In an interview with the media, Billy Horschel explained the bizarre situation he had with a crocodile in the first round of the Cognizant Classic. An experienced golfer, while playing on the golf course, at one point noticed an alligator that appeared on the golf course.
Although the police officer tried to calm the situation and stop the alligator, it seemed that he was not succeeding in this.
The famous golfer then headed towards the alligator, and touched it with the club, after which this animal ended up in the lake.
Horschel explained why he took matters into his own hands, knowing that the alligator had to be touched with some object from a distance.
"We were about to walk to seven and I saw the gator coming across," Horschel said, as reported by Talk Sport!
"The cop who was walking with us walked over there and tried to shoo him. You don't have anything to touch him so he was trying to get as close as he could.
It was either someone's going to have to go up to number eight and grab a rake, which is 30 yards away, 25 yards away."
The American golfer knew what he had to do in this situation, which surprised everyone present. Horschel, obviously experienced in such situations, did what had to be done and finally stopped the alligator.
"I just grabbed a club and pushed him away. Listen, he (the gator) was going nowhere good. So I just went over there to help the cop.
As Cam (Cameron Young) said before I went over there, he goes, 'What is he going to do, try and use a taser on him?'
But I knew I had to get a little close on that one to try and make it effective."
Billy Horschel on his childhood experience with alligators
The 38-year-old later explained that no one should be afraid of alligators, just like he isn't, since they are more afraid of humans than we are of them.
Billy explained that this is the mating season when they can act a little aggressively, but that otherwise they are not aggressive.
As a boy, he and his father witnessed various moments with alligators, including his father taking them by the tail and returning them to the water.
