Rory McIlroy WITB: March 2025

Rory McIlroy won his second career Players Championship and second PGA Tour title of the season at famed TPC Sawgrass in a three-hole aggregate playoff against J.J. Spaun on Monday - and he did so with a full bag of TaylorMade equipment. 

McIlroy, 35, overturned a four-shot deficit on Spaun in Sunday's final round before defeating him by two shots in the playoff on Monday morning. 

The World No.2 now becomes the eighth player to win two or more Players Championships and the first European to win multiple times at Sawgrass. 

The TaylorMade staff player also becomes the 22nd player to reach 28 career PGA Tour wins. 

McIlroy will now have his eyes set on completing the career grand slam at The Masters from 10-13 April.

He outlined his plan to tackle The Masters during his Players Championship victory speech. 

Scroll down to learn more about the current TaylorMade clubs in McIlroy's bag for 2025...
 

This week at TPC Sawgrass, McIlroy finished fifth in Strokes Gained: Approach with his TP5 golf ball, which is a fitting statistic once you understand the backstory as to why he switched to TP5 in the first place.

Prior to his win at Pebble Beach last month, Rory played a practice round at Michael Jordan's course, The Grove. 

At the short game area, he hit a few shots with TP5 and was intrigued by the feel and control around the greens.

McIlroy subsequently progressed from testing short wedge shots to full iron shots and found that his launch angle was a degree lower with spin rates the same as his TP5x. 

He also maintained ball speed with his Qi10 driver.

Fast forward to Pebble Beach and McIlroy put TP5 in play and went on to win his first ever title at the iconic PGA Tour venue. 

"I sort of stumbled upon (TP5). I just started to hit some chip shots with the TP5 instead of the TP5x and I really loved how it felt. I hadn't really tested the 2024 TP5 and I loved how it was reacting around the green. Then I started hitting some 60, 70-yard shots with and it was coming off much lower launch but spinnier." - Rory McIlroy

TaylorMade dubbed 2024 The Year of Spider with good reason, and so far in 2025, McIlroy is continuing that trend with wins at Pebble Beach and now at The Players Championship.

Let's take a closer look at Rory's Spider Tour X Spec...

• HOSEL: Short Slant
• SIGHT LINE: Full Line
• INSERT: Pure Roll
• FINISH: Torched
• SHAFT: Black Stepless
• LENGTH: 34.5" EOG
• LOFT: 3°
• LIE: 69.5°
• SWING WEIGHT: E0
• GRIP: SuperStroke Pistol Tour
• WRAPS: 1

RORY'S MG4 61° LOB WEDGE

Now let's take a look at Rory's TaylorMade MG4 Wedges...

Designed by the venerable Pete Dye, the green surrounds at TPC Sawgrass leave players with some of the most awkward short game shots they face all year on the PGA Tour. 

As such, Rory's MG4 61° LB wedge proved a pivotal weapon at The Players Championship.

"Rory wants to stick with one wedge and this one by far is the most versatile," said Keith Sbarbaro, TaylorMade's Vice President of Tour Operations.

"It's low bounce doesn't catch in grainy, closely mown surrounds. It also gives Rory plenty of spin, especially on shots from 40-70 yards where he relies on MG4's first hop predictability to control distance."

At the top end of McIlroy's bag, he remains in play with the TaylorMade Qi10 Driver and 3-wood.

He did put the new Qi35 woods in play for the first three rounds at the Arnold Palmer Invitational but he decided he was still more comfortable with the Qi10 woods for the time being.

It came with a hefty Uber bill, and fairly generous tip from McIlroy to the driver. 

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McIlroy has since confirmed he will be sticking with his Qi10 woods through to The Masters in April. 

He will then continue testing the Qi35 woods and see whether they'll make it into his bag for the summer. 

Check out McIlroy's latest bag here...