What’s in the Bag: Rory McIlroy, 2025 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

There are very few top 100 professional golfers in the world (all tours) whose bag is solely made up of one manufacturer – for woods, irons, wedges, and balls. One such player is Rory McIlroy, who won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am yesterday afternoon. 14 clubs, TaylorMade. Beautiful white pearlies flying high and stopping on a dime, TaylorMade TP5.

TM earned a lot of free media coverage yesterday as every shot of Rory’s round was covered by either the Golf Channel or CBS. All 66 glorious shots. Rory’s nut for playing a full bag of TM’s every week: a reported $10M+ per year. I’d say that both parties made out like bandits yesterday, especially when you add the $3.6M Rory earned on top of his TM cut. When you’re good, you’re good. And when you’re great, like Rory, who grew up middle class in Holywood, County Down, Northern Island, you’re rich as fuc* and live like a king. And, unlike the British monarchy, he’s earned every penny.  

Key WITB Takeaways:

  1. He’s not playing any of the new Qi35 TaylorMade woods that were just released to the public. At some point, he’ll likely replace his Qi10 driver with the newer TM model. But for now, I’d keep things just as they are. He is, after all, the best driver of the golf ball in the world.  
  2. His shafts are big boy STIFF. At some point, he’ll back it down and use some softer shafts, but at the rate he’s rippin’ it, he’ll be in 50’s before he plays with what the guys in their 30’s are playing on tour.
  3. Rory employs a 5-wood versus a hybrid, utility or long-iron. He’s masterful of flighting it down when he needs to, and hitting it a mile into the air when the shot and conditions require it. He simply is a maestro with every wood in his bag.
  4. Why is it we don’t play with a TM Spider Tour X putter? Why? Winners like Rory and Scheff play that putter? Do we not want to win too?
  5. Rory played with the new TP5 ball at Pebble. He stated that it flies lower than his previous ball, TP5x, and spins just as much. We need to go get some to test. Hey Garcon!   

 

Rory McIlroy’s Golf Gear:

DRIVER: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees), with Fujikura Ventus Black 6X shaft

FAIRWAY WOOD: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees), with Fujikura Ventus Black 8X shaft, (18 degrees), with Fujikura Ventus Black 9X shaft

IRONS: TaylorMade P760 (4) TaylorMade RORS proto (5-9), with Project X 7.0 shafts

WEDGES: TaylorMade MG4 (46, 50, 54, 60 degrees), with Project X 6.5 shafts

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