{"id":3300,"date":"2014-12-10T07:06:32","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T12:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.167.168.176\/~phillips\/kerriansnotebook\/kerriansnotebook\/?p=3300"},"modified":"2025-03-17T18:49:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T22:49:18","slug":"kn-p-130-is-that-an-alligator-on-the-golf-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/2014\/12\/kn-p-130-is-that-an-alligator-on-the-golf-course\/","title":{"rendered":"KN, p. 130  &#8220;Is that an alligator on the golf course?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GolfSnakeDSC_1238_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3301\" title=\"GolfSnakeDSC_1238_2\" src=\"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GolfSnakeDSC_1238_2-300x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GolfSnakeDSC_1238_2-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GolfSnakeDSC_1238_2-1024x993.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pattiphillipsbooks.com\/kerriansnotebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/GolfSnakeDSC_1238_2.jpg 1059w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It\u2019s been raining a lot, and it\u2019s cold outside now, so golf has been taken off the schedule until the spring. What do wanna-be golfers do when the weather sidelines them?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">We watch movies of golfers making a hole-in-one and winning a million dollars, we watch the Golf Channel for instruction, we dream of sunny states and countries where a guy\/gal could golf year round, we watch funny videos of golf flubs, and trade whopper stories with our golfing buddies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">And then there are the golf tournaments televised on sports channels. If ya can\u2019t be there, ya might as well watch. And drool because of the perfect putts and perfect swings and the top notch equipment. And laugh out loud at some of the odd critters that crawl onto the golf course while thousands of people are standing within just a few feet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Among other LOL moments that stop a golfer from taking a putt, you might see:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A red-tailed hawk pecking at a ground mike<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Alligators strolling on the fairways and\/or being chased by caddies<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Turtles doing back flips into a pond in front of the green<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A bird flying away with a golf ball in its beak<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">An iguana pushing a golf ball around on the green<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Yellow jackets making grown men drop flat on the ground<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A turtle in the way of the shot, then when picked up, goes to the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">bathroom<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">Click on the link below to watch this PGA Tour video of the Top 10 Animal Encounters recorded on the tours through the years. No blood, no bodies, just great fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=43vii7vT44I#t=62\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=43vii7vT44I#t=62<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">My encounter with the snake in the grass seems tame by comparison.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">May your fairways be clear and your greens critter free!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\">*Snake photo taken by Patti Phillips, while standing safely inside the golf cart.\u00a0 Lolol<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critters on the golf 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