Golfer sues over alligator bite, and more

An Ohio man is suing the Ocean Creek Golf Club in South Carolina, claiming the course’s design caused him not to see an alligator that ripped his arm off.

Golfer sues over alligator bite

An Ohio man is suing the Ocean Creek Golf Club in South Carolina, claiming the course’s design caused him not to see an alligator that ripped his arm off. The course has signs warning of the presence of native alligators, but James Wiencek says the “dark, brackish” water of a pond on the 11th hole makes it difficult to see “large, aggressive alligators” waiting for golfers chasing errant balls.

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