An unusual player sauntered onto the green at the PGA National Tour on Thursday afternoon, but a quick-thinking golfer shooed it away before it wreaked any havoc.

PGA Tour star Billy Horschel had to poke an alligator back into the water after one approached him during the PGA National.

Steely-nerved Billy Horschel grabbed his 60-degree wedge to chase an alligator off the course at the Cognizant Classic on Thursday, sending the scaly predator scampering into the water at the PGA National course in Palm Beach Gardens,

Horschel played his college golf for the Florida Gators, so he knows plenty about the wildlife that gets seen on courses in the Sunshine State — including, yes, alligators. And when a gator made its way onto the course at PGA National on Thursday,

Professional golfer Billy Horschel was in for a surprise Thursday when he went head-to-scaly-head with a wild alligator during a Palm Beach Gardens golfing championship. The massive reptile crawled its way across the course before being spotted by the 38-year-old pro,

Former University of Florida turned pro golfer Billy Horschel has faced a lot of competition on the golf course over the years, but none quite like the one he stared down last week. The former Gator was on the course at the PGA National on Thursday afternoon when an unexpected visitor arrived on the green—an actual alligator.

Golfer Billy Horschel found himself facing an uninvited guest at the PGA National Thursday when an alligator strolled onto the green in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, just after Horschel finished the sixth hole.