<text>  Golfers at a course in . Florida on Wednesday were careful to putt around a large . alligator, days after the beast was photographed lounging on the . edge of the green. A womens tournament went on as planned at the Myakka Pines . Golf Club in Englewood, on Floridas west coast, as the gator, . estimated at 12 to 13 feet long reposed in . full view of about 100 participants, said Mickie Zada, the . clubs general manager. If we stopped playing because of alligators, wed never . have golfers, Zada said. Scroll down for video . Players at the Myakka Pines Golf Club in Englewood, Florida have had frequent sightings of large alligators on the course . One recent gator is believed to be about 13 feet long and can been seen frequently wandering around the holes and napping on the putting greens . Zada said she had spent much of Wednesday morning fielding . calls from reporters asking whether the photo, taken by a golfer . on Friday, was doctored to make the alligator appear larger. This gentleman is well into his 80s. He wouldnt even know . Photoshop, Zada said. And according to the club, the alligator is far from . the first - or even the biggest - to show up on the course. A 15-footer, nicknamed Big George, hung around for years until his death, Zada said. Despite nearly daily alligator sightings at the course, none have attacked a person in the clubs 37 years . Despite nearly daily alligator sightings at the course, none . have attacked a person in the clubs 37 years, Zada said, owing . in part to a strict policy against feeding the animals. Dangerous confrontations between humans and alligators . usually stem from people feeding them, Florida wildlife . officials have said. The new alligator has yet to be given a moniker, but that . may soon change, Zada said. We might name him Viral, she said. 