Golfer loses arm in alligator attack

[Q]

BEAUFORT, S.C. -- Officials say an alligator bit off part of a golfer's arm as he leaned over to pick up his ball at a private South Carolina course.

The man, who is in his 70s, was retrieving his ball from a pond when the 10-foot alligator bit him at Ocean Creek Golf Course in Beaufort County. The gator pulled the golfer into the pond and ripped off his arm in the struggle. His golf partners were able to free him.

Wildlife workers killed the alligator and retrieved the arm in the hopes it might be reattached.

The man has not been identified. He was being treated at the Medical University of South Carolina, but officials there would not release any information about him.

A call to the golf course was not immediately returned.

http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=4545614

 

[amdhunter]

Talk about a handicap.

 

[Wheezer]

Originally posted by: amdhunter
Talk about a handicap.

LOL...damn it...beat me to it.

 

[DrPizza]

A. Didn't know there were gators as far north as SC
B. I'm going to guess that the golf course is going to lose an arm and a leg in the lawsuit.

 

[Mojoed]

Originally posted by: amdhunter
Talk about a handicap.

Zing!

 

[nick1985]

Sounds like that gator was in for a handful when the wildlife workers came for him.

 

[PottedMeat]

I wonder if his name is 'Chubbs'?

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: PottedMeat
I wonder if his name is 'Chubbs'?

Absolutely the FIRST thing that came to mind here too. :laugh:

 

[Kalmah]

That's why I don't play golf.

 

[fatpat268]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: PottedMeat
I wonder if his name is 'Chubbs'?

Absolutely the FIRST thing that came to mind here too. :laugh:

Dammit, I came in here with the express intent to say the exact same thing. Beaten to the punch.

 

[olds]

"...Wildlife workers killed the alligator..."
The gator bit off more than he could chew.

 

[hiromizu]

Is the gator missing an eye?

 

[Gothgar]

he'll have an interesting putt now

 

[thecrecarc]

Lucky there was someone around during the attack to lend him a hand.

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: PottedMeat
I wonder if his name is 'Chubbs'?

"They wouldn't let me play on the Pro Tour anymore."
"Ah, I'm sorry. Because you're black?"
"Hell no! Damned alligator BIT my arm off!"

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: anxi80

Originally posted by: PottedMeat
I wonder if his name is 'Chubbs'?

"They wouldn't let me play on the Pro Tour anymore."
"Ah, I'm sorry. Because you're black?"
"Hell no! Damned alligator BIT my arm off!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxLsGDcI8xM&NR=1

 

[her209]

Did he get his ball back though?

 

[0roo0roo]

wonder if the gator will go to waste. dude should get a meal of it as revenge at the least .

 

[Jeff7]

That's a shame, even when the alligator was armed, and he still couldn't defend his own home.

 

[compman25]

Talk about a hole in one.

 

[venkman]

Originally posted by: nick1985
Sounds like that gator was in for a handful when the wildlife workers came for him.

It couldn't grasp the seriousness of what it did.