{"id":535048,"date":"2026-04-17T00:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/535048\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T00:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:28:14","slug":"rory-mcilroy-and-tommy-fleetwood-challenge-sends-golf-fans-crazy-after-masters-champion-peer-pressured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/535048\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood challenge sends golf fans crazy after Masters champion ‘peer pressured’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Golf fans have been treated to a brilliant YouTube video featuring Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy in one of the most entertaining challenges you’ll see this year.<\/p>\n

The Ryder Cup teammates appeared in a promotional clip for TaylorMade where they swapped their entire golf bags and played a three-hole match using each other’s equipment.<\/p>\n

It turns out watching two of the world’s finest players struggle with unfamiliar setups makes for fantastic viewing.<\/p>\n

Fleetwood even mimicked McIlroy’s mannerisms during the challenge, showing off the playful friendship between the pair that fans absolutely love to see.<\/p>\n

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Tommy Fleetwood even copied Rory McIlroy’s mannerisms after swapping clubs and balls<\/p>\n

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The highlight of the video came when Fleetwood convinced McIlroy to abandon his usual precision-based approach and grab the 9-wood instead.<\/p>\n

McIlroy had been calculating his yardage when Fleetwood jumped in with his suggestion, and the six-time major champion reluctantly agreed despite his obvious doubts.<\/p>\n

After hitting the shot, McIlroy admitted: “I mean, it’s in play. Nice flight.”<\/p>\n

Fleetwood couldn’t resist pointing out how different it looked, asking if the “soft high spinny flight” seemed strange since McIlroy would never normally play that way.<\/p>\n

McIlroy’s verdict? “It just looks so weak… but it’s really nice.”<\/p>\n

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Golf fans were loving the challenge between Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood<\/p>\n

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The 9-wood experiment continued to backfire as McIlroy persisted with Fleetwood’s strategy.<\/p>\n

When faced with a 215-yard shot, Fleetwood urged him to stick with the club, joking about how the tee shot had looked “weak and floaty.”<\/p>\n

McIlroy hit it too far and let out a frustrated “Ah no,” noting the club “just goes to 230 no matter how you hit it.”<\/p>\n

With the match slipping away, Fleetwood admitted: “Yeah, I talked you into that.”<\/p>\n

After losing the challenge, McIlroy took it brilliantly, saying: “I don’t think your 9-wood 9-wood strategy worked. It’s fine, it’s okay. You talked me into it. I’ll forgive you. Good match.”<\/p>\n

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Tommy Fleetwood was accused of peer pressuring Rory McIlroy into using the 9 iron<\/p>\n

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Fans were quick to praise the exchange in the comments section, with one writing: “Tommy peer pressuring Rory is top tier trolling. Love it.”<\/p>\n

Another posted: “Tommy advocating so hard for the 9 wood lol,” while others said they loved seeing the pair having fun together on the course.<\/p>\n

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It’s been a strong period for both players, with Fleetwood claiming his maiden PGA Tour victory at the 2025 Tour Championship and McIlroy adding to his major collection with his recent Masters triumph.<\/p>\n

The video perfectly captured why golf fans can’t get enough of this Ryder Cup partnership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Golf fans have been treated to a brilliant YouTube video featuring Tommy Fleetwood and Rory McIlroy in one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,2623,2331,217,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-535048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-sgg","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}