What happened when Tiger Woods was asked to purposely mishit the ball?
Tiger Woods was a bit surprised when he was asked to hit the golf ball from the toe and not the center of the driver. Recently, TaylorMade organized a “Fargiveness Long Drive Challenge”, a marketing campaign for their latest Stealth 2 driver.
TaylorMade asked five of the world's top golfers to hit it out of the heel or toe to display that Carbon Fiber Twist Face provides a minimal drop in carry distance. It was done to show that the driver put in a strong performance even with the mishits.
TaylorMade Tour representatives Chris Trott and Adrian Rietveld applied a layer of impact spray to the face and reviewed the rules. The only person who was confused with all this was Tiger Woods. He didn't get the intention behind this competition.
When he was asked to make an off-center strike, Woods only had this thing to say:
“What? I trained my whole life to hit the ball in the middle.”
Woods is one such player who rarely mishits and the same happened in the competition. He failed because he hit from the center twice. The veteran found it funny, although he missed the objective of the competition. Apart from Woods, Collin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, and Tommy Fleetwood took part in the challenge. McIlroy won the challenge by hitting 326 yards from the edge.
Tiger Woods and a list of other golfers on the TaylorMade roster
Tiger Woods
- Stealth 2 Plus
- Driver Stealth 2
- Plus Fairway P770 3 Iron
- P7TW Irons
- MG3 Tiger Woods Grind Wedge
Collin Morikawa
- Stealth 2 Plus Driver
- Stealth 2 Plus Fairway
- P770 IRONS
- P7MC Irons
- P7MB IRONS
- Milled Grind 3 Wedge
- MG3 Tiger Woods Grind Wedge
- TP Hydro Blast Soto
- TP5 Golf Balls
Charlie Hull
- Stealth 2 Plus Driver
- Stealth 2 Plus Fairway
- Stealth 2 Plus Rescue
- P7MB IRONS
- Milled Grind 3 Wedge
- TP Hydro Blast Soto
- TP5x Golf Balls
- Tour Preferred Women's Glove
Dustin Johnson
- Stealth 2 Plus Driver
- Stealth 2 Fairway
- MG1 Milled Grind Wedge
- Spider GT Black
- TP5x Golf Balls
Rory McIlroy
- Stealth 2 Plus Driver
- Stealth 2 Plus Fairway
- Milled Grind 3 Wedge
- Spider X Hydro Blast Flow Neck
- TP5x Golf Balls
Brooke Henderson
- Stealth 2 Plus Driver
- Stealth 2 Plus Fairway
- Stealth 2 Rescue
- P790 Irons
- Milled Grind 3 Wedge
- TP5x Golf Balls
- Tour Preferred Women's Glove
Nelly Korda
- Stealth 2 HD Driver
- Stealth 2 Fairway
- P770 IRONS
- P7MC Irons
- Milled Grind 3 Wedge
- TP5 Golf Balls
Rickie Fowler
- TP5x pix Golf Balls
Scottie Scheffler
- Stealth 2 Plus Driver
- Stealth 2 Fairway
- P7TW Irons
Tommy Fleetwood
- Stealth 2 Plus Driver
- Stealth 2 Plus Fairway
- Stealth UDI
- P7TW Irons
- Hi-Toe 3 Wedge
- TP5x pix Golf Balls
Matthew Wolff
- Stealth 2 Driver
- Stealth 2 Plus Fairway
- Milled Grind 3 Wedge
- Spider X Hydro Blast Single Bend
- TP5 pix Golf Balls
Sung Hyun Park
- Stealth 2 Driver
- Stealth 2 Plus Fairway
- P790 Irons
- Milled Grind 3 Wedge
- TP5x Golf Balls
Maria Fassi
- Stealth 2 Plus Driver
- Stealth 2 Plus Fairway
- Stealth 2 Rescue
- P790 UDI
- P770 IRONS
- P7MC Irons
- Milled Grind 3 Wedge
- TP5x Golf Balls
Sierra Brooks
- Stealth 2 Plus Driver
- Stealth 2 Fairway
- Milled Grind 3 Wedge
- Spider X Chalk