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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Whats in the Bag
Wesley Bryan WITB 2024 (May)
- Wesley Bryan what’s in the bag accurate as of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.
Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max (9 degrees @10)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana GT 50 TX
3-wood: TaylorMade Stealth Plus (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana GT 60 X
Hybrid: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus Rescue (19.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus HB Blue 8 X
Irons: Titleist T200 (4), Takomo 101U (4), Takomo 101T (5), Takomo 301 CB (6-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (46-10F, 52-08F, 56-14F), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks Proto (58-A)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: L.A.B. Golf DF3
Grips: SuperStroke, Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
More photos of Wesley Bryan’s WITB in the forums.
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Equipment
Why Wesley Bryan is playing two 4-irons this week
Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from a piece our Andrew Tursky originally wrote for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report. Head over there for the full article.
…Flash forward to THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson 2024 at TPC Craig Ranch in Texas, and Bryan is still playing with a mixed Takomo set, except he’s added a new 101 U 4-iron, plus a Titleist T200 4-iron, and he’s dropping his 5-iron.
That bears repeating: Bryan is switching to an iron setup that consists of two 4-irons and no 5-iron.
On paper, that looks wrong, but when you look at yardage gapping instead of the number on the sole of the iron, things start to make more sense.
As Bryan explained to GolfWRX.com on Tuesday in Texas, his Takomo 301 CB 6-iron goes about 195-200 yards. Then, his new hollow-bodied Takomo 101U Driving Iron, which he recently started testing “a couple weeks ago” and bent about 2 degrees weak, goes about 220 yards, and the Titleist T200 4-iron goes about 235 yards.
Speaking on his new Takomo 101U Driving Iron, which sells for $119, Bryan had this to say:
“It’s super forgiving and launches high, and it has a bit longer of a profile to where it looks really good,” said Bryan. “If people are willing to play something that doesn’t have an expensive price tag on their club…[I started testing it] in the last couple weeks and it’s in the bag.
“I just made it like 2 degrees weaker. Basically that gap from 205 to 225 I was in a little bit of a dead space, so I’m going to try and fill that gap better.”
Check out Wesley Bryan’s full WITB here.
Read the rest of the article at PGATour.com.
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Equipment
Most forgiving players irons? – GolfWRXers discuss
In our forums, our members have been discussing players irons. WRXer ‘NorthTXGolf’ is on the hunt for some new irons but is putting a priority on forgiveness, and has reached out to fellow members who have been sharing their thoughts and advice on the subject in our forum.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- Sam217: “i230 has got to be one of the most forgiving players irons available. Cobra King Tour another. Don’t sleep on the New Level 480 DB coming out soon.”
- RangeBaller: “ZX5/ZX7 and i230 should definitely be in your testing pool.”
- YAMS49: “Another I210 homie here… Very highly recommended if you want/need spin and a consistent yardage.”
- golf-RN: “I second the Cobra King Tour irons. I am not the greatest ballstriker by any stretch of the imagination and I find the King Tours very forgiving. Toe strikes might lose 5 or 6 yards with no directional loss. You definitely feel the miss though lol but mishits from the center aren’t punished too hard regarding distance.”
Entire Thread: “Most forgiving Players irons? – GolfWRXers discuss”
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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?)