Equipment
Spotted: Rory McIlroy’s 50-degree TaylorMade MG3 wedge at the Memorial
Rory McIlroy has been on a bit of an equipment odyssey as of late. The 23-time PGA Tour winner has made adjustments from the top of the bag (driver head, shaft changes) to the bottom (putter) in 2023.
McIlroy, a TaylorMade staffer since 2017, made a surprise switch to Vokey wedges in late 2022. However, he arrived at the Wells Fargo Championship earlier this month with new custom TaylorMade MG3 wedges.
As our Andrew Tursky wrote for PGATour.com: “After working with his TaylorMade team for six or seven months, however, McIlroy was able to combine different design characteristics from wedges that he’s used in the past, in order to make new wedge designs with the head shape, leading edge, and sole grinds that he wanted.”
Now, ahead of the Memorial Tournament, the Ulsterman looks to be applying the same principles to an additional wedge: an MG3 Raw 50 degree with nine degrees of bounce.
McIlroy appears to be opting for the softer, lighter Project X 6.5 shaft, which matches his other wedges, rather than the PX 7.0, which he has in the rest of his irons.
Check out photos of McIlroy’s new 50-degree wedge, below.
Head to the GolfWRX forums for more photos and to see what our members are saying.
More photos from the 2023 Memorial Tournament.
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- Kevin Tway what’s in the bag accurate as of the Fortinet Championship. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (9 degrees, B2 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (9 degrees, B2 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: Titleist Stealth 2 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 80 TX
5-wood: Titleist Stealth 2 (18 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 90 TX
Irons: Titleist U505 (2), Titleist T100 (4-9)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus HB 10 TX (2), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (4-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (48-10F @47, 52-12F @51, 56-14F, 60-08M)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (48-56), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (60)
Putter: Scotty Cameron T-5 Proto, Scotty Cameron T7
Grip: Scotty Cameron Black Baby T
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Plus4
More photos of Kevin Tway’s WITB in the forums.
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- Fred Biondi what’s in the bag accurate as of the Fortinet Championship. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: UST Mamiya LIN-Q Blue M40X 6F5
3-wood: Callaway Paradym (15 degrees)
Shaft: UST Mamiya LIN-Q Red M40X 7F5
Hybrid: Callaway Apex (20 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI
Irons: Callaway Apex TCB Raw (4-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Wedges: Callaway Jaws Raw (50-10S, 56-10S), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks Proto (60-T)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Odyssey Toulon Design Las Vegas
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
More photos of Fred Biondi’s WITB in the forums.
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- Preston Summerhays what’s in the bag accurate as of the Fortinet Championship. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana PD 60 TX
7-wood: Ping G430 Max (21 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 8 X
Irons: Ping iBlade (4), Ping Blueprint (5-W)
Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Wedges: Ping Glide Forged Pro (50-10S, 56-10S), Ping Glide Forged 4.0 (60-S)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Ping Fetch (2021)
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
More photos of Preston Summerhays’ WITB in the forums.
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JD
May 30, 2023 at 9:07 pm
Rory plays P790s? He’s one of us!
BobbyG
May 30, 2023 at 7:20 pm
Rory should go back to Playing his Nike clubs.
brandell
May 30, 2023 at 7:14 pm
thought a intern wrote this article but come to find out its the editor-in-chief….geez
proofread prior to hitting publish my guy 🙂
michael
May 30, 2023 at 4:06 pm
Rough article at best. This is gap wedge, not relevant to his PW, and he doesn’t play the P790 (which also do not have a PW loft of 47*). You edited this writing?
Tom Lassar
May 30, 2023 at 2:51 pm
I’m gaming the very similar TM wedges: 50/9 degree bronze Hi Toe, 54/11 degree chrome MG2 and 60/11 degree TW MG2. All with TT S200 shafts. Best looking, softest feeling and spinniest wedges I’ver ever owned. And, careful testing has shown that other than looking cool, rust doesn’t add spin.
nick
May 30, 2023 at 1:53 pm
Interesting article, but I don’t understand the relevancy to Rory of the loft of a P790 PW (which is actually 45?, not 47?)