"Yeah, I've found that hunting zombies and carjacking a Ferrari in South Beach is a lot tougher in real life than it is in video games, too."

Jay Busbee with that killer line to this revelation that Rory McIlroy is finding the real TPC Sawgrass much more difficult than the video game version he knew before this week.

Rory McIlroy, who knows a thing or two about both real golf and the video kind. He kills time between tournaments by playing Tiger Woods '09, and just this week got his first live taste of Sawgrass, a course he's completely mastered --he once shot a 54 over 18 virtual holes -- on the game. His verdict, according to Reuters:

"It's a lot different. You get up to holes like 11 on the computer and you can drive it up to the big tree on the right, which is like 150 from the green, I had a good drive yesterday and was still hitting a five wood in, it is not quite like it is on the Play Station," he told reporters.

Yeah, I've found that hunting zombies and carjacking a Ferrari in South Beach is a lot tougher in real life than it is in video games, too. (Tip: neither one is recommended.)

Comments

[thusgone]

rory is the real deal. time will tell.

[Seitz]

He doesn't recommend hunting zombies? How else does he plan to defeat them? You can't run. They'll catch you. On the contrary, if you find yourself in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, I strongly recommend hunting them.

[dsl]

Okay, now I'm a fan of this kid.

[dsl]

And I'm completely jealous because I'll never get beyond the video game versions of these courses. Oh, and I'm too old for a new console so it's Tiger Woods 2004 for me.

[Hawkeye]

He should play Links instead. Better graphics and more realistic playing characteristics.

[shivas]

I still haven't gotten through the training section of the Tiger Woods Wii game. I can't hit the second shot that the training requires before they'll let you on the course.

[Erik J. Barzeski]

I've shot 46 before. He's only shot 54? I'll give the kid three a side. :-)