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Seagull steals Brad Fabel's golf ball at 1998 Players Championship

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Relive when Brad Fabel's ball was taken by seagull at TPC Sawgrass' 17th!

We complete our countdown of iconic moments from Players Championship history by recalling when a seagull disrupted play at TPC Sawgrass' 17th hole.

Brad Fabel was the first golfer in Players Championship history to fire a hole-in-one on the signature par-three in 1986, but is best remembered for what happened 12 years later in golf's "fifth major".

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL - MAY 14:  A general view of Hideki Matsuyama of Japan, Si Woo Kim of Korea and Jhonattan Vegas of Venezuela on the 17th hole during
Image: The 17th at TPC Sawgrass has witnessed a number of iconic moments in golf history

Fabel hit his tee shot at the 17th on to the heart of the green, where a seagull was lurking close by and began walking towards his ball.

The seagull had a couple of attempts of grabbing hold of the ball before securing it in its beak and flying off, where the bird then promptly dropped it in the hazard.

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With the crowd around the island green laughing at the bizarre incident, Fabel was allowed to place a new ball down without penalty - only to three-putt and card a bogey.

Click on the video above to relive the Sawgrass seagull!

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