Rory McIlroy’s clubs: Inside his Masters, career Grand Slam-winning setup

In his 17th try, Rory McIlroy has finally won the Masters, completing the career Grand Slam.

In what was his 11th attempt at completing the slam, becoming the sixth of all time and first to do so since Tiger Woods in 2000, McIlroy survived a subsequent one-hole playoff against Justin Rose to win his first green jacket.

It’s McIlroy’s third win of the year and all have come during what’s been somewhat of a wild gear year for the now five-time major champion.

It started at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, his season debut, when McIlroy switched from the TaylorMade TP5x, to the higher spinning and lower launching TP5.

“I sort of stumbled upon it,” McIlroy said Thursday at Pebble Beach. “I was messing around at the Grove the other day. This has got to be like Thursday last week. I just started to hit some chips with the TP5 instead of the TP5x, and I really loved how I felt. I hadn’t really tested the 2024 TP5, but I loved how it was reacting around the greens. And then I started hitting some like 60- and 70-yard shots with it, and it was coming off with a much lower launch, but spinier.”

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McIlroy went on to win that week while continuing to use his TaylorMade Qi10 (DOT) driver from 2024 and didn’t try to switch into the newer Qi35 until a month and a half later at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

In Orlando, McIlroy made wholesale changes that involved adding a new driver, 3-wood, 5-wood and 3-iron, while weakening his pitching wedge and removing his gap wedge. Those changes saw McIlroy lose strokes off the tee during the third round at Bay Hill and he had his Qi10 woods ubered up to Orlando for the final round.

Those were the clubs he used to win the very next week at the Players Championship and this week at Augusta.

McIlroy also made a change to his TaylorMade MG4 lob wedge, weakening it to 61 degrees before the start of the season.

“Rory has played a MG4 60° LB wedge in the past and loved the transition and leading edge of that model,” TaylorMade VP of Tour Operations Keith Sbarbaro told GOLF earlier this year. “When he came up with the idea of going to a 61° wedge, this model with this shape, sole and leading edge worked best. Rory wants to stick with one wedge and this model was by far the most versatile. It doesn’t catch in the grain, and has low enough bounce to perform well on tight grass like at The Masters. It produces a lot of spin, including the incredible chip on 17 at the Ryder Cup he hit with a similar version. The 61° also makes hitting the 40-70 yard shots much easier. He can put more of a hit on it to get the lower launch and spin than he could at 59°.”

That was the wedge McIlroy used for the chip on the 2nd hole on Saturday, which he holed to take the lead for the first time in the tournament.

But perhaps McIlroy’s most clutch clubs were probably his TaylorMade Rors Proto irons, a variation of the P730 blade irons that McIlroy first started using when he signed with the company back in 2017. Time after time, McIlroy was able to hoist irons up either over trees or so high he could land them soft on Augusta’s increasingly firm greens throughout the week.

His approaches on 15, both Saturday and Sunday, and 17 during the final round peaked well over 120 feet, allowing him to hold the greens. He also found gaps on Nos. 5 and 7 during the final round that were so high that viewers at home couldn’t even see them.

Keep reading below for a full breakdown of McIlroy’s gear setup.

Rory McIlroy’s winning clubs at the 2025 Masters

Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (DOT) 9 degrees (one click lower @ 8.25), Fujikura Ventus Black 6-X (45″ EOG, Tipped 1″, D5)

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3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 15 degrees (bonded), Fujikura Ventus Black 8-X (42.5″ EOG, Tipped 1.5″, D4) 

5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 18 degrees (bonded), Fujikura Ventus Black 9-X (41.5″ EOG, Tipped 2″, D4)

Irons: TaylorMade P760 (4), RORS PROTO MB (5-9), Project X 7.0 (Length: +.25″, Lie: 1˚ Flat)
Loft Progression: 23/26/30/34/38/42

Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 Raw (46/09SB, 50/09SB, 54/11SB, 60/08LB), Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)

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Putter: Spider Tour X (Loft 3, Lie 69.5), Short Slant, Full Line, Pure Roll insert, Black Stepless shaft, 34 1/2″ EOG, E0

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BLACK PVD FINISH The durable PVD coating creates a beautiful high-quality finish with sole plate, back badge and copper accents. TRUE PATH™ ALIGNMENT The patented alignment system provides visual clarity and helps golfers better envision the line to the hole. WHITE TPU PURE ROLL™ INSERTMade from a combination of Surlyn and aluminum, the white TPU Pure Roll™ insert creates a softer feel.Grooves are angled at 45° to encourage optimal forward roll as well as better sound, feel and overall roll characteristics. The white insert also creates better symmetry with the white True Path alignment. THIN WALL UNDERCUT CONSTRUCTION We’ve engineered a super stable structure by removing excess weight to create high MOI and legendary Spider performance. HYBRAR ECHO®DAMPENER HYBRAR is behind the face to dampen unwanted vibrations, delivering premium sound and feelon every putt with the best possible sensation. TSS WEIGHTING TSS weights provide balanced weighting and help optimize performance for all various putter lengths. STEEL WIREFRAME Allows engineers to better control weight distribution and CG location.

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Grip: Golf Pride MCC Black/White 60 Rib, +2 Wraps

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Ball: TaylorMade 2024 TP5, “RORS” play number

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