Who knows, maybe he has Gay pride.
Report Post »ChuckSammich
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:57amLooking for Gay’s balls should suffice. Where is Gay’s wood? Who is Gay’s ball buffer?
Report Post »Master.Debater
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:41amThat 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!
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:18amI 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.
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:38amNever again will I complain about deer in my yard!
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:21amHappy Gilmore would have kicked the gators @ss….:D
Report Post »OlderNSmarter
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 10:45amDagneyt I like to watch deer in my yard. I live in the “boonies.”
Report Post »supressorgrid
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:08amChute ‘em, lizbeth! Sorry, could not resist.
Report Post »grannyrecipe
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:04amThat gator looked a little defiant. I would have rendered a good respect whack on the head when he was looking back all snotty.
Report Post »denisp52
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 2:07amHe 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.
Report Post »supressorgrid
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:09amAdd new meaning to the term “hole in one”.
Report Post »Free To Choose
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 1:12amKudos 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.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 1:02amGators are socialists lizards …
Report Post »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 …
cemerius
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 12:46amHope he got a decent tip after the 18th!
Report Post »thegodfather
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 12:20amDude…. if it was a Titlist, I’m taking on the gator
Report Post »godhatesacoward
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 12:13amChoot ‘em!….CHOOT ‘EM!!!!!
Report Post »StinkoPinkos
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 1:31amNice!! Little swamp people ref.
Report Post »marine249
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:42pmif it starts after you, I hear all you have to do is zig and zag when
Report Post »you run. But be careful you don;t zig when he zigs
Teabunny
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:40pmGreat old tune! Joe Vitale’ “Lady on the Rock” enjoy! http://www.metacafe.com/watch/4269213/statue_of_liberty_lady_on_the_rock/
JACKTHETOAD
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 6:52amThanks, 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. :)
Report Post »Teabunny
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:39pm…wish a broom worked half as well on pissed off spouses!
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 7:52amYou ride, I’ll decide. :0
Report Post »trueamerican40
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:39pmMan, gators can sprint at 30 m.p.h. on land. AND YES, they can eat little birdies.
Report Post »rawmilker
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 12:39amJust 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!
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:36pmThats why man invented billy clubs and .38s…do not ‘F’ with the ‘bull’ , you may just get ‘horns’…
Report Post »deano24
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:36pmReminds me of the movie “Happy Gilmore”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5JSm9wldjA
Report Post »larryj1978
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 12:39amExactly what I was thinking and we all saw what happened to Chubs!
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:17pmA Monks perspective:
Report Post »The Golfer is Capitalism; the Alligator is socialism and the Caddy…. that’s Glenn Back. : )
JACKTHETOAD
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:30amNice allegory, Monk.
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:17pmI 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!
Report Post »lessoneleg
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:14pmA Canadian Caddie would have jumped on its back and road it off into the wilderness.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:11pmA 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.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:08pmRemember that gator that got your hand? Well I got his head!
Report Post »voodoolife
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:06pmChubs! You took his hand!!!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:01pm“courage” …. no stupidity .. YES!
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:12pmCourage? No…Stupidity…no not really. They are almost harmless unless you really piss them off and then fall down.
Report Post »Master.Debater
Posted on April 14, 2012 at 8:56amAlligators 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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