Clement Berardo disqualified after hitting golf balls

Clement Berardo is ranked 1,990 in the world

Golfer Clement Berardo was disqualified for a Challenge Tour tournament – after he no longer had golf balls.

The Frenchman could not complete his round after losing the last ball in his bag on the 16th at the Andalucia-Costa del Sol Match Play 9 event.

The 32-year-old started with a fourfold bogey nine on the first hole at Valle Romano Golf, before he inned the sixth and the eighth to make the turn in 41.

He then doubled the 10th and dropped further shots at 14 and 15.

Berardo, who had missed the cut in his last four starts and is currently ranked at 1,909 in the world, finally had run out of balls on the par-five 16.