As if sand traps, flies and floods were not enough, golfers in Australia have a new hazard: a crocodile laid-up among the holes.

Wildlife officials in Queensland state on Thursday abandoned plans to shift a meter-long freshwater crocodile from a tropical course, as it posed no threat to golfers.

"We are probably more concerned about his safety," said club owner Don Matheson, from the Willows Golf Club, near Townsville, in the state's far north.

The croc moved into a fish-laden lake on the 14th hole during flooding rains this month and it was hoped it would leave by itself. Unlike the country's larger saltwater crocs, fresh-water dwelling "freshies" are relatively harmless.

"We're 160 acres of open space, and our golf course actually becomes part of the river with the extreme rain we've had," Matheson told local media. "It's quite novel that we have got a croc who has made his home here."

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Reminds me of Happy Gillmore, Bit scary to come across that on the 14th though!!

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