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‘Life Is About How You Handle Adversity’: Rory McIlroy Gets Philosophical in Front of Collin Morikawa and Tyrrell Hatton

Published 01/22/2022, 7:40 AM EST

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DP World Tour never makes its fans disappointed. Like always, they have shared a funny yet cool video of top pro golfers like Collin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy, and Tyrell Hatton competing head to head on a fun battle.

The DP World Tour has posted a friendly competition video between some of the top golfers playing at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa, and Tyrell Hatton came head to head in the One Yard Fairway challenge conducted by the Tour.

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The One-Yard Fairway Challenge was conducted to find who can land the ball on the one-yard fairway using their drivers. The game started nicely; however, they soon realized it was not going to end well.

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The climate was windy, and the fairway was too narrow for the golfer’s likings. Although they joked around, they did indeed try harder to make the landing before the others.

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Rory McIlroy thinks Tyrrell needs to attend the anger management class again!

Tyrrell Hatton is known to showcase his anger when he is on the course. And DP World Tour had taken his personality to make a funny sketch.

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In the video, Tyrrell was asked to use the “thumbs-up” gesture to keep his anger down. Collin Morikawa used this reference between the Challenge to calm his nerve down. Although he didn’t vocally mock Tyrrell, the gesture was enough to get a chuckle from him.

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Rory McIlroy took this opportunity to make fun of Tyrrell’s anger issues. He said, “Just remember those anger management classes.” McIlroy also used to impart his wisdom to the other golfer by saying, “Life is about how you handle adversity.”

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The Challenge was between them. However, the golfers tried to cheer one another so that at least one of them can make it. At the end, when Tyrrell Hatton completed the challenge, his competitors were nothing but happy.

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Although the video was about competition, it soon became a funny sketch. The Tyrrell-Rory duo interactions made the video funnier. The competition was to find who can land the ball at a One-Yard Fairway. However, more than finding a winner, the fans get to enjoy the interactions between the golfers.

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Anjana Prabhakaran is a Golf content writer at EssentiallySports. She has completed her Master's degree in Public Administration and considers researching as one of her hobbies. As her family is interested in sports, Anjana grew up watching every sport on television.
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