Video: the Tiger Woods “Jesus” shot

by Mathew on August 20, 2008 · View Comments

I have to agree with Steve Rubel of Micropersuasion, whose post I came across on Twitter: this video by Electronic Arts and Tiger Woods — a response to a YouTube video posted by a fan of the EA Tiger Woods golf game about a seemingly impossible shot — is a great idea, and a great ad for the game as well. Kudos to whoever came up with it.

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  • http://sidsavara.com SidSavara

    Hehe that is pretty awesome. I love the end, it's not a glitch, he's just that good.

  • jreneau

    A respected consultant on business brand and image asked me the other day what I thought the right strategy was for companies on YouTube. This video is Exhibit A. Respond to the conversation, keep it real and raw, and don't take yourself too seriously. One of the best uses of YouTube marketing I've seen. Of course, it doesn't hurt to hire Tiger Woods to make your viral video. Now if only Smith and Wesson would make an ad starring Leeroy Jenkins, then we'd have an innovative web video ad campaign.

  • http://glencampbell.name/ Glen

    It's a shame he got a two-stroke penalty (he grounded his club in the hazard).

  • http://www.mathewingram.com/work mathewi

    Nice catch, Glen :-)

  • http://www.darrenbarefoot.com Darren

    I assumed that the whole thing was set up. That the 'Levinator25' video was manufactured, and the subsequent ad created as a response to it. That said, Levinator25 has been on YouTube for over a year, apparently. Mind you, EA could probably convince YouTube to manufacture an 'old' user account with enough cash.

  • http://www.mathewingram.com/work mathewi

    Ah, Darren — so cynical. I actually thought the same thing :-) But it looks like it's for real.

  • http://www.theChristianAlert.org Edgar

    I think Jesus would've used the force. Walking on water is a bit old school now…

  • http://www.rgdirect.com Scott Kinoshita

    I'm with jreneau on this one — that is indeed Exhibit A. I wish more companies would do that instead of firing up the legal outrage machine. As to cynicism… I wouldn't think any marketing department to be that clever, honestly.

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  • http://youtube-secret.com zyan_mann – youtube marketing

    very nice trick :) & absolutely great video

  • golfman_story

    What a useful and great info !! Tq very much..

    Cheers!

    Golfman Story

  • http://www.tigerdeck.com Decking

    I wanna say your posted video is nice and what he did was nice!

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  • stephanieslocum

    wow. this is an amazing vid! props to the ones who made this!

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