When the perfect golf shot is off a car and into a drain

This is the Shoreditch Urban Open golf tournament.



Traditional clubs are used, but the makeshift course has been set up on the streets of one of East London's trendier districts, and the balls are leather-covered and stuffed with feathers to ensure no windows are broken.

Astroturf greens are laid down in the middle of the road, but buildings, kerbs and lampposts are all part of the course. Audis and Mercedes are the bunkers.

Urban golf has spread around the world and the first Shoreditch Urban Open took place in 2004. Now it is a legitimate enterprise, with streets cordoned off, marshals and a sponsor.