Hole in RUN! Golf enthusiasts on Aussie course encounter among the nation’s notoriously lethal snakes concealing in the cup as they play a round
- Golf enthusiasts were shocked to find four-foot snake
- It was a poisonous red-bellied black snake
- The course used a two-putt charge to proceed
Every now and then we get a reminder that Australia’s wildlife can be downright scary, as some golfers in Sydney found out when they discovered a deadly snake lying in wait.
Players at The Coast Golf and Recreation Club on the southern Sydney coastline were shocked to find a red-bellied black snake taking refuge in the hole on the second green.
The four-foot nope rope was making itself at home in the cup on the second hole at the popular Sydney golf course so it could escape the heat
The snakes are venomous and make up 16 per cent of all snake bites, although they tend to leave humans alone and no deaths have been recorded in Australia.
That didn’t stop golfers from getting a terrifying shock when they inspected the hole during their round, however.
A golf club representative said the snake had been seeking shelter from the searing summer heat and eventually moved on without intervention.
‘Everyone needs a break from the heat when it’s this hot, even the wildlife,’ they said.
‘The 4ft red belly black hung around and watched a few groups come through before moving on.
‘All golfers were happy to take the two putts offered to them and move on.’
The footage of the venomous snake making itself at home attracted hundreds of comments online.
‘And this is why I live where it’s cold. I don’t mind golf sims for the winter hahaha. I prefer to finish my round than land in the hospital or in the ground,’ one replied.
‘Finally a decent excuse for missing short,’ posted another.
‘I bet he’s swallowed a golf ball before! … thought it was an egg?’ asked another,
It is not the first time a snake has made an unwelcome appearance on an Aussie golf course.
Comedian Andy Lee recently encountered a ‘huge’ tiger snake in a bunker at the Barnbougle Lost Farms Golf Course in Tasmania while playing a round of golf with friends.
Comedian Andy Lee had a close encounter of the reptilian kind while golfing in Tasmania with friends, coming across a huge snake in a sand bunker
The tiger snake was happy chilling out in the bunker at the Barnbougle Lost Farms Golf Course in Tasmania when the TV star found it
‘People say bunker shots are daunting… have they tried playing them in Australia,’ he captioned his video.
Possibly the most terrifying experience with a snake was back in 2016 when golfers were horrified to be confronted with a four-metre python at Paradise Palms golf course in Cairns.
What made the experience even more scary was the fact the giant reptile was busy enjoying its lunch of a local wallaby.
A python was spotted wrestling with a wallaby in the middle of a fairway at the Paradise Palms golf course in Cairns in 2016
It halted play for around 30 minutes as it consumed the entire beast on the fairway of the golf course, much to the shock of golfers looking to play through.
Paradise Palms general manager Declan McCollam said that while the experience might have been a shock to golfers, the local pythons did not usually present any danger to humans.
‘The snake is not harmful to humans … when it was finished digesting the wallaby, it went back into the bush,’ Mr McCollam said.
‘The wildlife on Paradise Palms has always been an attraction for golfers, and it is clear that is well and thriving,’ he said.
