Willows Golf Resort is now home to the world’s most dangerous water hazard
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by Dana Nichols in Around the world, Courses, Vacation
Willows Golf Resort in Sydney has recently been credited for having the world’s most dangerous water hazard.
For more than a week a six foot fresh water crocodile nicknamed Steve, has been lurking at the golf resort attracting near-daily sightings with an odd lack of panic.
Golf course manager Adrian Lawson said, “It’s not scaring anyone — it’s part of the course in North Queensland,” and shrugged. “North Queenslanders are used to seeing this kind of thing.”
Steve the crocodile is known around the course to me more laid-back than other saltwater crocs and can be seen swimming or enjoying the Australian sun near the par-five second or par-three 17th, which tees off over his lake.
“It doesn’t put anyone off unless they put their ball in that lake — they’re not going to retrieve it, that’s for sure,” Lawson told AFP on Monday.
“We’ve seen him sunning himself on the bank on the second (hole), but whenever anyone has come near him he’s straight back in the drink, as quick as a wink.”
In recent years the Townsville course has been home to about five crocodiles after heavy rains swell a nearby river resulting in wild reptiles getting relocated to the golf course.
The happenings are so common for the golf course they even have their own crocodile management plan. The staff always check with local authorities to make sure the animals don’t pose any serious threat.
Lawson said, “It’s not going to eat anyone or chase a dog down the main street, but it’s an interesting find.”
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