Justin Rose shows off short game golf skills on pool table (VIDEO)

How does a player relax before the biggest golf tournament in the world especially after you are already being called a "strong favorite" to win it all.

Well if you are Justin Rose you hit the felt instead of the greens.

Rose found an unorthodox way to practice his short game skills on a pool table ahead of this week's Masters, which begins at Augusta National on Thursday. The Brit showed off the trick shots with a couple of very entertaining Instagram videos that would impress both Tiger and The Black Widow — equally.

In one clip, the US Open champion makes an impressive chip shot from off the floor, which he lands a golf ball on the pool table cloth, skips it over two obstacle balls and sinks it into a corner pocket.

Rose then climbed onto the table for his second trick shot and putted his golf ball into a second, which then sank into a corner pocket for a par one.





Rose is one of the leading contenders heading into the event in Georgia this week and if there is a rain delay, he can still practice in the rec room.

Steve Williams: Tiger should have been DQ'd at Masters

Tiger Woods' former caddie Steve Williams held the bag for Adam Scott during the Australian's dramatic Masters win last weekend.  But that didn't stop the always outspoken New Zealander — who carted Woods' clubs for a 12-year span — from holding back on Woods' illegal drop at Augusta National.

Asked about the controversial drop on the 15th green last Friday, Williams told New Zealand's 3 News that, although he didn't think Woods was trying to "gain anything on the field,"  his former boss should have been disqualified nevertheless.

"From what I can gather, he took an illegal drop, signed a scorecard and left the course," Williams told the television station. "Under most circumstances that would result in disqualification. ... If the rules of golf are upheld, I believe he should have been disqualified."

Woods was deemed to have taken an improper drop on the 15th hole during the second round last Friday after his approach shot hit the pin and bounced back into the water. The No. 1 player in the world made a bogey-6 on the hole, which the following morning was revised to a triple-bogey 8.

"I don't think people should be able to phone in and have any kind of effect on a golf tournament," Williams told 3 News. "I don't think people should be able to sit back and have an outcome on a tournament.

"Tiger certainly wasn't trying to gain anything on the field there. Obviously he was frustrated and he mistook the rule between a red line and a yellow line and where you can drop. ... It was a mistake."

Williams — who returned to the winner's circle Sunday at a major championship for the first time since the 2008 U.S. Open — said he didn't fully understand the relatively new drop rule himself.