'He Was Going Nowhere Good' - Billy Horschel, Taking Matters Into His Own Hands And Chasing A Gator Off The Course During The Cognizant Classic

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We're back in the Florida swing for the PGA Tour. That means we have morning golf in our lives again, will never complain about that. I say that to set the story here. You could talk about Daniel Berger somehow making par after his drive getting stuck in a palm tree: 

You could talk about Jake Knapp setting the course record with a 59

Impressive no matter how easy the course is playing. A 59 is a 59. But what stole the show in the first round was Billy Horschel, a Florida grad, deciding to take on a gator

Look man, you gotta watch Happy Gilmore one time for me. 

I know people are 'built different' and all that. People are used to animals, but not me. I can't imagine a world where I dare challenge a gator, club in hand or not. I've played enough golf in Kiawah or South Carolina and had gators walking around. I do not go near them. I will let that ball go die and agree to drop on the other side of the course. You may call me pussy, I'd agree with you. And this is Horschel's reasoning: 

I'm letting anyone and everyone else out there take care of the gator. I'm going right to the tee box or green and focusing on trying to make hundreds of thousands of dollars. That's where my brain goes. Alligators are fucking dinosaurs, they don't belong on the golf course and humans don't belong near them. Horschel shot -5 today too, deserved at least another two strokes for taking care of this.