It’s once again been a pretty busy week here in Shanghai for the inaugural BMW Masters.

However it’s not been as near as busy than what World No. 1 Rory McIlroy has had to endure away from the golf course.

McIlroy’s busiest day was Tuesday when he joined Martin Kaymer, Ian Poulter and Chinese No. 1 Ashun Wu for a pre-event press conference.

There was the standout question to McIlroy whether he thought he could double as James Bond and then a series of TV interviews before a short game of table tennis with German legand, Timo Boll, a nearest-to-the-pin contest, and then later in the evening McIlroy was the main attraction at a gala spectacular to open the event.

But here is a selection of photographs featuring the many activities McIlroy found himself involved on Tuesday.

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