Despite all his injuries and surgeries, Tiger Woods is looking forward to giving his best in upcoming tournaments. The golf world now has all kinds of talented players on the field. However, his PGA Tour buddy Rory McIlroy has taken Woods’ attention ever since the two have come to the same side. Moreover, he recently spoke candidly about his old pal in a podcast.

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Tiger Woods goes all in while talking about Rory McIlroy

Tiger Woods is one of the most talented golfers the world has ever seen playing on the field. Although there is no match to his golfing skills, fans love him more for his humble approach towards others. However, despite all his humbleness, Woods doesn’t have a lot of friends on the PGA Tour. But there are some players Woods can count on in his field. And the rather small list of Woods’ friends includes Irish professional Rory McIlroy.

McIlroy and Woods have been friends for a very long time. However, the two have mostly been healthy competitors of each other. But ever since the two have become part of the same team, Woods’ excitement is on another level. He even spoke about the Northern Irishman in his recent podcast interview. And despite being audible to all his fans, his statements about McIlroy were, well, informal.

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Talking about McIlroy’s amazing skills, Woods highlighted how the golfer was able to switch between a variety of shots in no time. He even compared McIlroy’s game to the workout routines of weightlifters. “You have long sets, or you have these explosive ones,” he said. “Eventually you go to another plateau and you go to another level. Yeah, and your nervous system gets used to firing at that speed.”

And coming to compare, Woods said, “that’s what he did with his golf swing… he just gets up there and cruising and chips at Yeah, I’m just gonna a little chip cut and it’s 183-mile ball speed.” it was something that Woods thought even he couldn’t do. But it is not that hard for McIlroy. “I mean, you’re an a**, you know?” Woods laughingly said.

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However, despite all the calling out, Woods was happy that the golfer was on his team now. Moreover, he mentioned looking forward to McIlroy showing his magic in the tournaments ahead.