Swedish golfer Joel Sjöholm had an interesting moment during Sunday’s final round of the European Tour’s Hero Open at Forest of Arden Marriott Hotel & Country Club, Birmingham, England.
Sjöholm pushed his second shot on the par-5 17th hole to an island off to the right of the green. Rather than take a penalty, he went for a little boat ride. This included a number of hairy moments in which both Sjöholm and his caddie nearly fell into the drink.
For context, Sjöholm had been right in the thick of the leaderboard through the first nine holes on Sunday, but had already posted three bogeys on the previous half-dozen holes before this amazing series of events.
Leaderboard: Hero Open
Before hitting his ball, Sjöholm had to clear away some signs, but he managed to hit the ball just over the green and save bogey.
Sjöholm finished T-22 at 9 under for the tournament. Sam Horsfield won the event, beating Thomas Detry by one stroke.
