Golf is a game which players take very seriously indeed. Chasing a little ball around greens, and negotiating an obstacle course of bunkers, trees, lakes and rough ground, may not be everybody's idea of fun. But for countless thousands it is, with golf evolving into one of the most popular sports and pasttimes on the planet today.

Little wonder then that serious players have zero tolerence for anyone hampering or hindering their enjoyment of their game. Nobody, but nobody comes between a golf player and his golf. Especially on the golf course featured above, where ball thieves suffer the extreme penalty - prosecution and castration.