How to get an alligator away from your golf ball...

PGA player, John Peterson, had to decide what to do when he found himself in this predicament.  An alligator was sitting next to his golf ball.  His mouth a mere inches from it.  What would be the correct course of action?  Certainly not hit the ball where it lies because the alligator may bite.  John decided to get his bunker rake and shoo away the alligator.  It worked...the alligator obviously thought the yummy looking white object wasn't worth all the hassle and crawled back into the lake.  alligator