European Tour golfer Pablo Larrazabal had to take evasive action today to avoid a run in with hornets.

The Spaniard was at the fifth hole of the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur when he was forced to take the plunge into a water hazard.

Larrazabal still got stung a number of times and needed injections in order to allow him to continue playing...

After the incident, he said: "They were huge and like 30 or 40 of them started to attack me big time.

"I didn't know what to do. My caddie told me to run, so I start running like a crazy guy, but the hornets were still there, so the other players told me to jump in the lake."