Rory McIlroy - WITB 2019

[mjbaker80]

Did anyone notice that his M5 looked cracked in the Instagram photo that TM posted yesterday?! Looks like one of the flaps cracked off......

 

 

[jll62]

Did anyone notice that his M5 looked cracked in the Instagram photo that TM posted yesterday?! Looks like one of the flaps cracked off......

 

Can you post the pic without the big circle?

[mjbaker80]

[jll62]

Looks perfectly fine to me. I took my M5 and simulated the same orientation and lighting the best I could.

[mjbaker80]

You might be right...I wasn't certain....

 

But, if you look at the side that says "Taylormade" the carbon fiber (black part) extends to the end of the black "paint line" on all the heads I've seen. On the picture....the "flap" stops halfway there, before the paintline. I didn't catch it at first, ether but go look at a picture of a stock head and compare!

 

Also, look at the purple circle...inside there, you can see the flap that usually continues to the end of the section that is black carbon fiber....Rory's looks like the last section broke clean off....

[JonnyKrasnodar]

From Greg's Tuesday pictures Rory with a new set of P730/P750 combo set of irons. No Rors Protos in the bag.

 

 

 

Wonder what the thinking behind this is? Used the protos all of last year did he not?

[jll62]

You might be right...I wasn't certain....

 

But, if you look at the side that says "Taylormade" the carbon fiber (black part) extends to the end of the black "paint line" on all the heads I've seen. On the picture....the "flap" stops halfway there, before the paintline. I didn't catch it at first, ether but go look at a picture of a stock head and compare!

 

Also, look at the purple circle...inside there, you can see the flap that usually continues to the end of the section that is black carbon fiber....Rory's looks like the last section broke clean off....

 

I know exactly what you're looking at, but if there was a piece missing, the rest of the driver frame would look different than it does in the photo because there's no portion of the track frame under the presumed chip that looks like what we see. I'm convinced it's all shadows and perspective based on the way the light is hitting the sole in that shot.

 

EDIT: What you're seeing is a tee mark in the track that's within the shadow of the overhanging carbon fiber. The white paint from the tee mark is reflecting some ambient light, which makes it appear as though it's a piece of material and not just a portion of the shadow. I have another image that shows this a little better, but I'm unable to upload pics at the moment due to issues with my ClubWRX subscription.

[mjbaker80]

You might be right...I wasn't certain....

 

But, if you look at the side that says "Taylormade" the carbon fiber (black part) extends to the end of the black "paint line" on all the heads I've seen. On the picture....the "flap" stops halfway there, before the paintline. I didn't catch it at first, ether but go look at a picture of a stock head and compare!

 

Also, look at the purple circle...inside there, you can see the flap that usually continues to the end of the section that is black carbon fiber....Rory's looks like the last section broke clean off....

 

I know exactly what you're looking at, but if there was a piece missing, the rest of the driver frame would look different than it does in the photo because there's no portion of the track frame under the presumed chip that looks like what we see. I'm convinced it's all shadows and perspective based on the way the light is hitting the sole in that shot.

 

EDIT: What you're seeing is a tee mark in the track that's within the shadow of the overhanging carbon fiber. The white paint from the tee mark is reflecting some ambient light, which makes it appear as though it's a piece of material and not just a portion of the shadow. I have another image that shows this a little better, but I'm unable to upload pics at the moment due to issues with my ClubWRX subscription.

 

You might be right, man! I'm never one to start drama or fake news, it just looked that way to me!

[bladehunter]

Definitely more dad hat.

 

What the crap is dad hat ?

[alecfeltman]

Low profile. Adjustable. Simple, no extra logos.

[cvhookem63]

It looks like the Rors Proto irons have been retired and Rory is putting a fresh set of P730 in play with retail badging

 

[Wdwfreak]

You might be right...I wasn't certain....

 

But, if you look at the side that says "Taylormade" the carbon fiber (black part) extends to the end of the black "paint line" on all the heads I've seen. On the picture....the "flap" stops halfway there, before the paintline. I didn't catch it at first, ether but go look at a picture of a stock head and compare!

 

Also, look at the purple circle...inside there, you can see the flap that usually continues to the end of the section that is black carbon fiber....Rory's looks like the last section broke clean off....

 

I know exactly what you're looking at, but if there was a piece missing, the rest of the driver frame would look different than it does in the photo because there's no portion of the track frame under the presumed chip that looks like what we see. I'm convinced it's all shadows and perspective based on the way the light is hitting the sole in that shot.

 

EDIT: What you're seeing is a tee mark in the track that's within the shadow of the overhanging carbon fiber. The white paint from the tee mark is reflecting some ambient light, which makes it appear as though it's a piece of material and not just a portion of the shadow. I have another image that shows this a little better, but I'm unable to upload pics at the moment due to issues with my ClubWRX subscription.

 

You might be right, man! I'm never one to start drama or fake news, it just looked that way to me!

 

I doubt its really broken but i looked at this and then your picture and I do see it, probably just the angle or lighting or something.

 

However, it does look like something is missing to be honest, especially next to this picture, in the rory pic seems like material is missing next to the orange line.

 

 

[TheMoneyShot]

It looks like the Rors Proto irons have been retired and Rory is putting a fresh set of P730 in play with retail badging

 

 

Rors is playing Tigers P7TW irons, so cool!

[jll62]

I spoke to someone who saw the driver in person this week. There is no chip or other defect on the sole.

 

Here's another image from Riv. It's still not easy to see, but I've annotated it with what I believe you're actually seeing. Note: the image compression on this site kills the annotations I made, so you may have to tap on the image to see it a little bigger.

 

Bottom line: It does look like there's something going on there, but what's happening is that the tee marks in the shadow are tricking the eyes.

 

 

[jll62]

 

Rors is playing Tigers P7TW irons, so cool!

 

??? No, he's playing P730s. The retail P730 shaping was based mostly on the RORS Protos, so there's really not much difference between the two. He's definitely not playing P-7TW.

[TheMoneyShot]

 

Rors is playing Tigers P7TW irons, so cool!

 

??? No, he's playing P730s. The retail P730 shaping was based mostly on the RORS Protos, so there's really not much difference between the two. He's definitely not playing P-7TW.

 

My bad. There was a post on social media saying we switched to P7TW’s. My apologies guys.

[mjbaker80]

Looks like to solved the mystery jll62! Good work! Lighting indeed

[jll62]

Rors is playing Tigers P7TW irons, so cool!

 

??? No, he's playing P730s. The retail P730 shaping was based mostly on the RORS Protos, so there's really not much difference between the two. He's definitely not playing P-7TW.

 

My bad. There was a post on social media saying we switched to P7TW’s. My apologies guys.

 

Would definitely be interesting if it were the case! I am curious if anyone else on staff switches over to the TWs.

[Lesmond]

It looks like the Rors Proto irons have been retired and Rory is putting a fresh set of P730 in play with retail badging

 

 

Is that chrome? Always liked it when his irons were satin like the VR pro and that one time raw Callaway MB.

[TheMoneyShot]

Rors is playing Tigers P7TW irons, so cool!

 

??? No, he's playing P730s. The retail P730 shaping was based mostly on the RORS Protos, so there's really not much difference between the two. He's definitely not playing P-7TW.

 

My bad. There was a post on social media saying we switched to P7TW’s. My apologies guys.

 

Would definitely be interesting if it were the case! I am curious if anyone else on staff switches over to the TWs.

 

Tommy Fleetwood uses the P7TW irons.

[alecfeltman]

Rors hit that 5w 311 on number one. Yes I know it’s 17.5 but still.

[BigHook25]

Rors hit that 5w 311 on number one. Yes I know it’s 17.5 but still.

 

Do you know what shaft was in that club? I know he used to play Rombax and Tensei white, but it didn't look like either of those. The Tensei white was used in his driver though.

[cota0429]

Those irons look terrible stamped lol

[alecfeltman]

Rors hit that 5w 311 on number one. Yes I know it’s 17.5 but still.

 

Do you know what shaft was in that club? I know he used to play Rombax and Tensei white, but it didn't look like either of those. The Tensei white was used in his driver though.

 

It’s still a Tensei White just with the retail paint job. Not sure why they went with that.

[SC-TX 88]

It was hard to tell watching coverage and from the pictures here, but looks like he has that putter grip built up to be more of a “mid size” grip.

[BigHook25]

Rors hit that 5w 311 on number one. Yes I know it’s 17.5 but still.

 

Do you know what shaft was in that club? I know he used to play Rombax and Tensei white, but it didn't look like either of those. The Tensei white was used in his driver though.

 

It’s still a Tensei White just with the retail paint job. Not sure why they went with that.

 

Cool thanks. Almost looks a little like a kuro kage paint job.

[ago33]

Has anyone else tried going one flex weaker in a long iron like Rory has (i.e. he's dropping down to a 6.5 in the two iron)? Curious folks' results if they have, I've been toying with the idea of going with a C Taper S+ in a P790.

 

i did it when I was playing C Tapers X. My X were soft stepped. It produced a lot better feel of the head. the X required me to swing at 95% every time when I like to swing about 92% with my irons. The S+ allowed me to do that.

[PowderedToastMan]

Has anyone else tried going one flex weaker in a long iron like Rory has (i.e. he's dropping down to a 6.5 in the two iron)? Curious folks' results if they have, I've been toying with the idea of going with a C Taper S+ in a P790.

 

i did it when I was playing C Tapers X. My X were soft stepped. It produced a lot better feel of the head. the X required me to swing at 95% every time when I like to swing about 92% with my irons. The S+ allowed me to do that.

You can swing 92%?

[BearQ]

Has anyone else tried going one flex weaker in a long iron like Rory has (i.e. he's dropping down to a 6.5 in the two iron)? Curious folks' results if they have, I've been toying with the idea of going with a C Taper S+ in a P790.

 

i did it when I was playing C Tapers X. My X were soft stepped. It produced a lot better feel of the head. the X required me to swing at 95% every time when I like to swing about 92% with my irons. The S+ allowed me to do that.

You can swing 92%?

 

He’s got the swing meter like hot shots golf PlayStation

[doublepar93]

Has anyone else tried going one flex weaker in a long iron like Rory has (i.e. he's dropping down to a 6.5 in the two iron)? Curious folks' results if they have, I've been toying with the idea of going with a C Taper S+ in a P790.

 

i did it when I was playing C Tapers X. My X were soft stepped. It produced a lot better feel of the head. the X required me to swing at 95% every time when I like to swing about 92% with my irons. The S+ allowed me to do that.

I wish I knew my swing well enough to know the difference between a 95% and 92% swing.