Play had to be suspended at Royal Liverpool Golf Club on Friday (December 12) after greenkeeping staff carrying out routine drainage work discovered an unexploded artillery shell.
Police and an army bomb disposal team were called to the Merseyside club at around 12.30pm, during which time the course was evacuated, although the clubhouse, which was a safe distance from the area, remained open while a controlled explosion was carried out on the ordnance at 4pm.
Speaking to the Liverpool Echo, Royal Liverpool Golf Club secretary Simon Newland said: “We’ve been undertaking some drainage work on the golf course and come across what looks to be like an unexploded artillery shell. It was very far down, about four or five foot under the playing surface, and one imagines it’s from the wartime. So we have evacuated the golf course and invited the police and bomb squad to have a look at it.”
The nearby beach opened shortly after the bomb was made safe, while the golf course reopened the following day.
To watch a short video of the controlled explosion, click here.