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The nature of golf indicates there’s just a lot you can do to prevent the numerous challenges Mother Nature may toss your method throughout the course of a round.
More frequently than not, that’s manifested in weather condition that can vary from rain and wind with the prospective to deter the day to a twister that can actually ruin what would’ve otherwise been a good walk.
However, there’s likewise a likelihood you’ll wind up experiencing among the variety of animals that call golf courses home eventually throughout your journeys.
Plenty of individuals have actually recorded the confrontations they have with the numerous animals that wander the links, consisting of the person who took some relief after striking his ball onto an alligator’s back, the regrettable soul who had a club snapped in half by the huge crab that “stole” it, and the group that discovered itself sharing the green with a black bear.
You likewise require to keep your head on a swivel when you’re playing in locations where snakes may be prowling in the rough (or, as held true with one course in South Africa, delicately crawling throughout the fairway).
That consists of Charlotte, North Carolina, which is home to Quail Hollow Club, the historical system that hosted the Wells Fargo Championship recently.
Rickie Fowler ended up the competition in a tie for 14th location (which sufficed to go back to the Top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the very first time in 2 years), however he likewise finished a side mission over the weekend when he came across what seemed a copperhead snake while looking for a lost ball prior to utilizing his club to push it into some close-by water.
When you think about Fowler has actually completely welcomed a mustachioed appearance that makes him look precisely like the type of person who would wrangle a snake with a golf club, I’m extremely thankful he got the chance to do precisely that.
