Golf-Schwartzel's ball becomes fish food at LIV Golf Bedminster


Aug 24, 2025; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Charl Schwartzel of Stinger GC chips onto the first green during the finals of the LIV Golf Michigan Team Championship at The Cardinal at Saint John's Resort. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-Imagn Images

Aug 10 (Reuters) - ⁠Charl Schwartzel found an unusual ⁠hazard in the final round ‌at LIV Golf Bedminster on Sunday when a fish appeared to swallow ​his ball after it ⁠rolled into the ⁠water beside the seventh green.

The South ⁠African's ‌tee shot at the 134-yard, par-three hole ⁠rolled off the putting surface and ​settled ‌in the pond, where TV ⁠footage showed ​the ball being snatched from beneath the water.

"Have you ever ⁠seen anything like this?" ​LIV Golf wrote in a social media post accompanying video of ⁠the incident.

The former Masters champion had to take a one-stroke penalty and settled for a bogey ​on the hole. ⁠He finished two-over par at ​the tournament, which ‌was won by Chilean ​Joaquin Niemann.

(Reporting by Rory Carroll; Editing by Peter Rutherford)

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