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Private eyes were watching PGA Tour golfer Vince Whaley trying to get out of a jam on the par-5 11th hole at the Sanderson Farms Championship on Sunday in Jackson, Mississippi.

Whaley stepped into some murky water to play a shot. He looked cautiously over his shoulder to find a 6-foot alligator staring him down. Somehow, he managed to save par on the hole and get out of harm’s way in the process.

He said he figured the reptile was about 20 feet away when he attempted his shot.

"Well, thankfully my back was to him so I could focus on the shot for a second," Whaley said, adding that he had "a lot of trust" in his caddie watching his back.

The alligator never moved, but Whaley revealed the plan should it have crept closer.

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