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On his third shot, Van de Velde's club got tangled in the rough on his downswing, and his ball flew into the Barry Burn.

He removed his shoes and socks and gingerly stepped through shin-deep water as he debated whether to try to hit his ball out of the Barry Burn, which guards the 18th green.

Ultimately, he took a drop and proceeded to hit his fifth shot into the greenside bunker.

Van de Velde blasted to within six feet from the hole, and made the putt for a triple-bogey seven, dropping him into a three-way playoff with Justin Leonard and Paul Lawrie.

Lawrie would eventually triumph in the playoff.