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    Masters 2025: The appropriate equipment tweak Rory McIlroy made for Augusta National

    By E. Michael Johnson
    April 13, 2025
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    Andrew Redington

    Unlike many competitors this week at Augusta National, Rory McIlroy’s equipment setup didn’t change for the 2025 Masters—with one appropriate exception. McIlroy ditched the No. 1 play number on his TaylorMade TP5 ball for a stamping on RORS instead. And man, did he produced roars in winning his first green jacket and finally completing the completing the career Grand Slam with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff with Justin Rose.

    Not that their wasn’t agita along the way, including a relatively short miss at the end of regulation. However, when McIlroy needed to come up big, he responded. Like with a heroic 7-iron second shot at the par-5 15th that led to a birdie. Or a clutch 8-iron on 17 that came to rest a few feet from the hole. Or the clutch gap wedge in tight in the playoff on the 18th hole to close things out.

    The newly minted Masters champion uses a split set of TaylorMade irons, utilizing a P760 4-iron and Rors prototype muscleback-blade irons along with the company’s Milled Grind 4 wedges.

    As for the ball, it was a switch made earlier this year from the company’s TP5x model that has McIlroy’s game in high gear.

    “I sort of stumbled upon it,” McIlroy said. “I was messing around at [the Grove XXIII] last Thursday, and I just started to hit some chips with the TP5 instead of the TP5x. I really loved how it felt, and I hadn’t really tested the 2024 TP5. I loved how it was reacting around the greens and then I started hitting some 60- and 70-yard shots with it and it was coming off much lower launch, but spinnier.”

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    The square-ish designs feature extreme heel and toe weighting for maximum forgiveness as well as two neck styles and different centers of gravity to better accommodate arcing and straight strokes. The thin-wall casting method allows saved weight from the crown and sidewalls to be redistributed for more stability on off-center hits. A thermoplastic rubber positioned behind the face, previously used in TaylorMade’s irons, minimizes vibration for a cleaner, crisper sound. The lightweight Surlyn face insert features grooves that angle downward to improves initial launch and roll to control unwanted backspin and initial skidding. Among the most popular mallet designs ever, Spider putters have been the preferred putter by Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy and scored 14 wins overall on the PGA Tour in 2024. The Tour S model comes in a heavier head for over-length setups, and a Black Series is now offered with a black PVD finish in the Tour, Tour X and Tour S models. Top 5 in Performance, all handicaps Models: Tour, Tour X, Tour S, Tour Z, Tour V. Head weights: 345-380 grams. Lengths: 33, 34, 35, 38 inches. Loft: 3 degrees
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    As for the winning putt, McIlroy wielded a TaylorMade Spider Tour X X3 mallet. The putter is 34.5 inches in length with 3 degrees of loft and a short slant hosel. It also features TaylorMade’s “True Roll” insert and a SuperStroke Pistol Tour grip.

    The clubs Rory McIlroy used to win the 2025 Masters

    Ball: TaylorMade TP5

    Driver: TaylorMade Qi10, 9 degrees

    3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10, 15 degrees

    5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10, 18 degrees

    Irons (4): TaylorMade P760; (5-9): TaylorMade Rors prototype

    Wedges: TaylorMade Milled Grind 4 (46, 50, 54, 60 degrees)

    Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X X3

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