{"id":352263,"date":"2025-12-16T18:33:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/352263\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T18:33:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:33:22","slug":"iconic-open-venue-detonates-wwii-artillery-shell-found-beneath-course-in-wildest-golf-video-of-the-year-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/352263\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic Open venue detonates WWII artillery shell found beneath course in wildest golf video of the year \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are golf videos that go viral because of the skill on display (or lack thereof). There are golf videos that go viral because some drunk guy gets thrown in a lake or a grown man gets bullied by a goose. Then there are golf videos that go viral simply because, even in this wacky, wild psyop we call a sport, we haven\u2019t seen anything like them before. This is one of those.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Royal Liverpool Golf Club\u2014better known as Hoylake\u2014released this video of a literal bomb going off beside one of its famed greens. But don\u2019t worry, it wasn\u2019t the product of another terrifying headline or one of Gil Hanse\u2019s links \u201crestorations\u201d (credit to our own Alex Myers for that zinger). Instead, it was the controlled detonation of a WWII-era artillery shell that was recently discovered beneath the 13-time Open Championship venue. Check it out.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This week, an unexploded artillery shell was found on the course. <\/p>\n<p>Following a successful controlled explosion carried out by specialists, the site was made safe. <\/p>\n<p>To find out more about Royal Liverpool\u2019s war years, follow this link: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RhjnuTurpx\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/RhjnuTurpx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wCQexf4yF5\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/wCQexf4yF5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Royal Liverpool Golf Club (@RLGCHoylake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RLGCHoylake\/status\/2000606403954700595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RELATED: Your vibes-only guide to the 10 best golf moments of 2025<\/p>\n<p>Remarkable stuff. During World War II, Royal Liverpool, like many coastal links courses across Great Britain, was converted into a military site. Installed there was an early radar system designed to identify and anticipate the approach of enemy aircraft. Its fairways were soon crisscrossed with barbed wire and embedded with live mines as fears of a land invasion by Nazi forces mounted. In 1944, the removal of those mines began with a series of controlled explosions that left the golf course in tatters. The work was thorough, but somehow this shell evaded detection, remaining dormant for another 80 years.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, this clip represents a remarkable collision of Hoylake\u2019s golf and human histories, which intertwine in fascinating and unexpected ways across the United Kingdom. We\u2019re glad, of course, that no one was hurt and the shell was safely detonated with minimal damage to the iconic links, but we\u2019re equally happy Hoylake decided to share this moment with the golf world. It\u2019s not every day you get to see something like this, and it\u2019s more proof that links golf\u2014despite all its obsolete eccentricities\u2014remains the best golf.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: The world\u2019s 100 greatest golf courses<\/p>\n<p>This article was originally published on golfdigest.com<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are golf videos that go viral because of the skill on display (or lack thereof). 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