{"id":24569,"date":"2025-10-06T08:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T12:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/06\/vince-wheelie-golfer-saves-paa-and-two-hands-with-close-encounters-with-crocodiles\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T08:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T12:13:14","slug":"vince-wheelie-golfer-saves-paa-and-two-hands-with-close-encounters-with-crocodiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/06\/vince-wheelie-golfer-saves-paa-and-two-hands-with-close-encounters-with-crocodiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Vince Wheelie: golfer saves Paa and &#8220;two hands&#8221; with close encounters with crocodiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite vossi-source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location vossi-source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"><\/span><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">Reuters<\/span><br \/>\n         &#8211;<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmgew2mvg004s27ql2uxxco49@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<p>            American golfer Vince Holly had a particularly nervous encounter with a particularly nervous onlooker at the Sanderson Farms Championship on Sunday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmgew495m00053b6n1nw05x9d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<p>            Whaley rolls up his pants and walks into the deep waters of his ankles after a selfish shooting during the final round of the tournament, but discovers there is no unnecessary company.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmgew495m00063b6n3h941fml@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<p>            We could see the crocodile&#8217;s head thrust out of the water a few feet away, but Whaley was preparing to take a shot, but the 30-year-old quickly put the ball back on dry land and escaped with par on Green No. 11.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmgew495m00073b6nckdyf16e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<p>            He ended up finishing the round with a 5-under 67, finishing third in the tournament and five strokes behind winner Stephen Fisk.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmgew495m00083b6ni3g9di8h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<p>            Whaley joked about his dangerous brush in an Instagram post, saying, &#8220;Saved Par and his hands&#8230; sorry, Chubbs!&#8221;\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmgew495m00093b6nhg0primg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<p>            Crocodiles have developed the habit of jumping out into golf tournaments, and Billy Horschel even chased one off the course by plunging it in this year&#8217;s Cognizant Classic with a 60-degree wedge.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters &#8211; American golfer Vince Holly had a particularly nervous encounter with a particularly nervous onlooker at the Sanderson Farms Championship on Sunday. 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