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Giant gator interrupts golf match, strolls through links like a regular player

A giant alligator, like the one pictured here, only larger, sneaked up on golfers at a South Carolina golf tournament, then disappeared into a lagoon just as quickly.

Credit: Chris Graythen

Credit: Chris Graythen

A giant alligator, like the one pictured here, only larger, sneaked up on golfers at a South Carolina golf tournament, then disappeared into a lagoon just as quickly.
By Shelby Lin Erdman, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
March 29, 2017

A giant alligator interrupted a golf tournament in South Carolina, sneaking onto the links and sauntering by stunned golfers who watched in amazement as the dinosaur-like creature walked by.

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Players teed off at the 10th Annual Celebrity Golf Invitational on Kiawah Island on Monday, but the star of the competition wasn’t a golfer. It was the huge gator that showed up on the links and strolled through the course like a golfer on tour.

Instagram user mayorjuan posted a recording of the huge beast.

The Post and Courier's headline read "It was literally a dinosaur."

The huge beast eventually disappeared into a nearby lagoon, where golfers had been standing a short time earlier.

Explore>> Related: Gator eats golfer’s ball on Florida course 

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