He was using decades-old equipment on a famously tough course, but he hit the centre of the fairway.

The pilot of a 1929 biplane with a sputtering engine and two passengers aboard made an emergency landing on a fairway at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, US.

The plane sent stunned golfers scrambling, but it landed smoothly, and no one was injured in the plane or on the ground.

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