After Solheim Cup, the Ryder Cup is knocking on the door. At Marco Simone, Team Europe will seek to recover their lost glory, after the last edition’s thrashing at the hands of USA. Rory McIlroy, a six time Ryder Cup veteran and current world no. 2 is a trusted soldier in Luke Donald’s regiment. Ahead of the Ryder Cup, lets peek into the former world No.1’s armory as he prepares for the patriotic battle next week.
The four-time major winner uses an all TaylorMade equipment. McIlroy, first paired up with TaylorMade in 2017 in a reported $100M deal. In 2022, the Northern Irish international renewed the contract. That means, next week at Ryder Cup fans will see him carrying a TaylorMade bag, clubs, and balls.
A glimpse into Rory McIlroy’s clubs arsenal
For booming, long, and straight driver shots that make rest of the game easy, McIlroy uses TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus with Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 6X shaft (9 degrees). The 20 times PGA winner’s trusted driver is priced at $629.99.
His preferred 3woods is again TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus priced at $429.99. But this time he uses a Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 8X shaft (15 degrees) to increases his chances of birdies.
To reach the greens as swiftly as possible, the five-time major winner, keeps three irons in his arsenal including TaylorMade P760 (2-iron; Project X HZRDUS Black 6.5 105 shaft), and TaylorMade P760 (4-iron; Project X 7.0 shaft). TaylorMade P760 set is priced at $721.99. In addition to that, he uses TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9; Project X 7.0 shafts). It should be noted that, currently, McIlroy is the only golfer to use the latter one.
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For wedges, TaylorMade MG3 (46-09SB degrees; Project X 6.5 shaft) & TaylorMade MG4 (50-09SB, 54-11SB, 60-08LB) with Project X Rifle 6.5 shafts are his two go to options. MG3 Milled Wedge comes at $139.99, whereas MG4 is worth $199.99.
As for the final club, McIlroy uses TaylorMade Spider X Hydro Blast, priced at $249.99, for swift and measured putter. The former no. 1 also uses a 2021 TaylorMade TP5x golf ball, worth $59.95.
McIlroy appears all pumped up for the next week’s patriotic battle
2021 Ryder Cup didn’t go well for the European veteran. Despite winning the singles at the last day on the shores of Lake Michigan, Europe was hammered by USA in a record 19-9 loss. This time, the veteran golfer is eager to turn the tide in their favor at home soil.
Ahead of the big match, he is clearly putting faith on his clubs when he said, he could “lead with my clubs”. Well, these are the clubs that will be shining in his armory at Marco Simone.
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