You may think twice the next time you try to fetch your ball out of the water. Earlier this week a 75 year-old man was attacked by an alligator after trying to grab his shanked tee shot. The incident occurred at Lake Ashton Golf and Country Club, which is a golf course in a retirement community in Winter Haven, Florida. Interesting enough their website is currently down due to the amount of traffic generated by this story.

On the 15th hold, the 75 year-old man shanked his tee shot in to a pond just off the green.

The golf course uses the pond for irrigation water, Price said, so the water is clear, not muddy.

No one saw an alligator, Price said, but in retrospect believes they should have been more cautious because of that.

Miller went over to the edge of the water with a ball retriever tool, and found two balls that weren’t his, so he turned to leave.

That’s when the alligator launched at him from under the water and got him by his left knee.

“He lifted me up three feet and slammed me down,” Miller said. – From the Ledger

Finally after what felt like minutes the alligator let go of Miller. Fortunately, the gator didn’t hold on to him any longer because it pretty much “filetted” Miller’s leg to the bone. Right now Miller is just hoping he will be able to play a round of golf again.

So next time you shank a ball in to the water, make sure you watch out for gator’s prior to fetching your ball.

61 year old, Jacksonville native, James Hines was arrested Saturday after Police were called to the Jacksonville Beach Golf Club for a fight between two groups of golfers.  The fight included James Hines ramming the other group with his golf cart and swinging clubs.

James Hines (Duval County)

When police arrived Saturday afternoon, there were told there was a “fight involving golf clubs.”  The fight started over one of the groups driving over the greens, drinking and lingering at the greens, according to an arrest report from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

The police interviewed two witnesses, who were in the group behind.  They could hear the two groups yelling at each other and then they saw James Hines hit a golf ball at the group in front of him.  Hines proceeded to drive his golf cart, at a high rate of speed, into their group pinning one victim between two golf carts and running over a second.

After ramming his golf cart into the group, he proceeded to hit another victim with a golf club.  Two of the victims sustained minor injuries and declined to be taken to the hospital.

Hines was arrested and charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.