According to officials, an elderly golfer lost part of his arm recently when he leaned over to pick up his ball at a private South Carolina course. The man was said to be retrieving his ball from a pond when the 10-foot alligator bit him at Ocean Creek Golf Couse in Beaufort County.

The gator pulled the man into the pond, and ripped of his arm during the struggle. The man's golf partners were able to free him, sparing him from further harm.

Wildlife workers found and killed the alligator. They also retrieved the arm in the hopes that it might be reattached. He was being treated at Medical University of South Carolina, however officials there would not release any information about him. The man has not been identified.