Golfers at a course in . Florida on Wednesday were careful to putt around a large . alligator, days after the beast was photographed lounging on the . edge of the green. A women's tournament went on as planned at the Myakka Pines . Golf Club in Englewood, on Florida's west coast, as the gator, . estimated at 12 to 13 feet long reposed in . full view of about 100 participants, said Mickie Zada, the . club's general manager. 'If we stopped playing because of alligators, we'd never . have golfers,' Zada said. Scroll down for video . Players at the Myakka Pines Golf Club in Englewood, Florida have had frequent sightings of large alligators on the course . One recent gator is believed to be about 13 feet long and can been seen frequently wandering around the holes and napping on the putting greens . Zada said she had spent much of Wednesday morning fielding . calls from reporters asking whether the photo, taken by a golfer . on Friday, was doctored to make the alligator appear larger. 'This gentleman is well into his 80s. He wouldn't even know . Photoshop,' Zada said. And according to the club, the alligator is far from . the first - or even the biggest - to show up on the course. A 15-footer, nicknamed Big George, hung around for years until his death, Zada said. Despite nearly daily alligator sightings at the course, none have attacked a person in the club's 37 years . Despite nearly daily alligator sightings at the course, none . have attacked a person in the club's 37 years, Zada said, owing . in part to a strict policy against feeding the animals. Dangerous confrontations between humans and alligators . usually stem from people feeding them, Florida wildlife . officials have said. The new alligator has yet to be given a moniker, but that . may soon change, Zada said. 'We might name him Viral,' she said.
Players at the Myakka Pines Golf Club in Englewood, Florida have had frequent sightings of large alligators on the course .
One recent gator is believed to be about 13 feet long and can been seen frequently wandering around the holes .
The alligator also sometimes takes naps on the putting green .
Despite nearly daily alligator sightings at the course, none have attacked a person in the club's 37 years .
Golfers at a course in . Florida on Wednesday were careful to putt around a large . alligator, days after the beast was photographed lounging on the . edge of the green. A women's tournament went on as planned at the Myakka Pines . Golf Club in Englewood, on Florida's west coast, as the gator, . estimated at 12 to 13 feet long reposed in . full view of about 100 participants, said Mickie Zada, the . club's general manager. 'If we stopped playing because of alligators, we'd never . have golfers,' Zada said. Scroll down for video . Players at the Myakka Pines Golf Club in Englewood, Florida have had frequent sightings of large alligators on the course . One recent gator is believed to be about 13 feet long and can been seen frequently wandering around the holes and napping on the putting greens . Zada said she had spent much of Wednesday morning fielding . calls from reporters asking whether the photo, taken by a golfer . on Friday, was doctored to make the alligator appear larger. 'This gentleman is well into his 80s. He wouldn't even know . Photoshop,' Zada said. And according to the club, the alligator is far from . the first - or even the biggest - to show up on the course. A 15-footer, nicknamed Big George, hung around for years until his death, Zada said. Despite nearly daily alligator sightings at the course, none have attacked a person in the club's 37 years . Despite nearly daily alligator sightings at the course, none . have attacked a person in the club's 37 years, Zada said, owing . in part to a strict policy against feeding the animals. Dangerous confrontations between humans and alligators . usually stem from people feeding them, Florida wildlife . officials have said. The new alligator has yet to be given a moniker, but that . may soon change, Zada said. 'We might name him Viral,' she said.
. Players at the Myakka Pines Golf Club in Englewood, Florida have had frequent sightings of large alligators on the course . One recent gator is believed to be about 13 feet long and can been seen frequently wandering around the holes and attacked a person in the club's 37 years . Despite nearly daily alligator sightings at the course, none . have attacked a person in the