By David Blevins, Ireland Correspondent
He may still be chasing the career grand slam in golf but Rory McIlroy has won the bragging rights on the football pitch.
His friend, actor Jamie Dornan, challenged him to a match and the video of the golfer's 2-1 victory has gone viral.
They agreed to play circular soccer, a new concept in the game, devised by Jamie Dornan's father, medical professor Jim Dornan.
Professor Dornan explained: "Modern soccer is all about triangle, triangle, triangle, shoot; triangle, triangle, triangle, shoot; so [with circular soccer] the kids are getting more chance to win the ball, pass the ball and score.
"You're doing that constantly, which is what kids want to do, what people want to do, win the ball, pass the ball, set it up, slot it into the net."
Circular soccer, played at a faster pace in a smaller area, was trialled during the World Cup in Rio and developed by FIFA.
It has been fine-tuned by former Manchester United Elite Academy coach Jackie Evans, the father of footballers Jonny and Corry Evans.
He explained: "When kids are playing football in a wide area obviously there are periods in the game where they're just not active, they're not taking part in the game, they're not participating, whereas this is completely different.
"We can set this down in a small area, it's quite intense, it's quite tiring and the kids get lots of touches of the ball, which in turn you'd like to think the more touches of the ball they get, the more they're going to improve as footballers."
The concept has been hailed as the biggest contribution to football since an Armagh man invented the penalty kick a century ago.
Like most new initiatives, there will be 50 shades of opinion but the box office record-breaking Northern Irish actor is impressed.
"I'm really proud of dad for launching circular soccer," said Jamie Dornan.
"I've great memories of playing a version of the game in the garden as a kid. It's a great concept, and I can see it having a global appeal."
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