Winner’s bag: Rory McIlroy’s gear at the 2023 Hero Dubai Desert Classic

Rory McIlroy

Rory McIlroy's tees off with his TaylorMade driver

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Rory McIlroy returned to competitive golf for the first time in 2023 at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic at the Emirates Golf Club and shot a final round four-under 68 to win by a single shot over Patrick Reed.

Take a closer look at the equipment setup he used to win his first event of 2023.

Driver: TaylorMade Stealth Plus (Fujikura Ventus Black 6X shaft), 9 degrees

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3-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (Fujikura Ventus Black 8X shaft), 15 degrees

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5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth Plus (Fujikura Ventus Black 9X shaft), 19 degrees

Irons: TaylorMade Rors Proto (3-PW; Project X 7.0 shafts)

Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM9 (54 S-Grind bent to 55° and 58 proto K-grind, bent to 59°; Project X 6.5 shafts)

Putter: TaylorMade Spider Hydro Blast (SuperStroke Traxion Pistol GT Tour grip)

Ball: TaylorMade TP5x

Grips: Golf Pride New Decade MultiCompound

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Ryan Barath

Golf.com Editor

Ryan Barath is GOLF Magazine and GOLF.com’s senior editor for equipment. He has an extensive club-fitting and -building background with more than 20 years of experience working with golfers of all skill levels, including PGA Tour players. Before joining the staff, he was the lead content strategist for Tour Experience Golf, in Toronto, Canada.