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The Open golf star suffers a meltdown and takes FOUR shots to escape a bunker and cards 10 at hole No4 at Royal Portrush

The South African needed four attempts to escape the sand, and ended up taking 10 strokes on a par 4 FOUR-MIDABLE The Open golf star suffers a meltdown and takes FOUR shots to escape a bunker and cards 10 at hole No4 at Royal Portrush Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) ROYAL Portrush claimed a scalp when Shaun Norris needed FOUR shots to escape a bunker. The South African went out of bounds from the tee on the fourth hole in the second round of The 153rd Open. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Shaun Norris during Friday's second round Credit: Getty So that saw him take three off the tee. He then hit his third stroke into a fairway bunker. The poor fellow needed four attempts to escape the sand, when he eventually found the fairway. But he came up short and left on the approach to the green to find the rough and then chipped on before tapping in a simple putt. READ MORE ON THE OPEN OPEN MINDED Golf star who is Buddhist monk tearing it up at Open thanks to Zen-like focus So Norris ended up taking TEN strokes on the par 4. He was +1 for the tournament before starting the hole. He walked off the green at +7 and in serious danger of missing the cut. But somehow he did recover his composure and went on to birdie the next hole. CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS Golf fans watching the action unfold, though, took to social media with their reaction to the SEXTUPLE bogey. One wrote: "If this isn't the most Open Championship coded thing ever then I'd be hard pressed to find what is. I present Shaun Norris's scorecard from the 4th hole." Awkward moment fart noise stuns Open commentators into silence before pair burst out laughing Another said: "From level par to 6 over in the blink of an eye. Links golf in a nutshell." Tiger Woods famously hit an atrocious ten at the 2020 Masters - the worst score of his career. The American superstar dumped three balls in the water at the 155-yard par 3 12th. 2 The map of his hole makes for grim reading Credit: The Open