{"id":45775,"date":"2025-10-07T23:27:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T03:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/whaley-challenges-alligator-and-saves-par-golfer-shines-at-sanderson-farms\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T23:27:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T03:27:18","slug":"whaley-challenges-alligator-and-saves-par-golfer-shines-at-sanderson-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/golf\/whaley-challenges-alligator-and-saves-par-golfer-shines-at-sanderson-farms\/","title":{"rendered":"Whaley challenges alligator and saves par: Golfer shines at Sanderson Farms!"},"content":{"rendered":"JACKSON, Miss. &#8211; A moment of tension was experienced by golfer Vince Whaley during the Sanderson Farms Championship, when he encountered an alligator approximately 6 feet long while playing a shot.\n\nWhaley, with an excellent performance in the tournament, had to figure out how to concentrate on his game despite the presence of the reptile.\n\nThe incident occurred on the 11th hole, a par 5, where Whaley had to execute a shot from the water&#8217;s edge. The alligator, about 20 feet away, was closely watching the situation.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Well, fortunately, I turned my back so I could focus on the shot for a second.<\/p><cite>Vince Whaley<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nWhaley, who at that moment was one stroke off the lead, relied on his caddie to monitor the animal while he focused on the game.\n\nDespite the alligator&#8217;s proximity, Whaley managed to execute his shot, leaving the ball near the green and subsequently, achieved par.\n\nThe golfer finished the day with a score of 67 strokes, tying for third position in the championship.\n\nFaced with the question of what he would have done if the caiman had moved, Whaley replied with humor:\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The plan was to run out of the water.<\/p><cite>Vince Whaley<\/cite><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSON, Miss. &#8211; A moment of tension was experienced by golfer Vince Whaley during the Sanderson Farms Championship, when he encountered an alligator approximately 6 feet long while playing a shot. Whaley, with an excellent performance in the tournament, had to figure out how to concentrate on his game despite the presence of the reptile. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[9506,163,9507,9508],"class_list":{"0":"post-45775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-golf","7":"tag-alligator","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-pair","10":"tag-vince-whaley"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}