Golfer Loses Arm in Alligator Attack

BEAUFORT, S.C. (Oct. 10) - Officials say an alligator bit off part of a golfer's arm as he leaned over to pick up his ball at a private South Carolina course.

The man, who is in his 70s, was retrieving his ball from a pond when the 10-foot alligator bit him at Ocean Creek Golf Course in Beaufort County. The gator pulled the golfer into the pond and ripped off his arm in the struggle. His golf partners were able to free him.

Wildlife workers killed the alligator and retrieved the arm in the hopes it might be reattached.

The man has not been identified. He was being treated at the Medical University of South Carolina, but officials there would not release any information about him.

A call to the golf course was not immediately returned.

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I bet this improves his slice. Watch out LadyJules, no going golfing for a bit. 

That's not very far from where I live.

@ joy   =o   Beautiful area

Wonder if he'll go golfing again xD.  The lower part of South Carolina actually has quite a few gators. We go down to the Santee Cooper area camping a lot.   There is a river there that the locals wade out into it to fish.  The last time we were there, about 5 guys were in water up to their upper chest area, we were standing on the bank watching them fish.  Across the river a gator slid into the water.  O_O  They didn't even move.  I ran to the car. lol