Golfer bitten by croc Down Under

Sydney - A golfer has vowed on Tuesday to get back on the course after being bitten by a crocodile as he retrieved a ball from a water trap during a round in Australia.

John Lahiff, 75, was playing at the Palmer Sea Reef Golf Course in Port Douglas, 70km north of popular tourist town Cairns, on Monday afternoon when he hooked his ball into the water on the 11th hole.

"I drove the cart around to retrieve the ball - and I didn't see the croc sunbaking just on the edge of the water," he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.