This is what happens when you stray near the ‘Out of Bounds’ ropes at Augusta National.
Graeme McDowell is preparing for a tilt at the Masters’ green blazer and will tee off, on Thursday, with American hopefuls Brooks Kopka and Matt Kuchar.
G-Mac is happy to still be with us at all after he had a run-in with a Cottonmouth snake [Agkistrodon piscivorus] just off the 13th fairway.
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The Portrush golfer did the right thing upon encountering the snake, which is part of the pit viper family. That is, he took an Instagram snap and high-tailed it back to the manicured fairways.
Cottonmouth snakes deliver poisonous bites that can be potentially fatal.
Best keep it on the fairways, as much as possible, this week Graeme.