What’s In The Bag: Rory McIlroy (November 2024 update)
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What golf clubs and balls does Rory McIlroy use? Our in-depth review of what’s in the four-time Major champion’s bag in 2024.
Rory McIlroy is a TaylorMade staff golfer and uses almost a full bag of TaylorMade clubs.
One of the most influential people in golf, the Northern Irishman hasn’t always played TaylorMade clubs and golf balls. He lifted his first two Majors (2011 US Open and 2012 US PGA) using Titleist clubs and the Pro V1 golf ball before joining Nike in 2013. He signed a ten-year deal rumored to be worth $150m with the American sports giant to use the brand’s clubs, ball, bag, clothing, and shoes.
In 2017, following Nike’s decision to leave the golf equipment market, McIlroy signed a ten-year clubs, ball, and bag deal with TaylorMade, worth $100m. He also renegotiated his Nike apparel and shoes agreement, signing a fresh ten-year contract worth a reported $200m.
He turned pro in 2007, shortly after he’d topped the world amateur ranking, and won his first European Tour title in 2009 at the Dubai Desert Classic. His first PGA Tour win followed in 2010 at the Quail Hollow Championship.
He’s gone on to win a further 26 PGA Tour victories, including the Players Championship, Tour Championship, and Arnold Palmer Invitational, and 18 European (DP World) Tour titles, including flagship events such as the BMW PGA Championship and Genesis Scottish Open. McIlroy’s most recent victory was the 2024 DP World Tour Championship, which also saw him crowned Race to Dubai champion and match Seve Ballesteros’ record of six Order of Merit titles.
If you’re in the market for some new equipment, find out how all of Rory’s clubs performed in our tests of the year’s best equipment. Let’s take a closer look at what’s in the bag of Rory McIlroy for 2024.
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What driver does Rory McIlroy use?
Rory McIlroy uses a TaylorMade Qi10 driver (9° set at 8.25°) with a Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X shaft.
Before the start of the 2024 season, McIlroy began testing a driver head he normally wouldn’t consider: the larger head profile and more forgiving Qi10 driver.
Rory noticed during at-home testing that he found the center of the face more often with the help of more MOI in Qi10 vs Qi10 LS. That then sparked a thought in Rory’s head of whether he could return back to a longer driver shaft to get more distance while also having the forgiveness of the Qi10 head.
In years past, Rory shortened his driver shaft to 44 inches as it tightened his dispersion off the tee compared to a longer length shaft. Now with the Qi10, Rory had a chance for the first time in a few years to be able to go back to a longer shaft at 45 inches without sacrificing any change in dispersion.
“I played 45 (inch driver shaft) for most of my career, so I just felt like there’s no reason why I shouldn’t be able to hit a driver that’s 45 inches and control it and do what I want to do with it," says McIlroy. "The one thing that has made me comfortable going back to a slightly longer shaft is the profile of this Qi10 head. I just think that the slightly larger profile of the Qi10 with the longer shaft in it looks good to me and I can find the middle of it easier.”
McIlroy got his first win of 2024 – and his first with the TaylorMade Qi10 driver – at the Dubai Desert Classic. Rory switched out the Qi10 LS for a standard Qi10 earlier this season and has won the Zurich Classic alongside Shane Lowry with the Qi10, plus the Wells Fargo Championship.
Read our full TaylorMade Qi10 driver review.
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What fairway wood does Rory McIlroy use?
Rory McIlroy uses a TaylorMade Qi10 3-wood (15°) with Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X shaft and a TaylorMade Qi10 5-wood (18°) with Fujikura Ventus Black 9 X shaft.
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And while it's McIlroy's driving prowess that typically grabs the headlines, his performance off the turf with fairway wood in hand is second to none.
Rory’s 3-wood is pushed to maximize distance and accentuates the strength of his game – hitting the ball a lot farther than almost everyone else. That creates a substantial gap in yardage when you jump from his 3-wood to his longest iron. Insert the 5-wood. It’s a club that needs to cover 250 yards or 290 – and every number in between.
TaylorMade's Senior Tour Rep, Adrian Rietveld referred to Rory as "the best 5-wood player I've ever seen. It’s really a unique club for Rory because of that versatility,” he says. "It’s like watching an artist at work, seeing all the different shots he can hit with it.”
Read our full TaylorMade Qi10 fairway wood review.
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What irons does Rory McIlroy use?
Rory McIlroy uses a TaylorMade P Series Proto 4-iron and TaylorMade Rors Proto Irons (5-9), all with Project X Rifle 7.0 shafts
The lofts of his irons are close to standard with 4° increments between irons, while lie angles change at a .5° increment. They weigh in at D4.5 with Project X Rifle 7.0 shafts and 6.5 in his wedges (tour pros generally use softer shafts in their wedges for added feel).
Read our full TaylorMade P7MB irons review.
What wedges does Rory McIlroy use?
Rory McIlroy uses TaylorMade MG4 wedges (46° – 09SB, 50° – 09SB, 54° – 11SB) and a Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58° set at 59° – K) with Project X 6.5 shafts
The lob wedge in Rory's bag is a Titleist Vokey Design SM10.
Read our full TaylorMade MG4 wedge review.
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What putter does Rory McIlroy use?
Rory McIlroy uses a TaylorMade Spider Tour X3 putter with a SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol Tour grip.
The Spider Tour X offers great stability and forgiveness in a relatively compact mallet head shape.
Read our full TaylorMade Spider Tour series putters review.
What golf ball does Rory McIlroy use?
Rory McIlroy uses a TaylorMade TP5x Golf Ball (#22)
As TaylorMade equipment expert Rietveld describes it, every player at this level has a high-spin ceiling and a low-spin floor with each club. The best way to judge the performance of a golf ball is to measure how much spin jumps on their high-spin swings. When that jump is minimal, or “holds", that's when the ball is right.
McIlroy recently switched to the TP5x MySymbol golf ball, where he replaced the standard number 1 with his nickname 'RORS', where a number is traditionally seen on a golf ball.
Read our full TaylorMade TP5x golf ball review.
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What golf grips does Rory McIlroy use?
Rory McIlroy uses Golf Pride MCC grips on his golf clubs
Check out our guide to the best Golf Pride grips to find out more about why Rory and so many others trust their products and find out which is right for you.
What golf glove does Rory McIlroy wear?
Rory McIlroy wears a Nike Tour Classic 4 Golf Glove.
What golf shoes does Rory McIlroy wear?
Rory McIlroy wears Nike Air Zoom Victory Tour 3 golf shoes
Read our best Nike golf shoes review.
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About the Author
Rob specializes in the DP World Tour, PGA Tour, LIV Golf, and the Ryder Cup, spending large chunks of his days reading about, writing about, and watching the tours each month.
He’s passionate about the equipment used by professional golfers and is also a font of knowledge when it comes to golf balls, golf trolleys, and golf bags, testing thousands down the years.
Rob uses a Callaway Paradym driver, TaylorMade M5 5-wood, TaylorMade P790 driving iron, Callaway Paradym irons (4-AW), TaylorMade MG3 wedges (52º, 58º), Odyssey Tri-Hot 5k Double Wide putter, and Callaway Chrome Soft X golf ball.
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WITB Rory McIlroy
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Rory McIlroy uses the Stealth Plus driver.
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Rory McIlroy hitting his TaylorMade Stealth Plus driver in Abu Dhabi.
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Rory McIlroy wears Nike Golf clothing and shoes.
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Rory McIlroy uses TaylorMade MG and MG2 TW wedges.
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Rory McIlroy uses TaylorMade P730 Rors Proto irons.
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Rory McIlroy uses TaylorMade P730 Rors Proto irons.
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Rory McIlroy uses the TaylorMade Spider X Hydro Blast putter and TaylorMade TP5X golf ball.
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Rory McIlroy uses the TaylorMade Stealth Plus fairway woods.
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Rory McIlroy uses the TaylorMade Stealth Plus driver.
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Rory McIlroy celebrates winning the Wells Fargo Championship.
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Adrain Rietveld dials in Rory McIlroy's Stealth Plus driver.
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Rory McIlroy wears Nike Golf clothing and shoes.
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Rory McIlroy signed with Nike ahead of the 2013 season.
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Rory McIlroy has been a TaylorMade player since 2017.
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Rory McIlroy aims to end a 10-year major drought at Royal Troon's 2024 Open Championship
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Is Rory McIlroy going to be using a different golf ball to the rest of us?
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Rory McIlroy won his 21st PGA Tour title as the Candian Open.
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Rory McIlroy successfully defended the CJ Cup to return to World No.1 for a ninth time.
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Rory McIlroy won his 20th PGA Tour title at The Cj Cup @Summit in Las Vegas.
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Rory McIlroy won the 2023 Dubai Desert Classic – his first Rolex Series victory.
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Rory McIlroy in action at the Dubai Desert Classic.
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Rory McIlroy golf ball with RORS instead of a number
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Rory McIlroy wears Nike Air Zoom golf shoes.
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Rory McIlroy wears a Nike glove.
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Rory McIlroy's 4-iron is a P-Series Proto
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Rory McIlroy uses the TaylorMade Spider X Hydro Blast putter.
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Rory Mcilroy holding the Scottish Open trophy.
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Rory McIlroy uses TaylorMade MG4 wedges.
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Rory McIlroy uses a TaylorMade Spider Tour X putter.
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Rory McIlroy uses the TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus driver.
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Rory McIlroy in action at the 2011 US Open, when he was a Titleist staff player.
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Rory McIlroy lifts the Wells Fargo Championship trophy.
