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26th Jun 2013

Rory McIlroy watches on as Shevchenko gets stuck in the sand at Carton House

We’ll tell you one thing about Andriy Shevchenko, this guy spends more time in the sand than David Hasselhoff.

Conor Heneghan

We’ll tell you one thing about Andriy Shevchenko, this guy spends more time in the sand than David Hasselhoff.

In reality, Sheva probably spends damn all time in the sand because he is said to play off a handicap of two, but come on, did you really expect us to pass up the opportunity to throw in a Shooter McGavin reference at the earliest opportunity?

The former Chelsea, AC Milan and Dynamo Kiev striker did find himself in a spot of bother earlier today during the pro-am event ahead of the Irish Open in Carton House, where he was playing a round with Rory McIlroy, Dermot Desmond and eh, some guy called Kairat Boranbayev.

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Judging by his textbook backswing, we can only assume that Sheva got out of danger with little difficulty and pitched his ball within inches of the hole and that he followed it up with a little bit of this…

Hat-tip to Martin Forry for sending this one into us on Facebook  

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