Rory McIlroy WITB: shot at the 2014 WGC-Accenture Match Play

[alecfeltman]

[quote name='scratchswinger' timestamp='1420471467' post='10688715']Is the red club a driver or fairway?[/quote]

Fairway. Still working his way towards all vapor woods it looks like.

[Lesmond]

Swing feeling good! Can't wait to get the season started next week in Abu Dhabi

http://instagram.com/p/xjiQUQr2GQ/

[GC70]

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@McIlroyRory: Foggy day here in Dubai, doing some work indoors on the video... Steve and my attack angle is a little different! http://t.co/gqiVDybe9T

[Lesmond]

My attack angle looks like Steve's!

[gioguy21]

looks like rory has a bit more woods/hybos than he usually does? lol perhaps tryin out some new toys?

[Lesmond]

This is from July, but here are some info about his club head speed.

http://www.golfalot.com/equipment-news/rory-mcilroy-whats-in-the-bag-2934.aspx

Rory's numbers with his driver: 329 yards total, 297 yards carry, 116.5 mph clubhead speed. 176 mph ball speed. 10.9-degree launch.

Rory's numbers with his 3-wood: 310 yards total, 281 yards carry, 112 mph clubhead speed, 9-degrees of launch, 2,400 RPM spin.

My 5-wood goes about 255 or 260 and I want to be able to hit low, hit it high, hit both both ways, hit off the tee hit it soft into a par-5. I've been really comfortable with my fairway woods now for the last 18 months and they've helped me hit some pretty good shots.

I've taken out the 5-wood and put the 2-iron in play this week. It's the sort of club for me that carries around 240 yards and runs out to about 260 or 270, so it works well off the tee on the links ground.

[alecfeltman]

It's RORY WEEK

[alecfeltman]

Do we have any idea if Rory is has the vapor pros in the bag? Or still with his vr pros

[Lesmond]

Is it just me, or you can see the volt reflecting off the side off the iron face?

 

 

[QMany]

It looks like it, but it may be the reflection of the bag top.

[alecfeltman]

Vr pros it is

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[alecfeltman]

Engage is in play for 59 degree. Can't seem to post photo though.

[Joe85]

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Is it just me, or you can see the volt reflecting off the side off the iron face?
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Huh? ESL?

[GC70]

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Engage is in play for 59 degree. Can't seem to post photo though.
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Stop teasing!

[Lesmond]

[Lesmond]

Covert protoype 5 wood, Vapor Speed 3 wood?

 

[GC70]

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@nikegolf: Come out swinging.

@McIlroyRory #ADChamps http://t.co/luaottDAlc

[Illest]

Interesting that he hasn't switched to the Vapor Pro irons

[Lesmond]

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@nikegolf: Come out swinging.

@McIlroyRory #ADChamps [url="http://t.co/luaottDAlc"]http://t.co/luaottDAlc[/url]
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New iPhone wallpaper, if I can fit the swoosh in the screen.

[Lesmond]

[url="http://www.pgatour.com/content/pgatour/tour-insider/2015/01/14/tour-insider-mcilroy.html"]http://www.pgatour.c...er-mcilroy.html[/url]

[b][color=#000000]Win the Masters to complete the career Grand Slam.[/color][/b]
[color=#000000]This is the most obvious, but will prove the most challenging. McIlroy has just one top 10 in six trips to Augusta National. In the land of probability it's also rare when the stars align for these things. But McIlroy played the best golf he has at any point in his career at the end of last season, and there's no reason to think this April won't be his best chance to date.[/color]

[b][color=#000000]Capture the FedExCup.[/color][/b]
[color=#000000]Despite impressive performances in the FedExCup Playoffs -- he won two events in 2012 and last year finished fifth, eighth and second in the final three Playoffs events -- the season-ending trophy has eluded McIlroy. He has too much talent for that to last much longer and without a Ryder Cup on the back end of this year's Playoffs plus a bye week in the middle, I think this year ends with him cashing in on the $10 million bonus.[/color]

[b][color=#000000]Finish inside the top 10 in every PGA TOUR event this year.[/color][/b]
[color=#000000]This might sound lofty but it's not terribly unrealistic. One of McIlroy's goals last year was to be more consistent week-to-week. He responded by finishing in the top 10 a dozen times in 17 starts on the PGA TOUR.[/color]

[b][color=#000000]Win for the second time on the same course[/color][/b]
[color=#000000]McIlroy has nine wins on TOUR. All nine have been on different courses. The only TOUR event that he has won twice is the PGA Championship -- once at Kiawah Island and once at Valhalla. Tiger Woods is threatening Sam Snead's TOUR record of 82 career wins (Tiger has 79) thanks in large part to multiple wins on a handful of courses. If McIlroy wants to one day put himself in position to claim the all-time wins record, his best approach would be to follow Tiger and start stacking up wins at the same venue.[/color]
[color=#000000]Successfully defend his title at The Open Championship.[/color]

[color=#000000]Outside the obvious of winning another major and drinking more Jagermeister from the Claret Jug, St. Andrews is McIlroy's favorite venue in the rota. However, only four players since 1971 have successfully defended at The Open Championship with Padraig Harrington the last to do it in 2008.[/color]

[b][color=#000000]No three-putts.[/color][/b]
[color=#000000]No player likes to three-putt and through the years the flat stick has proved to be the streakiest of clubs in McIlroy's bag. Last year, however, he rolled the ball extremely well, ranking 13th on TOUR in three-putt avoidance with just 23 of them for the entire season.[/color]

[b][color=#000000]Lead the TOUR in driving distance.[/color][/b]
[color=#000000]McIlroy's game has grown by leaps and bounds off the tee. He was always long, yes, but through fitness and equipment, his driving is on another new level. His game is built almost entirely how well he hits it off the tee and last year he ranked third on TOUR in driving distance, only four yards behind leader Bubba Watson.[/color]

[ZakRyan]

Covert protoype 5 wood, Vapor Speed 3 wood?

 

 

That Covert 5 wood (?) looks enormous. In all the photos I've seen it looks huge. Maybe I'm seeing things, but it looks significantly larger than my 1.0 covert 5 wood. The 1.0 Covert 5 wood was 160cc (181cc in 3 wood) and the 2.0 was even smaller than that. I'd love to get my hands on that thing and take a look at it.

[Lesmond]

It does look large for a 5 wood. The proto is supposed to the same size as the 2.0, I think?

 

[ZakRyan]

It does look large for a 5 wood. The proto is supposed to the same size as the 2.0, I think?

 

 

I don't know. All I know is that his 5 wood looks bigger than my 5 wood, which mine is a 1.0 and the 2.0's are smaller than the 1.0 (my Dad uses the 2.0's) - I think Rory must have some crazy ultra-proto or something. Lol. It looks like a big 3 wood.

[Lesmond]

[Lesmond]

Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship - Day One

 

[Lesmond]

Vapor speed 3 wood.

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The engage wedge is 59* Dual Sole.

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[GC70]

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@JWhitaker_Golf: Well done Rory! "@EuropeanTour: VIDEO: @McIlroyRory's first professional hole-in-one. http://t.co/xKKytUMzZI http://t.co/81pqpybB9h”

[GC70]

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@GolfChannel: No. 1 for No. 1! Watch Rory McIlroy's first career hole-in-one at the #AbuDhabiGolfChamp: http://t.co/excTO3txwd http://t.co/CpXEXqw1uX

[GC70]

@McIlroyRory: Great fun catching up with @BrianODriscoll this week in Abu Dhabi. Check it out! http://t.co/ifcJM3K3fd

[GC70]

https://twitter.com/europeantour/status/556143867859173376

@EuropeanTour: Rory McIlroy's Ball Flight On ProTracer. - http://t.co/EeFumuWvlW