Close to Home by John McPherson for April 26, 2022

[Quiet voice of golf announcer] “Jim, that’s a tricky chip shot over the alligator head, from a horizontal stance with one leg immobilized…”

now THAT is a rough!

And he thought that the sand trap was a hazard.

You’ll need the big wedge for that trap

If only he hadn’t worn his alligator shoes.

At least he’s not messing up the Green.

Don’t argue whose ball it is, just let him play through!

Do gators eat ‘Tigers’..??

New PGA rule: you automatically win if you get eaten by an alligator.

My gator rule is that if my ball is within 50 feet of one, that ball belongs to the gator, and I get a free drop.

True story: In Florida, while a golfer was watching a shot he hit from a fairway bunker, a large gator lunged out from nearby bushes, grabbed his thigh and tried to drag him through the bushes into the water on the other side.

Fortunately, he was not playing alone. His buddies beat the gator with golf clubs, but it wouldn’t let go. Finally, one buddy started ramming the gator with a golf cart, and it finally let go. The victim lost about a third of the muscle tissue in his thigh.

Stories like this are why I have the gator rule shown in the previous comment.

Have you been to Hilton Head?

We play ready golf. You don’t wait for who is away. So they can finish and either help him or move on to the next hole.

My ball landed in a Copperhead snake nest. I decided to take the stroke!!

great. the alligator’s got a leg up on the competition. if that is what’s meant by handicap, I’ll stick to watching on tv

A real pro would be able to play through this little nuisance.

I’d take mulligan.

John was over due for a golf cartoon. ’Tis the season! No gators in upstate NY- just black flies!

HEY!!! Club Rules! No feeding the ‘gators!

Just take the penalty….and release the man’s leg

On the other hand, Mike Ditka is enjoying the Darwin exhibit.

This is definitely going to add to his handicap. :)

Poor guys got 6 more holes to play too.

Stay safe where you are Bleeb, gators are even worse than cats.

Looks like he’s gonna take the penalty.

Only in Florida

Now I remember why I didn’t retire in Florida..or was it the mosquitoes…

Alligators eat cheatin’ snakes.

There’s part of his problem…most golfers use carts, not “Gators.”