Rory McIlroy vs Tommy Fleetwood (but they swap clubs)

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]Hey everyone, welcome back to the channel. Today we are going to play a one-on-one stroke play match, me and Rory, uh, with a bit of a twist though.

[00:00:08]We are going to use each other's clubs.

[00:00:11]>> Absolutely.

[00:00:12]>> So, I have now >> and balls.

[00:00:14]>> And balls. Ro ball. I've morphed into Roy Moy hopefully.

[00:00:20]>> Rory, can you pass the ball, please?

[00:00:26]>> Pick which hand for who te's off first.

[00:00:31]me.

[00:00:31]>> Okay. Y what?

[00:00:35]>> Okay, let's do this.

[00:00:38]>> I want to go through uh Bory's mannerisms so I can give it the uh best of luck.

[00:00:53]Nah, it's always going to go a bit right, won't it?

[00:01:00]could have called that. I think I >> I was stood over it thinking I should be aiming more left.

[00:01:05]>> Yeah. And then I'll be thinking I should be aiming more right.

[00:01:11]>> Okay. Let me see.

[00:01:19]>> Yeah.

[00:01:19]>> You should have been aiming.

[00:01:23]It felt good though.

[00:01:27]We just both hit it in a bunker.

[00:01:29]>> I don't uh maybe >> you might be able to hit the ninewood out of the trap.

[00:01:33]>> Not good cart golf.

[00:01:35]>> That's true.

[00:01:36]>> Yeah, this is going to be fun. Like I >> imagine if we could use like in the RDER Cup, you could just have an accumulate of 28 clubs >> and use whatever >> and just use whatever you want. Tommy, I need your ninewood here.

[00:01:47]>> Yeah.

[00:01:48]>> What angles are your irons?

[00:01:50]>> Just slightly flatter, but they get less flat as I get shorter. They go in like half degree increments, >> right? Okay.

[00:01:58]>> Um or they start going in one and then they go into halves.

[00:02:00]>> As your irons get longer or shorter.

[00:02:03]>> That's what I'm trying to figure out.

[00:02:04]I'm not sure.

[00:02:05]>> Adrian does it all.

[00:02:07]>> I'm one degree upright cuz I give it a little bit of >> Oh, no.

[00:02:11]>> Like toe down at uh at impact.

[00:02:13]>> Did I hit it in the water?

[00:02:15]>> I think I you reach the water.

[00:02:17]>> I don't I mean >> Oh, no. You're good. You're perfect.

[00:02:20]>> Am I?

[00:02:20]>> You're absolutely perfect.

[00:02:21]>> Oh, I am. Oh, lovely.

[00:02:22]>> You got to go to me first.

[00:02:23]>> Oh, lovely. Look at that. Seven, six iron, seven iron.

[00:02:27]>> Yeah. You know what's really funny is my grips on my irons aren't going to be square for you cuz yours are shut for me. Like, do you know the way the golf bride is cuz the way I grip it?

[00:02:38]>> Oh, really?

[00:02:39]>> Yeah.

[00:02:39]>> Oh, cuz you play reminders, too.

[00:02:41]>> I don't play reminders, but where the where my the logo is on my grip?

[00:02:47]>> Oh, yeah.

[00:02:48]>> Yeah.

[00:02:50]>> Huh.

[00:02:50]>> Like I like yours there. I mean, the golf pride is so nice.

[00:03:06]>> Thanks.

[00:03:08]Nice layup. Yeah, that was that's all right. Forunate to be in there, but the iron felt really really good.

[00:03:15]>> Okay. Little heavier than yours.

[00:03:18]>> A little heavier. Are they >> They're sevens. So touch and uh what are you 65?

[00:03:23]>> Yeah.

[00:03:24]>> So 65s are 125 a bit but the soul a little bit different but yeah really good >> strike marks actually in the middle >> for the Well, yeah. The majority of the time I I do get them out of the tool quite a lot too. At least you don't confuse the golf ball which is good.

[00:03:39]>> You can tell it's that golf ball from a long way away.

[00:03:42]>> You can.

[00:03:42]>> What have you got?

[00:03:44]>> 209 >> big high cut nod. Ah, 29 playing 210. I think I'm going to hit a cut five iron.

[00:03:52]>> Oh, no.

[00:03:54]Oh, yeah. These are a little flat and ball slightly above my feet. This is going to be nice.

[00:04:00]All right.

[00:04:10]Oh, hang on.

[00:04:14]No.

[00:04:16]Oh, that went very short for a five iron.

[00:04:19]Okay.

[00:04:21]Huh. Must be the clubs.

[00:04:23]>> Must be. Must be.

[00:04:26]All right.

[00:04:29]>> I think it just spun a lot.

[00:04:30]>> It did spin. Yeah. You could tell like when when you hit that like I don't know. It even looks flat for you. Like you know like the way you hit and everything. It just >> Yeah.

[00:04:39]>> How many different irons have you tried?

[00:04:41]Like the tailor made ones. I just >> I mean basically since I've been with Tailor Made I've played that Ro Proto. I played the 730 which is very very similar to the Rose Proto the Rose Proto. Um I've tried the TWW irons.

[00:04:55]>> Um I'm in the process of trying the CBS just as like as I'm getting older I might need a bit more help.

[00:05:02]>> Do you know uh Nelly uh I was doing a thing with Nelly this morning and she gets there and she has a stretch. She's going getting old.

[00:05:08]>> I know.

[00:05:08]>> I was like stop it.

[00:05:10]>> I know. 27.

[00:05:12]I know.

[00:05:13]>> 63 yards.

[00:05:15]>> 63 yards. And your 60 is 61 degrees.

[00:05:18]>> It is.

[00:05:20]>> So, you use the cord grips on your wedges.

[00:05:23]>> Yeah. And my woods. Yeah.

[00:05:25]>> But then the iron you have something else.

[00:05:27]>> Yeah. I don't know. I I wanted a softer grip years ago cuz I hit loads of balls and I just wanted it and then like you know when you change heats all the time >> and I was living in England >> so like I would come out and my hands really hurt like a lot or it got so then I got a soft grip >> so it was easier on my hands but then it didn't feel right in the woods at all >> and you hit more irons when you practice than you do with >> Yeah. Yeah. Just like so.

[00:05:51]>> Yeah.

[00:05:52]>> 61 degrees. See how much the extra one degree. This looks so different than my uh 60.

[00:05:59]>> Yeah.

[00:06:05]Hello.

[00:06:07]A little bit of a big bounce.

[00:06:11]>> Very nice >> putting for part.

[00:06:12]>> It's a bit bit more square, isn't it?

[00:06:14]>> It's very Yeah.

[00:06:15]>> Yeah.

[00:06:15]>> It's really interesting how different that bottom line looks.

[00:06:19]>> Yeah. Yeah.

[00:06:20]>> Okay. Enjoy.

[00:06:21]>> Thanks very much. Maybe the five iron wasn't that short. It was just more right.

[00:06:28]Nearly got to pin high. Below the level of the green, shortsided, tight lie. The smart play would be to try to bump it, but I'm going to try to land it on the green. Probably not the right play, but it's probably the play that's going to help me get it closer, I would say.

[00:06:53]Oh, good shot.

[00:06:56]>> Can't believe how soft you've just landed that.

[00:06:58]>> Yeah. Nice.

[00:07:00]Thank you. Oh, >> just had the lines redone for you.

[00:07:04]>> Oh, lovely. And what length is yours?

[00:07:06]30.

[00:07:07]>> 34.

[00:07:07]>> 34.

[00:07:08]>> You're 35.

[00:07:09]>> I'm 34 and a I'm 34 and a quarter, but then with the cap on the top of it, it almost goes to like 34 and a2.

[00:07:16]>> Okay. I'm going to try and do everything Roy Moy does here.

[00:07:19]>> Okay.

[00:07:21]>> Practices.

[00:07:28]>> Step in.

[00:07:30]>> Set the right hand.

[00:07:31]>> Yeah.

[00:07:32]>> Look.

[00:07:39]Oh, I've left it short.

[00:07:41]>> A >> How bad was that, by the way?

[00:07:43]>> It could be this could be the softer ball, maybe.

[00:07:46]That's How bad was that? That's good.

[00:07:48]That's good.

[00:07:49]>> Bit heavier as well. Mine, >> it's a lot heavier.

[00:07:52]>> Yeah, swing weight's probably a bit heavier.

[00:07:56]>> Okay. To take a oneup lead.

[00:08:02]>> Beautiful.

[00:08:03]>> Oh, just like East Lake.

[00:08:08]One under for >> Was that a par five?

[00:08:11]>> Well, I'd like to think so.

[00:08:12]>> Okay.

[00:08:13]>> Oh, that's good then. That's good then.

[00:08:14]>> Yeah. So feels better than a bogey.

[00:08:16]Yeah, >> even par.

[00:08:18]>> I somehow able to make a birdie. Thanks very much.

[00:08:21]>> It was good.

[00:08:22]>> Yeah, I mean hit a really nice putt.

[00:08:24]>> What did you think of lining that putter up?

[00:08:26]>> I quite like it. Like I I I've always liked the long line on my spider, but >> Well, I mean, you're you're no line on ball. Long line on putter.

[00:08:35]>> Yes. And you're the other.

[00:08:36]>> Well, I've gone no line on ball like the last few months. But where so where how do you line it up then to not do you just >> I just put that down and then I'll focus on that the last thing I just >> but yeah I used to use the uh strike.

[00:08:50]>> All right 150 yards. Considering how spinny that five iron came out of yours.

[00:08:55]I'm going to hit a 9 iron.

[00:08:58]>> How far does your wedge go normal like stock?

[00:08:59]>> My stock wedge usually goes like 50 to 52.

[00:09:04]>> Okay. So it really would be a perfect wedge. So, >> but considering I don't have my wedge, I'll go ner. So, >> you going to hit that like 3/4 shot you were talking about yesterday.

[00:09:14]>> You think you need a little bit more?

[00:09:15]>> I think I might. Well, pins at the front. Greens are soft. It looks like there's a bit of a back stop.

[00:09:22]>> I think I might just try to like ease one in.

[00:09:24]>> My little flat irons are perfect for this shot. You're just going to give yourself a little bit of room to the left and let it I >> think that's the shot I want to try to play.

[00:09:44]Spin.

[00:09:46]>> Yeah, >> good shot.

[00:09:47]>> Came out. All right.

[00:09:48]>> Do you know what I think this is, Rory?

[00:09:51]>> Hands toers. Hands to shoulders. On >> shoulders >> shot.

[00:10:04]>> Good shot.

[00:10:04]>> How'd that feel?

[00:10:07]>> Really nice.

[00:10:07]>> Okay.

[00:10:08]>> I like the way it's like just turf interaction.

[00:10:11]>> Turf interaction. Really nice.

[00:10:13]>> I mean, they're beautiful looking.

[00:10:14]>> Yeah. Slightly smaller profile.

[00:10:16]>> Slightly smaller profile, but still like the roundness.

[00:10:18]>> Yes. Yeah. Not too sharp.

[00:10:21]How often do you think you like when you're playing and you think there's a particular shot that you might want, I don't know, like that week or something you think about in your game, would you turn to like something new in equipment as a first thought or would you try and figure the shot out first and then be like, you know, I feel like there's a >> It's like a chicken and an egg. I think like I think for me sometimes when you're looking at like when you're preparing for a tournament and it's core strategy, it's not even unless the conditions are like >> different, right? Like bit more windy or whatever, but >> sometimes it's like looking for a club that goes a certain distance. Yeah.

[00:11:00]>> And then for me that's always >> like I have my four iron that goes like 240ish, but then I have my fivewood that goes 265.

[00:11:10]So sometimes there's a gap in there that >> I'm like, "Oh, do I put something else in and lose a wedge or >> So sometimes it's more that."

[00:11:19]>> So the majority of the time you're four wedges.

[00:11:22]>> Yes.

[00:11:23]>> Yeah.

[00:11:23]>> Yeah.

[00:11:24]>> All right. You got inside me. It was perfect shoulders.

[00:11:27]>> It was perfect shoulders n iron. I told you.

[00:11:29]>> Shoulders n iron for me.

[00:11:32]>> Would you Do you think that would have just been a three/4er nine iron for you?

[00:11:35]Yeah. Yeah. Cuz when I try to hit a normal shot and hit it left or right, I probably lose three or four yards.

[00:11:41]>> Yeah. Yeah, me too. I always feel like moving around the ball and my fade is like a four yards. Like >> I'm going to use the claw now. I tried I tried to be Rory Mroy on the last screen and I just got it wrong.

[00:12:01]Good pot.

[00:12:04]Oh no.

[00:12:07]Great putter.

[00:12:07]>> I like this putter. I like the the grip.

[00:12:09]Like the little lines.

[00:12:10]>> Do you like the grip? Cuz your right hand is different on that grip.

[00:12:13]>> Yeah, the grip just >> it's nice though.

[00:12:15]>> Yeah.

[00:12:16]>> Feels like it gets your forearms a bit more level.

[00:12:20]>> Let's tie this baby up.

[00:12:25]>> Oh.

[00:12:26]>> Oh.

[00:12:26]>> Oh. Pure.

[00:12:28]>> There we go. That was lovely.

[00:12:31]>> That was really nice.

[00:12:32]>> That was like >> close. I went back to the sound. The sound of it as well. It's like so soft.

[00:12:37]>> I guess you don't I don't really >> What insert are you?

[00:12:40]>> I think it's the same thing. The ball just >> No. No. Just sounds It sounds better when you hit it than I do.

[00:12:50]>> It doesn't. It doesn't. Yours hits the bottom of the cup a lot.

[00:12:54]>> All right. Two holes in, one to play.

[00:12:56]>> Yeah. Both one.

[00:12:57]>> Both one under. Big birdie there for me.

[00:12:59]Actually, I felt like that was a >> important that felt lovely there.

[00:13:02]actually feel like, do you know what?

[00:13:04]Like that first stroke I took just with it being like a heavier swing weight and everything definitely I was a little bit all over the place and then I ate a couple of pods.

[00:13:11]>> Yeah.

[00:13:12]>> Felt different. Like I felt like I sped my back swing up a little bit.

[00:13:14]>> Yeah, >> that was that was really nice.

[00:13:16]>> Yeah, >> you look great with that.

[00:13:18]>> Thanks. You look great with that.

[00:13:20]>> I think you should find out how far the hole is and I think you should lay up to a 9wood distance.

[00:13:26]>> What is a 9wood distance?

[00:13:28]>> Uh for you that ninewood will go like 240. Well, actually no. The five went a little bit short. Maybe like morning 2.

[00:13:35]What? It's going to It's going to spin so much.

[00:13:37]>> Exactly.

[00:13:38]>> Let's say 2:30.

[00:13:39]>> How long have you used this putter now?

[00:13:42]>> Tour champion. Well, the spider in general.

[00:13:45]>> The actual model. Yeah.

[00:13:46]>> The model um since the start of 2019.

[00:13:49]>> Okay.

[00:13:49]>> Yeah. And my putter stats have been >> your point stats been amazing. Starts been amazing.

[00:13:53]>> I think as well there's something about how traditionalist golf is that like I didn't go to it. So I actually saying that I did play around with it in 20 17 but like I think because I always imagine myself like winning a tournament like with a mallet putter or like a putter like a spider and being like no that's not right like it needs to be a blade putter. It needs to be >> and then bit the bullet and start it was actually Kapalooa 2019 Kapalooa is the first time I used it and >> it was >> happy throwing the green jacket on with a spider.

[00:14:27]>> Yeah. I'm like, "Yeah, yeah, absolutely." Okay, so the pin is 445 9wood. Ninewood.

[00:14:39]>> Sure.

[00:14:39]>> You could just hit Nwood. Nwood.

[00:14:44]>> Yeah, I'm I'm all for that.

[00:14:46]>> I'm going to hit your driver cuz I feel like this whole little dog leg to the right almost. I can just aim left and like hit it hard.

[00:14:53]>> Yeah.

[00:14:53]>> Have I hit your ninewood before? Yeah, you definitely I did. I hit it at the on the range of Bay Hill.

[00:14:58]>> You definitely hit my arm before.

[00:15:06]>> Oh, Tommy. Tommy shot.

[00:15:11]>> Nice. I I think I don't need to Do you tee this up? Have you ever Do you tee it up when you're like >> I do tear it up sometimes, but I This is nice. Um really nice turf for it. I don't think you need to.

[00:15:22]>> No, I don't think I need to either.

[00:15:23]Okay. Are you just going to like a stock shot and just watch what happens?

[00:15:26]>> Yes.

[00:15:27]>> Okay.

[00:15:27]>> Yes.

[00:15:33]>> I mean, it's in play.

[00:15:36]I mean, it's nice flight.

[00:15:39]>> It's perfect.

[00:15:40]>> Yeah.

[00:15:41]>> Does that just look like so weird to you because it's like such a soft high spinning flight. Like you just would never hit a >> Yeah. I mean, >> but it's really nice. I mean, I can't.

[00:15:53]>> Yeah. It's a, you know, I don't know how far I've got in. Probably.

[00:15:57]>> You think so?

[00:15:58]>> So, if we get up here and I've got 220, that would be amazing.

[00:16:03]>> If you've got a bit more, just crank the Nwood down. If you got a bit less, just hit hard.

[00:16:07]>> Oh, yeah.

[00:16:08]>> Yeah. Versatility.

[00:16:11]>> Exactly.

[00:16:11]>> I'm afraid that it's maybe went a little too far.

[00:16:15]>> Yeah.

[00:16:16]>> I'm still committed to hitting the ninewood, though. I think just just cut something out of there.

[00:16:23]215.

[00:16:26]>> You've got to do it.

[00:16:27]>> So, that's went 230.

[00:16:29]>> Yeah. I mean, you've got to just aim at >> Okay.

[00:16:31]>> If you thought the T-shot looked really weak and floaty, this is going to be >> This is Well, I mean, I feel like with the T-shot, I was trying to get like as much out of it as I could. So, I think this is going to be really good. Okay.

[00:16:45]215.

[00:16:54]Cut. Hello.

[00:16:56]>> Come on.

[00:16:56]>> Hello.

[00:16:56]>> Catch that little slope just there.

[00:16:58]>> Hello.

[00:16:59]>> Oh, it's so far.

[00:17:03]>> I think it just wants to go 230 no matter how you hit it.

[00:17:06]>> Yeah.

[00:17:07]>> Ah, advantage Fleetwood.

[00:17:10]>> Yeah. Talked you into uh hitting a >> Maybe with a nine with the draw go shorter. Yeah, maybe you can go pick something up to eat just where your ball is.

[00:17:22]>> Oh, no.

[00:17:23]>> I hit a great drive.

[00:17:25]>> You had a very good drive. You just feel like that driver wants to do that a little bit on you.

[00:17:29]>> Yeah, but I mean, how nice was that on on this hole where I knew I could aim left and it was just going to like drift right on me.

[00:17:35]>> Yeah, true.

[00:17:36]>> That is 146.

[00:17:38]>> What?

[00:17:39]>> Yeah.

[00:17:40]>> Yeah. I mean, >> do you just want me to go where you are?

[00:17:42]>> No, I I swear I Yeah, it's 197 to the trees at the back. I lasered it.

[00:17:47]>> Yeah, 146.

[00:17:49]>> 146. Got a mud ball. Um Rory's wedge is one degree lower loft than mine. My wedge is probably going to go 143, 144 this morning. So really stock wedge. Stock Roy Moy wedge. Let's see it.

[00:18:13]Hello.

[00:18:14]>> It's a go.

[00:18:16]>> Oh.

[00:18:17]>> Oh, spinny. Spinny.

[00:18:18]>> Perfect.

[00:18:21]>> All right. Stay in the front edge. Good shot.

[00:18:23]>> Thanks. Why um would you be a a wedge?

[00:18:28]>> A wedge. Wedge.

[00:18:29]>> A wedge. Wedge rather than um I like the look of it better. I feel like I get less flyers with it.

[00:18:36]>> Interesting.

[00:18:36]>> Out of the rough.

[00:18:37]>> Yeah.

[00:18:38]>> Interesting. Um, yeah. I feel like it just comes out a bit softer on >> Okay.

[00:18:42]>> And like distance is the same as a set wedge anyway.

[00:18:45]>> Yeah.

[00:18:46]>> Yeah. You ever chip with a wedge?

[00:18:49]>> Sometimes.

[00:18:49]>> Yeah.

[00:18:50]>> Yeah. I would quite a bit like once we go back home like play Scottish open or the open or >> Mhm.

[00:18:55]>> I do a little bit of it then.

[00:18:57]>> Good shot.

[00:18:58]>> Thanks, Ry. Nice wedge. Where have you done? Are you not too bad?

[00:19:02]>> Not terrible. You're >> not too bad.

[00:19:04]>> I'm actually glad I've got your wedge for this and not mine.

[00:19:08]Little um little grainy little bit more bounce.

[00:19:12]>> Yeah.

[00:19:13]>> Yeah. If I get this right, this might this could have a chance. Just feed it down to the hole.

[00:19:18]>> Well, you'd say I'm in the driving seat right now, but Rory's feels very confident over his chip. It is a little grainy over there at the back of the green. I mean, my cadding skills with the 9wood 9wood has put him into a terrible spot, but he quite fancied it. Oh, he could be right. He could be right. Go.

[00:19:38]>> Oh, no.

[00:19:38]>> Oh, it's not getting down. Oh, >> no.

[00:19:42]>> I thought you played that well.

[00:19:43]>> I I did play it well. Just >> the two shots you've hit with my love wedge have been so soft. They've been really nice. Yeah, >> I put Rory in a terrible situation telling into it ninewood. Ninewood. But um for me, I feel like I've played the whole perfect Rory Maroy driver that is definitely a cut club. A Rory Maroy 46 degree wedge. I needed the one degree less loft. Uphill fraction of right to left straights at the end. Straight ends at the end. This putters hold some good putts on the last holes this season.

[00:20:14]>> Oh no. Oh no.

[00:20:16]>> That was terrific, wasn't it?

[00:20:19]>> Big pull.

[00:20:28]>> Oh no, >> it's not moved. Or did it straighten?

[00:20:31]Yeah, it straightened. It moved early and then it sort of >> Well done.

[00:20:35]>> Your putter would have held it probably.

[00:20:38]>> Yeah, I don't think the nine would ninewood strategy worked.

[00:20:41]>> That was my bad.

[00:20:41]>> That's all right. It's fine. You talked me into it. It's okay.

[00:20:43]>> I'll do a better job next time.

[00:20:45]>> I'll forgive I'll forgive you, partner.

[00:20:46]It's fine.

[00:20:47]>> Good match.

[00:20:48]>> Okay, guys. That's it. Thank you very much for watching. Uh like and subscribe. Join us next time and uh you know, maybe we'll get another match in the future. We can >> Sounds good.

[00:20:57]>> What do you think? Do you like my clubs?

[00:20:59]>> I don't mind. I think I'll have a better chance than mine.

[00:21:01]>> Me, too.

[00:21:02]>> Yeah.

[00:21:07]>> Hey guys, just taking a quick break from the match. We are both using our new Qi4D drivers. Uh, well, I'm using Rory's. Rory's using mine.

[00:21:15]>> Yeah. Um, hit the link in the bio to shop for your new Qi40.