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Imagine this: you're nine shots clear of one of the world's best golfers with just nine holes remaining. Do you have the nerve to close it out? We dive deep into this fascinating hypothetical golf scenario.

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00:00If Rory McIlroy, if you started nine up on Rory McIlroy around your home course with nine to play, would
00:06you beat him?
00:07You've got a nine-stroke gross lead versus Rory McIlroy, and I think most people are bold enough to admit
00:13they would not beat him, but you'd like to think...
00:17Well, I thought it wasn't even a debate when it first came up. What are you on about? Of course
00:20he is.
00:21And then you sort of broke it down to me. Back nine at Fulford, he's going to shoot, let's say,
00:29four or five under.
00:31But what would I have to shoot to maybe try and get level with him? Like three over? Four over?
00:35Three, four over par for yourself, and you've got the nerves of playing with Rory breathing down your neck.
00:40I just wonder what's the sort of handicap cutoff where you think saying yes?
00:46Yes, because I'd like to think, as a PGA pro myself, I could fend him off for nine holes with
00:53a nine-shot lead. I don't know.
00:55But what about me? Eight handicap?
00:57Yeah, so then is four or five the number? Is eight the number? I think the way you're playing, you
01:02might get it done at the moment.
01:05I think you probably could and would.
01:06Three or four over on my own back nine? You feel like you'd be able to.
01:10What a flavour from the public.
01:11Go on, what are they saying?
01:12Hell no, said golf fashion guy Sam Jones.
01:16Sounds good. Sounds like a scratch.
01:19Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:20Josh Murchie will be level after the first hole.
01:23Okay.
01:23That's good stuff.
01:25The people that say they can win are the same people who think they can land an aeroplane.
01:31No, people don't realise the gap between us and those guys, and that's it for me.
01:35The gap's massive, man. Nine shots is not even near enough.
01:39I mean, this doesn't seem like, and that's perfect love.
01:39It's acket loss.

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