Billy Horschel, the world’s No. 20 player, took matters into his own hand by chasing an invading alligator back into the water in a wild scene at the Cognizant Classic on Thursday.

Billy and Brittany run the Horschel Family Foundation, created in 2023 to support mental health, addiction assistance and K9s for Warriors. He also lends his name to Feeding Northeast Florida and support to the Advocates Professional Golf Tour and the ...

(AP Photo/Gregory Bull) PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — A Gator took on a gator. Billy Horschel won. Let’s explain: Horschel played his college golf for the Florida Gators, so he knows plenty about the wildlife that gets seen on courses in the Sunshine ...

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Billy Horschel used a wedge to get rid of an alligator that was crossing the eighth hole at the 2025 Cognizant Classic.

Billy Horschel, a Florida Gator himself, encountered one DURING THE MIDDLE OF HIS ROUND ON THURSDAY and took it upon himself to chase it back into the water. This actually happened! Brentley Romine of the Golf Channel captured the incident on video:

PGA Tour star golfer Billy Horschel was seen recently shooing a gator off a Florida golf course with his club as it tried to approach him during his round.

After Billy Horschel handled a gator during the Cognizant Classic, one of the best reactions came from Paige Spiranac who bragged about the PGA Tour star.

Billy Horschel, who went viral Thursday after moving a gator back into a lake at the Cognizant Classic, received a box of gator-shaped chocolates from PETA. Horschel, a Florida native, is aiming ...