The 28-year-olds were on a polo trip in Beijing when they heard about the competition.
Two Australian men managed to bluff their way into an 18-hole international tournament in North Korea by posing as world-class golfers.
The 28-year-olds were on a polo trip in Beijing when they heard about the competition.
They successfully applied to play as the Australian team and wore green blazers bearing the national logo.
The two-day tournament brought 85 participants from around the world to North Korea's only golf course in Pyongyang.
The Australian pair were escorted throughout their five-day trip that included a tour of the capital, where they placed flowers at a monument to the country's leaders.
"We were very nervous handing our passports over at the border. There are stories of people not coming home," one of the pair, Morgan Ruig, told the Courier-Mail newspaper.
North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-il opened Pyongyang golf complex in 1987. It is claimed he shot 11 hole-in-ones and a word record round of 38 on his first attempt at the sport.
"I hit 120 and my caddy told me I had bought great shame to my family,” Ruig said. "We played very poorly... but we met some very interesting people."
Ruig told Yahoo Sport that they had no problems leaving the country afterwards.