THE BUNKERS AND greens at the US Open this week will be tough — but they’re unlikely to be as tricky as the challenge ESPN’s Sports Science crew set Rory McIlroy.
The two-time Major winner tested a range of his skills with three different tasks in a warehouse obstacle course.
First he had to punch the ball through the front door from 70 yards… in the dark.
Then he took on a bunker shot with a difference — playing it out of coleslaw made from cabbage which is 20 times thicker than grass and mayonnaise which is 5,000 times more viscous than water.
Finally he was faced with a 50-foot putt on glass, 3.5 times faster than the typical US Open green.
Here’s how he got on:
