Tiger Woods caddies as Jimmy Fallon tees off against Rory McIlroy in a bizarre game of 'Facebreakers'

Tiger Woods caddies as Jimmy Fallon tees off against Rory McIlroy in a bizarre game of &#039;Facebreakers&#039;

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last updated 8 January 2015

With all the talk about whether Rory McIlroy is "the new Tiger Woods," it might have made more sense to have Woods face off against the world's current top-ranked golfer on The Tonight Show. Instead, Woods caddies for host Jimmy Fallon — well, he watches, mostly, and jeers a bit — as Fallon plays a bizarre game of "Facebreakers" with McIlroy. The game involves the two men chipping balls at an elaborate wall built of glass panels with Fallon and McIlroy's faces, alternating; Fallon tries to break McIlroy's faces and vice versa. You'd think it would be a slam dunk for Rory, right? Well... --Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.