Golfers grossed out: unravelling the curious case of the cup-crapping prankster
Rory McIlroy lines up his putt on the opening day of the 152nd British Open Golf Championship at Royal Troon in this file picture, but golfers in Norway have been put off putting because of a vile vandal.
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Golf is a popular sport across the globe, and getting a hole in 1 is first prize, but for the past 20 years, golfers at a Norwegian golf club have found that someone has done a number 2 in the cups.
The mystery pooper, believed to be a man who gets around the links on a bicycle, has been defecating in golf holes on the Stavanger Golf Course since 2005.
"New York Post" quoted the groundskeeper as saying the culprit "has a couple of favourite holes”.
Kenneth Tennfjord told the Rogaland Avis newspaper: “And we know it is a man because the poos are too massive to be from a woman."
He said the club has tried to catch the man, even installing high-powered lights to deter him, but that didn't work.
Another gardener at the course, Frode Jormeland, told the publication: “He climbed up a tree next to the lights and wriggled far out on a branch and dismantled the spotlights.
“How he managed the feat without electrocuting himself or falling is a riddle.”
Steinar Floisvik, the club’s general manager, said: “With the morning dew, we noticed bike tracks in the grass. They discovered that they had done their business on the green, and the bike tracks disappeared back the way they came.”
Floisvik speculated that the guy who empties his guts on the golf course either hates the game, has a fetish or has a mental health issue.
Golfers have been shocked to find a number 2 in the golf cups while playing on links in Norway, left there by a serial poo dumper who uses his bicycle to do his deed.
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But on Instagram, a post by Wasted saw the lighter side of the matter, and the comments were, putting it mildly, hysterical.
"So y'all know which holes and what days for 20 years and still haven't caught him? He deserves to get away," read one post.
Another read: "The most exciting thing to ever happen on a golf course", while someone else hailed the poo dumper, writing: "Not the hero we deserve but the hero we need!"
Many said they believed one of the groundskeepers was to blame, while others suggested that the vile vandal leave poo parcels at courses where President Donald Trump plays golf.
One post read: "He should go to Scotland at Turnberry, where Trump plays."
But a post by rph56 cleared the air somewhat, pointing out that it could just be the work of a prankster: "This is an old trick. I used to work at a golf course in my late teens and early 20s. The golf course was in Ontario, Canada, GTA. This was a regular occurrence, especially on weekends."