Straightest Drive Challenge (Featuring Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and Marco Penge)

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Big test for this new driver.
No.
I've never been 21 feet.
So you're telling me they've hit feeds?
Can I hit a putt? Does that count?
Serious business.
That's bull****.
No, that's pretty much it.
Bottomy, scoopy draw.
Who **** you?
You can't tell me that's more than half a foot.
Who are creating this stupid idea?
And it's without the wind or with the action.
Sorry, did I hit a draw?
Yeah, I'm sorry.
Can't sniff a draw.
Fancy it?
Yeah, let's do it.
Perfect wind for Rory, eh?
No, I'm not running out.
You are. I promise you, you are running out.
I don't think I am.
Nice.
Great shot.
That's good.
I reckon that's like 15 feet.
Where is it?
28 left.
No.
The jack man's broken, mate.
Is that on normalised?
No.
It's got to be.
I think it's faulty.
Faulty numbers there.
I think that's one of the best drives I've ever hit.
The 308 carrier.
It's a good effort, wasn't it?
Yeah, yeah, good, yeah.
I'll take that.
Sort of make do sometimes when you're out here.
I'm happy with that, I'm happy with that.
All right, cheers, guys.
Cheers, mate.
See ya.
It's dead straight.
See, it has to be a driver if it's straight.
Well, yeah, 250 minimum, maybe.
That's not what it says.
It says it has to be a driver.
It didn't say that, it didn't say that.
It has to be a driver.
Just listening to what y'all are saying.
Just listening to the rules.
Of course, that one goes straight.
It's supposed to turn.
Good.
I can't tell.
What did I get?
Minus five, minus one inches of curve.
Really?
I did it.
First place.
Jeez, I went high.
134.
All right, there we go.
Straight-ish.
What are your thoughts on the current lead?
Five, five foot.
It's a five foot of curve.
Yeah.
Yeah, it won't be as good as my shot, but you know.
It's a joke, it's a joke.
How's Patrick?
He's got five foot of curve.
Five foot of draw and he swung it like this.
You know you're going to watch this.
I love Patrick.
Tell you what.
Curve, 21 feet.
This has never been 21 feet.
I'm so sorry.
Frozen rope challenge.
Straightest drive possible.
Okay, so you got to hit a little draw.
It'd be nice to get 5.0 feet.
Yeah.
All right, give this a go.
Here we go.
Big test for this new driver.
Pretty good.
That's really good?
Yeah, probably 15 feet of curve to the left.
50.
50 feet of curve?
Yeah.
Wow.
Well, at the top it must have just caught the wind to be fair.
Huh, all right.
Okay, thank you.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
So what was the goal?
So here is the frozen rope.
So hitting it the straightest possible drive.
But it's a normalised conditions.
Normalised.
No, actual.
Actual.
Yeah.
Straight in the trap.
35.
48.
Yeah.
It's a good shot though.
Straight in the trap.
This better not be a...
I beat the guy in front of you for speed because I have got no chance.
And what's the straightest?
5.1 foot, Mr. Patrick Reeve.
Actual curve?
Yeah.
Make it harder for us.
Mike, wind off the right.
Actual curve.
Not normalised.
So you're telling me they've hit fades?
It's like the old Top Gear challenge, isn't it?
Start on a reasonably priced car.
Just remember what we taught you.
You've been watching me today.
I must say I've had an absolute shocking...
for 8 holes.
Nikolai's longest.
I'll take 318 and wide.
There's only been one in the water here.
Well, here comes another one.
That's close, by the way.
25 feet.
47.1.
Tough move, wasn't it?
Well, you've beaten Nikolai anyway.
Just 40 yards short of him.
That's great.
That's not bad.
Which driver is good?
I'll write my name.
Do you want to write your name?
Please.
Done.
How are you doing?
Hello.
What challenge have we got going on here?
It's a pros and rope challenge.
Okay, perfect.
I don't know.
Normally, I just aim at that bunker and hope I miss it.
But that means it's curved, so...
Hopefully under 30 feet would be nice.
Oh, that's hardly moved.
That's hardly moved.
Seven feet and 11 inches.
That's a good go.
That's it to second place, though.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Curve at the least.
I can try.
Give it a whirl.
Yeah, with the pros and rope, the lead's 5-1, which is...
That's with the wind.
It's going to be a little difficult to beat.
Can I hit a putt?
Does that count?
I can hit a putt kind of straight.
I think that's kind of the way to do it.
You just thin the hell out of it.
If the wind was off the left, I'd feel more confident.
You know, I'm just going to aim it at the bunker and hopefully I hit it somewhere near there.
Oh, that's too much curve.
It is perfect.
It's straight, but it's too much curve.
I don't know what it's going to say.
82 feet, 10 inches.
There you go.
So at least it's in the fairway, though.
Lots of guys behind me.
You think you can get inside five foot?
Absolutely not.
Out of the way.
Nice shot.
That's a pritch.
Straight as I can do it, anyway.
Seven feet, four inches.
Right.
Happy?
Wind must have picked up.
Perfect.
That'll do me.
What, can you beat that?
No.
No, I cannot.
I'll have a go.
5.1.
Yeah, that's a bunch of green.
This is quite interesting, seeing the numbers.
Tom McKibbin, let's see his ball speed.
Just like that.
And then the first one.
Hey, Tom McKibbin, 6.8 on the off.
Who's that one?
Grant.
Forrest?
Yeah.
Thought he was gripping that.
All right.
But do you think you can beat Michael Kim?
That's the key.
For curvature, most curvature.
I started right at the top, f***ing lagging.
Yeah, no, but then it's all about curvature, mate.
When you talk about winning the LBW, it's just me.
Sorry, lads.
What do you reckon on that one?
Nice. I can't believe five foot is no curve.
That was 50 feet.
How has he done that?
We've got five sevens and two sevens.
How far was it, though?
Three or two carries.
As a few people have said, what about a putter, etc.
Not that much of a smart-ass.
I usually like to fade it, so I'll try not to.
Wonder where Michael Kim hit it.
He likes to sling draw.
Do you fancy baiting that, though?
Yeah, I hope so.
If I don't, we might be in for a long week.
Just a bad golf, but sometimes it's good.
Sometimes it's not so good.
Did you catch that? 3.3.
It looked nice, to be fair.
30-yard draw.
That was at least 10 yards long.
The top four are all...
I mean, Langask is at less than four yards of curve,
so that's really straight.
I mean, you wouldn't see that over a 300-yard shot,
so they're all very impressive.
Yeah, if I could get in the top four, I'd be buzzing.
What's the worst? 82 feet.
Where's that ended up? In here?
It's got less than five feet of movement.
Sounds easy.
So I just need about a two-yard fade to hit it dead straight.
Not holding out a huge amount of hope here.
Patrick re-juiced the machine, Josh.
50 foot of mantle got me there.
Right, come on. Serious business.
Towed it.
It's 15 feet of movement, I reckon.
Let your guess. 17.2.
That is good, though.
That looks about right.
Yeah, lovely.
Thank you.
Into fifth place you go.
I think I can beat it, yes.
But if you ask me if I believe I'm going to beat it,
that's a different question.
Well, is there anywhere on that leaderboard
you'd be happy fitting it going above?
The fairway. That's my leaderboard.
Little fade.
It's not a bad try, but nine feet right.
38 foot of curve, right?
That's ****. Sorry, I cannot say that.
38 feet. I'm going to ask for it in part.
Where do you think you can go?
You think you can get five?
Who would you like to beat on there?
Richard?
Yeah.
You want to beat him?
Yeah.
It's not bad, is it?
I mean, it's an unbelievable...
It was 63 foot.
Anything under 20 feet would be...
Yeah.
I think would be good.
It's going to be hard to beat Patrick at five feet, for sure.
Does it count if you just hit it to the end of the tee box?
It would be a smart play.
That's pretty good.
Oh, very big.
Wow, nice shot.
That's 14.3.
That was still 14.3?
That's one of the best, though.
That's one of the best.
Well done.
Got a little challenge.
Challenge, okay.
If I can get 50, that'd be great.
But he played earlier and it was less wind earlier, wasn't it?
That was 11.5, was it?
So yeah, you would go into fourth place.
293 carry as well.
Yeah, I'll take it.
Yeah?
In that wind, that's tidy.
That's in the wind as well.
That is very impressive.
You have to play the wind, too.
You have to draw it.
Just a snap hook against the wind.
Oh, that's going to be straight, guys.
How straight is that?
15 feet.
Could get 17.2.
Same as Laurie Cantor in no wind.
Not for me, mate.
I can show you the muscle curve.
What's the worst one so far now?
82.
82?
82.
Okay, I tried to beat that.
Straight into the water.
Tell you what, three years ago, I probably will see that water.
That's agreed.
Yeah, 5.1.
Yeah, but what distance was it?
Ball speed about like 160.
Short ass.
You can stand over there if you want.
Yeah, go there.
Oh, come on.
It's really close.
You got my course 82.1.
You were 81.
Who are creating this stupid idea?
I'm not going to hit a straight in this left-right wind, so nobody even trying.
To be fair, Ludwig just hit 11.5.
That's Ludwig Eberg, it's not me.
He draws it.
I had a downwind on the front line.
Well, that's why they were all out first, yeah.
Pretty straight.
Straight in the bunker.
I guess.
That's pretty straight.
Nine foot.
That's bloody impressive.
Bottom, bottomy, scoopy draw.
Straight into the...
It's very impressive.
It's impressive if you're trying to do it.
No curve, you mean.
Five foot of curve, Patrick Reid.
I wonder if he did the pause drill.
This is actually going to be a dead straight.
Okay, be weakly.
All right, Tommy.
That actually is dead straight.
You can't tell me that's had more than half a foot.
That is 3.9 feet.
3.9 feet.
A bit more than I thought, but it's good enough.
You're taking the lead.
You're the trouble-taker.
Won something today.
Thanks, guys.
Completely dead last in the boat.
It was great.
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