Tour Rory McIroy - WITB @ 2022 Genesis Invitational

[GolfWRX_Spotted]

[QuigleyDU]

@TaylorMade Golf any chance you have an extra set of rorsprotos laying around you dont know what to do with? lol.. 

[Trippels]

Rory absolutely guzzling the Ventus coolaid

[Kmagnuss]

Are his irons just rebadged PM7TW's or whatever?  The Nike blades that TM absorbed and rebadged for Tiger?

Or P730's like in Morikawa's bag?

Edited February 15, 2022 by Kmagnuss

[alecfeltman]

ventus cool-aid is right. but id be drinking that stuff if i was Rory too I suppose. 

[BottleCap]

1 hour ago, Kmagnuss said:

Are his irons just rebadged PM7TW's or whatever?  The Nike blades that TM absorbed and rebadged for Tiger?

Or P730's like in Morikawa's bag?

 

They look like the P730 they've been around before the TW model

Edited February 15, 2022 by BottleCap

[Fujikura Golf]

26 minutes ago, alecfeltman said:

ventus cool-aid is right. but id be drinking that stuff if i was Rory too I suppose. 

 

1 hour ago, Trippels said:

Rory absolutely guzzling the Ventus coolaid

[TiScape]

2 hours ago, Trippels said:

Rory absolutely guzzling the Ventus coolaid

Maybe just too much time on my hands at the moment. But… I think the connotation associated with the phrase “drinking the Kool-Aid” is negative. ‘Someone that believes in something blindly that is a bad idea or doomed’… Therefore definitely not gonna say using Ventus shafts is ‘drinking the kool-aid’ 😊 It’s a legit, quality product. 

Okay, Mr. Literal out! Haha 

Edited February 15, 2022 by TiScape

[ac6]

1 hour ago, alecfeltman said:

ventus cool-aid is right. but id be drinking that stuff if i was Rory too I suppose. 

 

I'm sure he likes having the feel be the same throughout the top of the bag, it just surprises me that it also resulted in the ball flight/performance he is happy with. Usually it seems the flights players want with those clubs are different enough to warrant different shafts

[DoubleBogeyPapi]

2 hours ago, Kmagnuss said:

The Nike blades that TM absorbed and rebadged for Tiger

Do you have a link

[sg91]

37 minutes ago, DoubleBogeyPapi said:

Do you have a link

The Phase 1 irons that they made in 2018 looked an awful lot like the TGR irons he went to post Nike. And the TGRs were really just unbadged Nikes

https://www.golfwrx.com/512798/tiger-woods-switches-to-taylormade-tw-phase1-blade-irons/

[DoubleBogeyPapi]

20 minutes ago, sg91 said:

The Phase 1 irons that they made in 2018 looked an awful lot like the TGR irons he went to post Nike. And the TGRs were really just unbadged Nikes

https://www.golfwrx.com/512798/tiger-woods-switches-to-taylormade-tw-phase1-blade-irons/

Thanks for sharing. I haven't seen those phase 1's before but definitely have seen those TGR's which were confirmed Nike made. They definitely look extremely similar. Wouldn't doubt some Nike builders just handed it over. 

[Tree Levino]

Shorter blade, much thinner top line, less offset.

[born4golf77]

8 minutes ago, TigerInTheWoods said:

Shorter blade, much thinner top line, less offset.

 As compared to the P7TW yes. 

 

Rors proto fit somewhere between 730 and TW. Slightly bigger than 730 but not aa big as TW. And obv CG and sole grind/width perfected specifically for Rors 

[Tree Levino]

Just now, born4golf77 said:

 As compared to the P7TW yes. 

 

Rors proto fit somewhere between 730 and TW. Slightly bigger than 730 but not aa big as TW. And obv CG and sole grind/width perfected specifically for Rors 

Looks very much like a Titleist MB which makes sense 

[easylittle5wood]

Thought I might see some TX flexes in the Ventus woods. 

[QuigleyDU]

One thing I find interesting all the time. Your pros almost always have way more bounce on their wedges then rec golfers. I seem people all the time “ oh I need 6 degrees of bounce” and proceed to chunk half wedge shots and fat chips. 
 

bounce is your friend.. get to know him..

Edited February 16, 2022 by QuigleyDU

[bcflyguy1]

12 minutes ago, QuigleyDU said:

One thing I find interesting all the time. Your pros almost always have way more bounce on their wedges then rec golfers. I seem people all the time “ oh I need 6 degrees of bounce” and proceed to chunk half wedge shots and fat chips. 
 

bounce is your friend.. get to know him..

For every golfer I fit or consult with on their equipment that has enough bounce on their wedges, I see 50 that don’t have enough and wonder why they struggle so much.

[QuigleyDU]

8 hours ago, bcflyguy1 said:

For every golfer I fit or consult with on their equipment that has enough bounce on their wedges, I see 50 that don’t have enough and wonder why they struggle so much.

For real. 

[getitdaily]

8 hours ago, QuigleyDU said:

One thing I find interesting all the time. Your pros almost always have way more bounce on their wedges then rec golfers. I seem people all the time “ oh I need 6 degrees of bounce” and proceed to chunk half wedge shots and fat chips. 
 

bounce is your friend.. get to know him..

Bounce on the 58 surprises me. Most witbs I see, the 58/60 is low. Given how tight tour fairways can be, that doesn't surprise me. But I bet they change wedges based on turf conditions...I do.

 

I have 2 60s. A 10 bounce and a 8 bounce. The 10 is my summer/fall/early winter wedge. The 8 is for when the rye overseed takes hold and the ground dries out a bit. 

[QuigleyDU]

4 minutes ago, getitdaily said:

Bounce on the 58 surprises me. Most witbs I see, the 58/60 is low. Given how tight tour fairways can be, that doesn't surprise me. But I bet they change wedges based on turf conditions...I do.

 

I have 2 60s. A 10 bounce and a 8 bounce. The 10 is my summer/fall/early winter wedge. The 8 is for when the rye overseed takes hold and the ground dries out a bit. 

I feel like when I look. They are almost always above 10 degrees. Tight turf or not. Most in that 12 degree range.  I don’t think you ever see anyone with a wedge below 8.. 

[pollo]

Saw a clip from a practice round yesterday using his old Sim2 driver, is the WITB Stealth just for show? 

 

Scratch that, saw it from a different angle and it's def the Stealth

Edited February 16, 2022 by pollo

[third-times-a-charm]

Shame he has a full bag deal with Taylormade.

 

Would love to see a McIlroy bag with a few spots for other brands in the wedges/utility spots and even irons. I bet he'd have an awesome setup then.

[BagofToast]

48 minutes ago, QuigleyDU said:

I feel like when I look. They are almost always above 10 degrees. Tight turf or not. Most in that 12 degree range.  I don’t think you ever see anyone with a wedge below 8.. 

Only one I can think of is Adam Scott with the 04L

Also SungJae with the sm7 one 

Edited February 16, 2022 by BagofToast
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[cav5]

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[wam78]

Totally agree on bounce in wedges as mentioned above.  One thing I notice is the bounce looks to be pushed towards the center.  Nice leading edge grind.

[dwboston]

1 hour ago, BagofToast said:

Only one I can think of is Adam Scott with the 04L

Also SungJae with the sm7 one 

 

JT and Jordan Spieth play a pretty low bounce lob wedge - Vokey T grind with 4* of bounce.

 

Lots of low-bounce lob wedges among the Vokey staffers in this grid - https://www.vokey.com/nav/on-tour.aspx

Edited February 16, 2022 by dwboston

[Catrick_Pantlay]

20 hours ago, QuigleyDU said:

@TaylorMade Golf any chance you have an extra set of rorsprotos laying around you dont know what to do with? lol.. 

Maybe two sets. could even be 5-PW, I'm not super picky. 

[car1]

28 minutes ago, dwboston said:

 

JT and Jordan Spieth play a pretty low bounce lob wedge - Vokey T grind with 4* of bounce.

 

Lots of low-bounce lob wedges among the Vokey staffers in this grid - https://www.vokey.com/nav/on-tour.aspx

It seems like half of the WITB I look at lately have a Vokey T. Staff or non staff 

[rblmp32]

I bet he absolutely nukes that 3i.