Commentator lost for words by a fart noise during Scottie Scheffler shot at The Open

Commentators at the The Open were left baffled after hearing a fart noise during a Scottie Scheffler shot on Thursday.

Scheffler made headlines earlier in the week after delivering a stunning existential monologue ahead of the Open and insisted his golf career is 'not a fulfilling life'.

Perhaps those words were echoing around his mind after hearing the comical noise play out after his approach shot on the 17th hole at Royal Portrush. 

In a bizarre moment caught live on air, Scheffler hit a stunning shot that landed beside the hole, however, while it was in flight, the fart noise was heard.

Commentators Andrew Cotter and his co-commentator were left stunned by the incident and, initially, just let out a confused: 'Oh!'

After a brief period of silence, the duo burst out into laughter before Cotter posed the question: 'What are you laughing about?'

As replays showed Scheffler's shot - which very nearly bounced into the hole - Cotter cheekily said: 'Just a little bit of wind from behind'. 

Scheffler ended the opening day 3-under 68 at Royal Portrush, as he eyes the third leg of the career Grand Slam this weekend.

Earlier in the week, Scheffler caused concern after giving a brutally honest verdict on his feelings towards the sport currently. 

'I think it's kind of funny,' he said at the beginning of an answer to a query about the longest he had spent celebrating a victory. He ended with a long hard, stare into an existential void.

'I said something after the Byron Nelson this year that it feels like you work your whole life to celebrate winning a tournament. It only lasts a few minutes, that kind of euphoric feeling. Then it's like, "okay, what are we going to eat for dinner?" Life goes on.

'Is it great to be able to win tournaments and to accomplish the things I have in the game of golf? Yeah, it brings tears to my eyes. But at the end of the day, what's the point?'

That was the stage when his answer began to escalate. 'This is not a fulfilling life,' he added. 'It's fulfilling from the sense of accomplishment, but it's not fulfilling from a sense of the deepest places of your heart.

'There's a lot of people that make it to what they thought was going to fulfil them in life, and you get there, you get to No 1 in the world, and they're like what's the point? I really do believe that because what is the point?

'Why do I want to win this tournament so bad? That's something that I wrestle with on a daily basis. It's like showing up at the Masters every year - why do I want to win this golf tournament so badly? Why do I want to win the Open Championship so badly? I don't know because, if I win, it's going to be awesome for two minutes.

'Then we're going to get to the next week, '"Hey, you won two majors this year - how important is it for you to win the FedExCup playoffs?" And we're back here again.