moonraker
Assistant Pro
Rabbits, partridge, barn owl, rooks are a pest
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USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
This is what I love about golf in my annual Florida trip. I have seen aligators (obviously), shite hawks (vultures to you), otters, fish eagles, red necked cranes (5 ft tall and mobbing the golf cart), armadillos, raccoons (who will steal anything, watches included if you leave them exposed in the golf cart), wild turkeys, and red necked americans where ever you go.
CliveW
Tour Winner
A friend of mine went to Africa to play golf and to take in the wildlife. On arriving at the golf course he was told he needed to take a local caddy as there were some dangerous animals lurking on the course. His caddy advised him to be vigilant, especially if he needed to stray off the fairway.
One hole was a longish par 5 dogleg. and he creamed his drive away but it trickled into the second cut of rough at the corner. Arriving where he thought the ball was he stepped into the longish grass to start looking for the ball. Suddenly there was a "crack" behind him and he looked round to see his caddy holding a smoking rifle. Next to his feet was a large poisonous snake, now dead. "Thank-you" he said to the caddy realising his mistake by stepping off the fairway.
A couple of holes later, my friend was addressing his ball under an overhanging tree, when again there was a "Crack" and a lion fell from a large branch over his head. "You saved my life again." said my friend, thinking that it was sound advice to take a caddy.
The final hole was a picturesque par 3 with water at the front. A simple hole with a large receptive green, but a lovely signature hole.
My friend took the 8 iron offred by his caddy and lined up his shot. Anxious to finish well, he rushed the shot, took his eye off the ball and topped it and sent it scudding along the ground towards the pond in front of the green. Luckily for him the ball came to rest a couple of feet from the water beside a clump of reeds. Taking his 58 degree lob wedge he took up his stance when all of a sudden a huge crocodile ponced out of the reeds and grabbed him by the leg! "Quick!" he shouted to his caddy, "Get the rifle!" but the caddy just stood and looked. "What's wrong man?" he shouted at the caddy, "Get the rifle." to which the caddy replied...
.. "Sorry Boss, but you don't get a shot on this hole."
One hole was a longish par 5 dogleg. and he creamed his drive away but it trickled into the second cut of rough at the corner. Arriving where he thought the ball was he stepped into the longish grass to start looking for the ball. Suddenly there was a "crack" behind him and he looked round to see his caddy holding a smoking rifle. Next to his feet was a large poisonous snake, now dead. "Thank-you" he said to the caddy realising his mistake by stepping off the fairway.
A couple of holes later, my friend was addressing his ball under an overhanging tree, when again there was a "Crack" and a lion fell from a large branch over his head. "You saved my life again." said my friend, thinking that it was sound advice to take a caddy.
The final hole was a picturesque par 3 with water at the front. A simple hole with a large receptive green, but a lovely signature hole.
My friend took the 8 iron offred by his caddy and lined up his shot. Anxious to finish well, he rushed the shot, took his eye off the ball and topped it and sent it scudding along the ground towards the pond in front of the green. Luckily for him the ball came to rest a couple of feet from the water beside a clump of reeds. Taking his 58 degree lob wedge he took up his stance when all of a sudden a huge crocodile ponced out of the reeds and grabbed him by the leg! "Quick!" he shouted to his caddy, "Get the rifle!" but the caddy just stood and looked. "What's wrong man?" he shouted at the caddy, "Get the rifle." to which the caddy replied...
.. "Sorry Boss, but you don't get a shot on this hole."
Leftie
Tour Winner
I must admit that I chuckled at that one
