Snake Fear Wrecks Vinnie's Golf Game

Snakes have ruined movie tough guy VINNIE JONES' golf game.

The Snatch star adds needless strokes to his score because he refuses to search for stray golf balls in the rough when he's playing a round at a course in his adopted California.

He's terrified of coming across a rattlesnake.

Jones tells WENN, "I lose more balls than anyone on the course because I won't go in the rough to get them. There are snakes everywhere and they give me the willies."

The former soccer star admits he only recently took up golf as a pastime because there aren't enough rivers and streams near his Los Angeles home to allow him to follow his number one passion, fly fishing.