A giant gator and a large python recently, um, met on a Florida golf course. There's not much else to say other than it provided an incredible photo op — one that, depending on your disposition, is either nature porn or the stuff of nightmares. Check it out:
You gotta love the dude taking a drop about 10 feet away from this live episode of Wild Kingdom. He's got no fear. Although, the gator and the python seem pretty preoccupied with each other. I actually almost felt bad for that slithery snake locked in the gator's jaws, but nah. Snakes are the worst.
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(h/t Golf Channel)

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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Dustin Johnson’s recent victory in Hawaii doesn’t mean much when it comes to this week’s tournament.

The top-ranked American will play at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship for the second straight year. But this time he is coming off a victory at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, which he won by eight shots.

”That was two weeks ago. So it really doesn’t matter what I did there,” said Johnson, who finished runner-up to Tommy Fleetwood in Abu Dhabi last year. ”This is a completely new week and everybody starts at even par and so I’ve got to start over again.”

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In 2017, the long-hitting Johnson put himself in contention despite only making one eagle and no birdies on the four par-5s over the first three rounds.

”The par 5s here, they are not real easy because they are fairly long, but dependent on the wind, I can reach them if I hit good tee balls,” the 2016 U.S. Open champion said. ”Obviously, I’d like to play them a..

Officials at Emirates Golf Club have installed nights around the ninth and 18th green to allow extra play at the European Tour's Omega Dubai Desert Classic

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Dustin Johnson’s recent victory in Hawaii doesn’t mean much when it comes to this week’s tournament.

The top-ranked American will play at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship for the second straight year. But this time he is coming off a victory at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, which he won by eight shots.

”That was two weeks ago. So it really doesn’t matter what I did there,” said Johnson, who finished runner-up to Tommy Fleetwood in Abu Dhabi last year. ”This is a completely new week and everybody starts at even par and so I’ve got to start over again.”

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In 2017, the long-hitting Johnson put himself in contention despite only making one eagle and no birdies on the four par-5s over the first three rounds.

”The par 5s here, they are not real easy because they are fairly long, but dependent on the wind, I can reach them if I hit good tee balls,” the 2016 U.S. Open champion said. ”Obviously, I’d like to play them a..

GREAT EXUMA, Bahamas (AP) Sungjae Im closed with a 7-under 65 to win the season-opening Great Exuma Classic on the Web.com Tour.

Im became the 16th player in the history of PGA Tour’s developmental tour to win in his first start.

The 19-year-old from South Korea played bogey-free in windy conditions Tuesday at Sandals Emerald Bay. He finished at 13-under 275 for a four-shot victory over Carlos Ortiz of Mexico. Ortiz birdied the final hole for a 69 and broke out a five-way tie for second. That was worth an additional $25,200 for Ortiz.

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Rafael Campos, Brett Drewitt, Rhein Gibson and Jose de Jesus Rodriguez tied for third.

The Web.com Tour stays in the Bahamas one more week with the tournament starting Sunday.

HONOLULU (AP) Ryan Palmer couldn’t wait for 2018 to arrive.

It began with an up-and-down week at the Sony Open – a 64 sandwiched between a pair of 71s, and a tie for 58th – though his mood was decidedly steadier. Palmer was in good spirits when he arrived and nothing on the scorecard was going to change that.

It’s nice to have last year behind him.

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He had surgery on his shoulder in October, and that’s now healed. A new home being built on seven acres in the Dallas area is almost finished. Above all that, his wife, Jennifer, is getting nothing but favorable scans in her recovery from breast cancer.

”I couldn’t have been any more calm when I got here Monday – on the range, practice rounds, the pro-am, everything,” Palmer said.

A year ago when he arrived on Oahu, his wife was still undergoing chemotherapy for the cancer. Palmer missed four straight cuts to start the year and didn’t crack the top 35 until April. He had only three top-10 finishes, one ..

HONOLULU (AP) All it took was one week back on the bag to remind Jim ”Bones” Mackay what he always loved about being a caddie.

It just wasn’t enough for this to be the ultimate mic drop.

Mackay traded in his TV microphone at the Sony Open for the 40-pound bag belonging to Justin Thomas.

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It was his first time caddying since he split with Phil Mickelson six months ago. Mackay was only a temporary replacement at Waialae for Jimmy Johnson, a good friend and Thomas’ regular caddie who has a nasty case of plantar fasciitis that will keep him in a walking boot for the next month.

”The toughest thing about not caddying is missing the competition, not having a dog in the fight,” Mackay said before the final round. ”There’s nothing more rewarding as a caddie, in general terms, when you say, `I don’t like 6-iron, I like 7,’ and being right. I miss that part of it.”

The reward now?

”Not stumbling over my words,” he said. ”And being better than I was the pre..

HONOLULU (AP) All it took was one week back on the bag to remind Jim ”Bones” Mackay what he always loved about being a caddie.

It just wasn’t enough for this to be the ultimate mic drop.

Mackay traded in his TV microphone at the Sony Open for the 40-pound bag belonging to Justin Thomas.

Article continues below …

It was his first time caddying since he split with Phil Mickelson six months ago. Mackay was only a temporary replacement at Waialae for Jimmy Johnson, a good friend and Thomas’ regular caddie who has a nasty case of plantar fasciitis that will keep him in a walking boot for the next month.

”The toughest thing about not caddying is missing the competition, not having a dog in the fight,” Mackay said before the final round. ”There’s nothing more rewarding as a caddie, in general terms, when you say, `I don’t like 6-iron, I like 7,’ and being right. I miss that part of it.”

The reward now?

”Not stumbling over my words,” he said. ”And being better than I was the pre..

On Monday, tensions were noticeably high in the NBA, and on Martin Luther King Day no less. For some reason, no one could get along.
In Oklahoma City, Russell Westbrook was ejected after being hit with two technicals, prompting Carmelo Anthony to say he's “done” with referees. In Philly, Sixers guard Ben Simmons and Raptors guard Kyle Lowry were ejected after a mini-dustup that reportedly bled over into the tunnel. Then, there was the odd situation in the Los Angeles Clippers-Houston Rockets game, Chris Paul's first at the Staples Center since being traded to Houston.
Late in the fourth quarter of the Clippers 113-102 win, Paul and former teammate Blake Griffin had a heated exchange, which led to other heated exchanges followed by more heated exchanges with multiple parties involved, including Rockets forward Trevor Ariza, Clippers guards Patrick Beverly and Austin Rivers, and even Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni. Similar to the Lowry-Simmons situation, this one also bled ov..