GOLFER Vince Whaley had to play a shot just yards away from an ALLIGATOR.

Whaley took off his shoes and socks to play his third shot at the par 5 11th while the gator watched on.

And he amazingly managed to save par despite the presence of his special guest at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Mississippi.

Whaley said: “Well, thankfully my back was to him so I could focus on the shot for a second."

And had the gator moved?

“The plan was to get the hell out of the water,” Whaley said.

Whaley finished tied for third at 17-under with a five-under par final round of 67, five shots behind Steven Fisk who captured his first PGA Tour title.

Fisk said: “I came out today with an attitude that nothing was going to stop me from what I wanted, no matter what happened, no matter what shots I h

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