Much has been said about the lack of shotmaking required on the US PGA Tour, with many of the courses on the schedule calling for bomb and gouge rather than using the ground to your advantage. It’s why this European Tour stretch of the French, Irish and Scottish Opens is always so fun to watch, as many of the world’s best face firm and fast conditions they aren’t used to as they prepare for the British Open.

For an extra challenge, the European Tour had players take on “The Hickory Challenge” at Gullane Golf Club during a practice round at the Scottish Open earlier this week. At the 180-yard par-3 12th, each pro was given a choice of hickory clubs, or “bootah knives” as Danny Willett hilariously describes them in the video below. The results were a bit mixed, and it made for a fun watch, which came as no surprise considering the Euro Tour’s content game is always very strong:

https://twitter.com/EuropeanTour/status/1017861222316806144

As for Rickie? Yeah, he probably won’t be putting one in the bag: