If you think outside influences can never hamper an individual game like golf, then you are wrong. The perfect, serene lawns, a passionate crowd following you around as your polos are tucked in tight. That’s basically the aesthetic of the game, isn’t it? But quite often it has turned into a wildlife arena . From thieving dogs to fights with baboons, golf has seen it all. Here are five of the most bizarre animal encounters in pro golf.

1. Pablo Larrazábal’s battle of the hornet

Nothing, we repeat, nothing , can ever come close to Pablo Larrazábal ’s horrifying (and equally unbelievable) encounter in Malaysia. It was the second round of the 2014 Maybank Malaysian Open when the Spaniard suddenly saw himself engulfed by hornets. Around 30-40 swarmed around him, stinging him mercilessly

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