WATCH: Rory McIlroy Gives Justin Timberlake A Bunker Lesson

The World No.2 showed off his bunker skills, giving singer Justin Timberlake a lesson in the sand

Rory McIlroy Gives Justin Timberlake A Bunker Lesson

The World No.2 showed off his bunker skills, giving singer Justin Timberlake a lesson in the sand

WATCH: Rory McIlroy Gives Justin Timberlake A Bunker Lesson

Rory McIlroy is one of the best bunker players in the world so getting a lesson off of him from the sand is priceless.

That's exactly what singer Justin Timberlake got this week at Crans-sur-Sierre ahead of the Omega European Masters.

McIlroy gave Timberlake a bunker demonstration and came very close to holing the shot with it lipping out.

McIlroy drew lines in the sand and matched his wedge shaft to that line before telling Timberlake to bend his right elbow with an open face and re-cock it on the way down whilst keeping the shallowness and width...simple!

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Rory McIlroy tees it up this week in Switzerland after winning the FedEx Cup and Tour Championship last week at East Lake.

He moved up to 2nd in the world with that win and pocketed $15m, taking his PGA Tour season earnings to over $24m.

The four-time Major winner won three times in total in 2019 at the Players Championship, RBC Canadian Open and Tour Championship.

His last European Tour title came at the 2016 Irish Open.

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Elliott Heath
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV