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Shark in the Lake? Now That's a Water Hazard

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I've been to golf courses where alligators were present in water hazards. I imagine there are lots of courses were larger crocodiles lurk. But I've never heard of a course that has sharks in its water hazards. Sharks! Until now. Carbrook Golf Club in Brisbane, Australia, has at least one (probably more) sharks in its many ponds, lakes and waterways. They've been caught on camera: They've been there since the "early '90s," according to the golf course's Web site , when "the Logan River burst its banks, resulting in large volumes of water covering the course for an extended period of time." The floodwaters eventually went away, but at least one shark (probably more) didn't. The Logan is a large river that flows into Moreton Bay (beyond which is the Coral Sea). It seems incredible to me that a shark as large as the one in the videos above could survive in a golf course lake without having frequent access to the river itself. But mayb

There Is One Area Tiger Always Gives 100-Percent

So Tiger Woods' fourth-round partner at the Farmers Insurance Open, PGA Tour rookie Brendan Steele, said Tiger mailed it in on Sunday: "I don't think he gave it ­everything today," Steele told SI. "Once it started going in the wrong direction, I don't think it had his full attention." That is one accusation Tiger's ho's never made against him. Say what you want about Tiger, but when it comes ot ho's, he always gives 100 percent. Whether he's playing their front nine or back nine.