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Florida golf course gets a visit from an enormous alligator

Myakka Pines Golf Club got a very scary visitor on the seventh hole green last week when an enormous alligator decided to spend some time there.

Rory McIlroy shown on Golf Digest cover as 'David'

Post by Myakka Pines Golf Club.

"Enormous" actually does not do this animal justice. Perhaps Jurassic is the proper adjective for a reptile this imposing.

Post by Myakka Pines Golf Club.

Wilmington BlueRocks are selling a hot dog with a donut bun

The gator is so big that many are claiming the picture must be Photoshopped, but the country club says that the course's newest, and most imposing, hazard is all too real. - Brendan Maloy

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