--- description: Watch out for the course's newest obstacle title: Can This Giant Alligator on a Florida Golf Course Be Real? image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Can This Giant Alligator Invading a Florida Golf Course Be Real? by [Brendan Maloy / Sports Illustrated](/author/sports-illustrated/) ## Brendan Maloy / Sports Illustrated Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 11, 2015 8:11 PM CUT by [Brendan Maloy / Sports Illustrated](/author/sports-illustrated/) ## Brendan Maloy / Sports Illustrated Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 11, 2015 8:11 PM CUT Myakka Pines Golf Club got a very scary visitor on the seventh hole green last week when an enormous alligator decided to spend some time there. “Enormous” actually does not do this animal justice. Perhaps Jurassic is the proper adjective for a reptile this imposing. The gator is so big that many are claiming the picture must be Photoshopped, but the country club says that the course’s newest, and most imposing, hazard is all too real. _This_ [_article_](http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/03/11/florida-golf-course-huge-alligator-green "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_SI.com_](http://www.si.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3741209/giant-alligator-golf-course/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3741209/giant-alligator-golf-course/"},"headline":"Can This Giant Alligator Invading a Florida Golf Course Be Real?","datePublished":"2015-03-11T20:11:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:35.711Z","description":"Myakka Pines Golf Club says creature is genuine but some suspect the work of Photoshop","url":"https://time.com/3741209/giant-alligator-golf-course/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","Bizarre","golf"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Brendan Maloy / Sports Illustrated"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3741209/giant-alligator-golf-course/","name":"Can This Giant Alligator Invading a Florida Golf Course Be Real?"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Florida's Everglades: The 5 Worst Invasive Species","description":"Florida's Everglades is ground zero for the issue of invasive Species. Here are 5 of the worst","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/OTAC142S/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-09T18:04:14.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/OTAC142S.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3741209/giant-alligator-golf-course/","duration":"PT4M40S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3741209/giant-alligator-golf-course/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```