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Quick 9: Best European Tour stunts

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The European Tour recently picked up the award for Social Media Campaign of the Year at the Sports Industry Awards. They have never been afraid of setting a challenge, that’s for sure

Quick 9: Best European Tour stunts

9. Fastest hole in golf

Three teams of four from France, Denmark and Spain were competing to see whether they could break a record in the Guinness Book of World Records.

England, France and South Africa then stepped up to try and break that record last year…

8. The Awkward Reporter

Look away now if you’re squeamish…

7. 200-yard gong shot

David Howell, Paul McGinley, Marcel Siem and Rhys Davies had a go at hitting a gong in the Gap of Dunloe in Killarney…

6. Hardest hole in golf

Ian Poulter featured as a guest referee as some of the world’s best attempted to hit a tiny green from a hotel floor.

5. Nine-year-old gets birthday surprise

I think we were all jealous of this kid…

4. All the sports challenge

Thomas Pieters and Andy Sullivan were among the golfers to combine nerf throwing, football, rugby and tennis to complete a hole of golf.

3. Hickory Challenge

Just to prove how hard golf was in the 1930’s, Danny Willet, Lee Westwood and Miguel Angel Jimenez faced 2013 Hickory World Champion Paolo Quirici. (This is cool!)

2. Molinari goes for hole-in-one

Edoardo Molinari was given 500 balls to hit a hole-in one. How did he get on?

1. Rory vs. The Robot

Rory McIlroy was challenged by a robot to hit golf balls into washing machines – recreating the famous video of him on the television when he was a youngster.

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About the author

Matthew Beedle

Matthew has been playing golf since he was around 13 and took up the game at a local nine-hole municipal course with his friends before joining Pontefract & District Golf Club just over the hedge.

Still a member of Pontefract with a handicap of 3, he currently sits on the board of directors to help with digital and marketing initiatives in order to improve membership and visitor income.

Matthew graduated university with a First Class in Sports Journalism from Leeds Trinity University and has been working in the golf industry since graduating.

NCG’s social media & marketing manager, Matthew’s main job role is to increase website traffic to the National Club Golfer website via our email and social media channels as well as driving entries to grow our NCG Top 100s Tour events amongst other tasks.

Not one to change his equipment too often, Matthew currently plays the TaylorMade M2 driver which has lasted the test of time in his bag. Elsewhere, you’ll find him using the TaylorMade Stealth 2 three-wood with a Ping G425 Crossover 2-iron to aid his long game.

Through his 4-iron to Gap Wedge, Matthew uses the Ping i500 irons accompanied by Ping’s Glide 3.0 56-degree and 60-degree wedges.

Another club that has stood the test of time in his bag is a Nike Method Core MC-3i putter which has had to have the SuperStroke grip changed at least three times. Ball of choice is the Titleist ProV1.

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