Dustin Johnson struggles to play badminton ahead of WGC-HSBC

By Sky Sports Golf

Dustin Johnson was among the players to swap his golf clubs for a badminton racket to take part in a special challenge in Shanghai

Dustin Johnson may be one of the world’s best golfers, but the American demonstrated ahead of the WGC-HSBC Champions that his hand-eye coordination doesn’t always transfer from the course.

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Ahead of this week's event in Shanghai, Johnson and a number of the world's top players switched their golf clubs for badminton rackets to take part in a special challenge.

Johnson was joined by new world No 1 Brooks Koepka, defending champion Justin Rose, Rory McIlroy and Race to Dubai leader Francesco Molinari to try their hand at one of China's most popular sports.

Image: Johnson partnered Brooks Koepka for the event

With former badminton world champion Wang Lin on-hand to offer the golfers some guidance, the players were then left to go head-to-head in a Ryder Cup-style test.

Click on the video above to see how DJ and the golf stars got on!

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Image: A number of players took on the challenge ahead of the WGC-HSBC Champions

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