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Private eyes watched PGA Tour Golfer Vince Whaley, who tried on the par-5 11th hole on the hole of the Par-5-11. Sanderson Farms Championship On Sunday in Jackson, Mississippi.
Whaley entered a cloudy water to play a shot. He looked carefully over his shoulder to find a 6-foot alligator who stared at him. Somehow he managed to save the hole par and avoid it.
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Vince Whaley from the United States plays his shot from the third tee during the last round of the Sanderson Farms Championship 2025 in Jackson Country Club on October 5, 2025 in Jackson, Mississippi. (Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
He said he thought the reptile was about 20 feet away when he tried his shot.
“Well, luckily my back was for him so that I could concentrate on the shot for a second,” said Whaley, adding that he had “a lot of trust” in his caddy who watched his back.
The alligator never moved, but Whaley revealed the plan that he was supposed to bring closer.
Vince Whaley beats on Sunday, October 5, 2025, in the fifth green in the fifth green in the last round of the Sanderson Farms Championship in the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi. (Lauren Witte / Clarion Ledger / USA Today Network about Imagn Images)
“The plan was to get hell out of the water,” he said.
Whaley ended the round 5 Country Club by Jackson. He was taken third for the tournament with Rasmus Højgaard and Danny Walker. Steven Fisk ended two strokes better than Garrick Higgo to win the tournament.
The 30-year-old golfer played 135 events in his PGA tour Career. Although he has no victories, he made 84 cuts and ended five times in the top 10 in the top 5 and 11 times.
The group of Vince Whaley and Max Homa will go down the No. 1 Fairway in the fourth round of the Sanderson Farm Championship Golfturnier on Sunday, October 5, 2025 in Jackson, Mississippi. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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During the 2025 season he has three top 10.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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