--- description: Golfer Rory McIlroy posts video of Irish rugby player Luke Fitzgerald swinging a golf club and losing it title: Watch Rory McIlroy's Golf Lesson to an Irish Rugby Player Go Hilariously Wrong image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Rory McIlroy's Golf Lesson to an Irish Rugby Player Go Horribly Wrong  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 12, 2015 10:02 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 12, 2015 10:02 PM CUT Professional golfer Rory McIlroy shared a hilarious video on Facebook Monday that shows Luke Fitzgerald, who plays for Ireland’s rugby team, swinging—and very much missing. He lets go of the club mid-swing at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, South Wales, leaving a divot for the ages. But what’s almost better than the shot is the laughter that ensues. The video has been [shared](https://www.facebook.com/RoryMcIlroy/videos/vb.152976388115795/907121399367953/?type=2&theater "undefined") more than 5,300 times at the time of publication. And McIlroy did note in the Facebook comments that some members of the team hit good shots. And fortunately for Fitzgerald, he did not seem to be in the middle of an important game when he goofed up that shot. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4070755/rory-mcilroy-golf-club-swing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4070755/rory-mcilroy-golf-club-swing/"},"headline":"Watch Rory McIlroy's Golf Lesson to an Irish Rugby Player Go Horribly Wrong","datePublished":"2015-10-12T22:02:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:55.692Z","description":"Fore!","url":"https://time.com/4070755/rory-mcilroy-golf-club-swing/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4070755/rory-mcilroy-golf-club-swing/","name":"Watch Rory McIlroy's Golf Lesson to an Irish Rugby Player Go Horribly Wrong"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4070755/rory-mcilroy-golf-club-swing/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4070755/rory-mcilroy-golf-club-swing/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```