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This savage golfer beat a 10-foot alligator with a putter to save his own life
Tony Aarts hit his golf ball to 10-feet on a green at Magnolia Landing Golf & C.C. in Florida, but ended up hitting a different kind of 10-footer with his putter; a 10-foot alligator.
“My ball was about 10 feet from the pin and all I could think about was making a birdie,” Aarts told WPTV. “As I was walking about 5 to 6 feet away from the water I heard a splash, and as soon as I heard that splash I knew it was an alligator, and he got me. I remember having a club in my hand, and as soon as he had me in the water up to my waist, I started hitting him over the head. I seen (sic) the size of him, you know you can just see the claws as he was pulling me back and I’m heeling in trying to go the other way and he’s just looking at me and I’m looking at him. So I started hitting him in the eye socket, I hit him 3 times and he let go of my foot. so I crawled back and by that time the guys… they were there.”
Aarts credits his “solid, heavy” weapon Cleveland putter for helping to save his life.
“It was a ten-footer,” Aarts said. “They dragged him out an hour after I went by ambulance they had him out of there.”
The man yielding the Cleveland went to the hospital with multiple puncture wounds, and the alligator was eventually put down, according to reports.
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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a set of Cobra Forged One Length irons.
From the seller: (@adamwittman): “4-PW, GW, lw. Nunchuk shafts. $350 tyd conusa.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Cobra Forged One Length irons
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In our forums, our members have been discussing Kevin Kisner’s new Callaway X Forged CB irons which he has in the bag at this week’s CJ Cup. WRXers have been commenting on the switch and the clubs themselves in our forums.
For lots more photos, check out the full thread here.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- btyh: “Holy offset.”
- Glf_LU: “These are interesting. Not going to make a rush to judgement until I see them in person. It does look like a little more offset than I would expect to see in this model.”
- bcflyguy1: “Kisner is not one to make a lot of equipment changes (see the GBB driver he’s still using), so if these do have staying power in his bag that will be interesting to see. I have to wonder if there’s something different about his set, because like others have mentioned there appears to be more offset on his than I recall seeing in the samples I’ve had in hand.”
Entire Thread: “Kevin Kisner’s new Callaway X Forged CB irons”
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As part of a Srixon campaign, four PGA Tour players recently participated in a three-hole challenge, with each hole being a different game; hole No. 1 was blindfolded, hole No. 2 was costumes and distractions, and hole No. 3 was alternate shot with a baseball bat. The teams were Smylie Kaufman and Sam Ryder against Shane Lowry and Grayson Murray.
Watch the full video below, since it is quite entertaining (albeit not the type of golf that Old Tom Morris surely had in mind), but in particular, make sure to check out the first hole where Lowry and Ryder play a full hole completely blind folded. It’s amazing to watch how badly Ryder struggles, and how Lowry nearly makes par.
What happens when 4 #PGATOUR pros take a day off?
Luckily, the cameras were rolling.
Watch @shanelowrygolf, @graysonmurray, @smyliekaufman10, and @samrydersu in #SrixonVS. pic.twitter.com/C4LJwQgmZ7— Srixon (@SrixonGolf) June 25, 2018
Cleveland-Srixon’s marketing department has been hard at work crafting these viral-esque ad campaigns; if you remember, former long-drive champion Jamie Sadlowski recently dressed as 80-year-old Grandpa Jamie to fool range-goers. That video has since gathered over 1.2 million views on YouTube.
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Chris
Feb 14, 2017 at 10:07 pm
That ProV1 is not that important. Maybe next time he will just leave it in the water
chinchbugs
Feb 14, 2017 at 2:15 pm
Best contact he made all day…
jc
Feb 14, 2017 at 12:26 pm
if that was a cameron or a pgx, the club would have automatically beat the gator…in fact, the headcover would have jumped in to help. When you pay 4 times what a club is worth, it had better do something other than just hit a ball
Tom
Feb 14, 2017 at 4:53 pm
roflmao
jc
Feb 14, 2017 at 12:24 pm
so they kill a wild animal for doing what is natural? typical response. oh wait, all the other gators are like disney characters and would have sang and danced and got the guy’s ball and tossed it to him…
wonder if he would play golf next to a lion?
Ian
Feb 14, 2017 at 10:56 am
Come to Africa boys – if that was a crocodile the guys ball would have been the only thing left to give an interview.
JE
Feb 14, 2017 at 8:08 am
Chubbs!
“Cut me down in my prime”!
tom
Feb 14, 2017 at 12:14 am
I think an Odyssey #7 would be a good choice next time I’m playing in Florida.
TSmith
Feb 13, 2017 at 4:28 pm
That Cleveland Classic tho!
Messico 9
Feb 13, 2017 at 1:57 pm
I’ve heard the easiest animal to beat with golf clubs is a Tiger
JustTrying2BAwesome
Feb 14, 2017 at 11:30 am
Too soon…
rymail00
Feb 14, 2017 at 11:14 pm
HAHAHAHA I literally lol’d at this comment
Mike
Feb 13, 2017 at 1:23 pm
Wow. Yankee here. I didn’t know they’d come out of the water to go after you. I always thought you had to provoke them or get really close that they felt threatened.
Chubbs Peterson
Feb 13, 2017 at 4:37 pm
article says he was 5-6 feet from the water – if he is a Floridian he should of known to never walk that close to the water. alligators can leap 6 feet and they are fast. you’ve probably seen videos of shark attacks, think something like that.
Golfguy
Feb 13, 2017 at 12:12 pm
Too bad his bag was so far away. He could have clubbed up.
dr bloor
Feb 13, 2017 at 1:20 pm
No, no, no…always use your putter to fend off wildlife around the green whenever you can. Too many hackers try to get fancy with a wedge, make lousy contact, and it’s off to the prosthetics clinic.
Tom
Feb 14, 2017 at 5:05 pm
my first wife would use a putter to fend me off when I was horny.