Rory McIlroy WITB: March 2025

Fast forward four weeks and McIlroy has now switched into the brand new TaylorMade Qi35 woods.

McIlroy has replaced his Qi10 Driver, Qi10 3-wood and Qi10 5-wood with the new Qi35 Driver, Qi35 3-Wood and a Qi35 4-wood.

The Northern Irishman spoke at length to reporters ahead of the 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill to confirm the changes at the top end of his bag.

He has also removed one of his MG4 Wedges and replaced it with a proto 3-iron. 

Scroll down to hear from McIlroy and check out his full bag...

McIlroy said of his equipment changes:

"Yeah, I think it's all really come from the ball change a few weeks ago. So because this ball, especially with the shorter irons, spins a little bit more, especially with the sort of three-quarter shots, I feel a little more comfortable playing those, so I actually weakened my pitching wedge by a degree and a half to sort of bridge the gap between having a 46 and a half and a 54. So that's my 48 degree, and then 54, 60. I just feel like with the ball I'm a lot more comfortable playing those sort of half- and three-quarter shots, so comfortable going back to three wedges.

"Then I sort of had to look at the top end of the bag then of how I was going to configure it.

"For a while I've been looking for a club that sort of carries 300 in the air. I feel like there's a lot of golf courses we go to that really pinch in at like 310, 320, and I would hit a 3-wood -- I can't hit driver because it's just too narrow, but then I would hit my 3-wood that's going like 285, 290, but guys that are shorter than me are hitting driver sort of 300 or 310, so I'm actually, I feel like I was at a disadvantage in some ways, even to like people that hit it shorter than me, depending upon the course setup. So I sort of, and I messed around with that the mini driver last year, but I just couldn't quite get comfortable with it. So I've sort of been playing around with like stronger 3-woods.

"So this 3-wood that I have carries like 300, 305 in the air, which is a really, it's a really good club for me to have. And then I've went from a 5-wood to a 4-wood. And that 4-wood sort of bridges that gap. And then I've got the 3-iron that sort of replaces the 5-wood.

"So I've got a club that sort of flies 260, a club that flies 280, a club that flies 300, and then the driver. So that was sort of the reasoning behind 'em. It just sort of gives me more options off the tee. Especially with being so comfortable at the other end of the bag with the wedges and hitting those three-quarter shots that it's nice to have those options up at the top end of the bag."

Check out McIlroy's latest bag here...

Rory McIlroy WITB (March 2025)

Driver: TaylorMade Qi35 Driver (9 degrees; Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X)

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi35 FW (15 degrees; Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X)

4-wood: TaylorMade Qi35 FW (18 degrees; Fujikura Ventus Black 9 X)

Irons: TaylorMade proto (3), TaylorMade P·760 (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9; Project X 7.0)

Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (46, 54, 60 degrees; Project X 6.5) 

Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X

Ball: TaylorMade TP5

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Rory McIlroy's Putter Specs

RORY'S SPIDER TOUR X SPEC

• HOSEL: Short Slant
• SIGHT LINE: Full Line
• INSERT: Pure Roll
• SHAFT: Black Stepless
• LENGTH: 34 1/2 EOG
• LOFT: 3°
• LIE: 69.5°
• SWINGWEIGHT: E0
• GRIP: SuperStroke Pistol Tour
• WRAPS: 1