Time to get the driver out: Green keepers discover 4x4 stuck in a sand trap after revellers' midnight jaunt



If you're starting out in golf it's important to get your drive right. It's even more important to remember to get out of your car before you end up in the bunker.

Staff at the Royal North Devon golf club were astounded to discover a Land Rover Defender on its side in one of their bunkers on Sunday morning with two people - reportedly dressed as pirates - asleep in the back.

Strange Discovery: The Land Rover Defender in a sand trap at the Royal North Devon Golf Club in Westward Ho!

Police were called and confirmed that two individuals were found fast asleep in the white vehicle which was on its right hand side in the bunker next to one of the greens on the Westward Ho! course in North Devon.

Officers say a 28-year-old man will appear before local magistrates later this month charged with drink driving.

Chairman of the Royal North Devon club, Doug Bushby, said: 'Three greenkeepers saw it, went down there and saw two bodies in the back and rang police.'

'A paramedic came too because they wondered if they were injured but apparently they were just asleep.'

'It was a little more than a ball in the bunker. It is a strange place to drive at night. You can get disorientated very quickly.'

Sand Trap: The Royal North Devon's fifth is a 136 yard par 3 hole. It is unclear how many strokes were requires to extract the Land River from the bunker.