North Korea has demanded an apology from two Australian pranksters who masqueraded as pro-golfers and tricked officials into letting them play in an amateur golf tournament.

Morgan Ruig and Evan Shay were in China on a polo trip when they cut short their plans and entered the North Korean Amateur Golf Championships at the Pyongyang Golf complex.

Australian media is now reporting that an enraged North Korean government is demanding the pair return and apologise.

LUPINE TRAVEL FACEBOOK Morgan Ruig and Evan Shay lied their way into North Korea to play an amateur golf tournament.

"We've been told by the travel agent who arranged the trip that North Korea wants us to go back to make an official apology on live TV," Ruig told The Courier Mail.

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Ruig said he would not be returning to the authoritarian state after North Korean authorities reportedly contacted the travel agent who organised the trip.

"Years of hard labour in a North ­Korean prison doesn't exactly appeal," he said.

The 28-year-old faux-golfers said they got into the tournament after emailing an organiser.

They told Channel Ten's The Project that their performance was so dismal a caddy said they'd brought shame on their families.