IT was a cry of fire! not fore! on the fairway at a Winchester golf club this morning.

Firefighters were called to tackle a blaze that destroyed a sit-on mower at the South Winchester Golf Club at Pitt, near Winchester at around 7.20am.

A mechanical fault caused the fire in the diesel cutter which was on the fourth fairway.

One crew from Winchester Fire Station tackled the fire with a high-pressure hose. No-one was hurt.