- ABC News
- March 11, 2015
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A golf course in Florida is expecting a bump in business after pictures of a massive alligator roaming its course has gone viral. Pictures taken by two members of Myakka Pines Golf Course in Englewood, Florida, were posted to the club's Facebook page on Friday. By Wednesday morning, the pictures had hundreds of thousands of views, said the club's general manager, Mickie Zada. "We have a lot of alligators around here because there are no houses for miles and it's just open swamp land," Zada told ESPN.com. "Our members know that when they see a good one, to take pictures. And they did." When Dick Huber, a member of the club since 2005, saw the alligator, he snapped a couple of pictures, never imagining the publicity the shots would generate. "I'm just a little guy, but it's kind of fun to see the exposure we're getting here," Huber told ESPN.com on Wednesday. Huber says the gators do give the course some charm, but you can't play through when they establish their presence. "You...