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Golfer Pablo Larrazabal jumps into lake to escape hornets attack; makes birdie after getting out

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Talk about commitment!

Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal was surrounded by a swarm of hornets at the 14th hole, during his fifth hole at the Kuala Lumpur Country Club for the ongoing Malaysian Open. To drive the wasps again, the 30-year-old had to jump into a lake with no order alternatives left.

“They were three times the size of bees,” he said as quoted on the Guardian. “They were huge and like 30 or 40 of them started to attack me big time. I didn’t know what to do. My caddie told me to run, so I start running like a crazy guy, but the hornets were still there, so the other players told me to jump in the lake.”

“I ran to the lake, threw my scorecard down, took off my shoes and jumped in the water. It was the scariest moment of my career, for sure. I’ve never been so scared.”

“I had to throw my shirt and hat away, and the towel I’d been swatting them with. The referees and a doctor took me aside and gave me a couple of injections and told me to relax. After the injections I felt a lot better and could continue. Without the help of the referees I couldn’t have finished the round, because I was in no state to play golf.”

“Tomorrow it will be very, very scary to play that hole. I’m not sure what I’m going to do, but hopefully I will play it as quickly as I can,” he concluded.

But, 40 wasps were apparently not enough to keep Larrazabal down who popped on a fresh shirt, and birdied the 14th hole and completed his weekend rout with a 36-hole total of 142.

Larrazabal’s tweet over the incident:

 

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