Spotted: Rory McIlroy’s 50

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Rory McIlroy has been on a bit of an equipment odyssey as of late. The 23-time PGA Tour winner has made adjustments from the top of the bag (driver head, shaft changes) to the bottom (putter) in 2023.

McIlroy, a TaylorMade staffer since 2017, made a surprise switch to Vokey wedges in late 2022. However, he arrived at the Wells Fargo Championship earlier this month with new custom TaylorMade MG3 wedges.

As our Andrew Tursky wrote for PGATour.com: "After working with his TaylorMade team for six or seven months, however, McIlroy was able to combine different design characteristics from wedges that he's used in the past, in order to make new wedge designs with the head shape, leading edge, and sole grinds that he wanted."

Now, ahead of the Memorial Tournament, the Ulsterman looks to be applying the same principles to an additional wedge: an MG3 Raw 50 degree with nine degrees of bounce.

McIlroy appears to be opting for the softer, lighter Project X 6.5 shaft, which matches his other wedges, rather than the PX 7.0, which he has in the rest of his irons.

Check out photos of McIlroy's new 50-degree wedge, below.

Head to the GolfWRX forums for more photos and to see what our members are saying.

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JD

May 30, 2023 at 9:07 pm

Rory plays P790s? He's one of us!

BobbyG

May 30, 2023 at 7:20 pm

Rory should go back to Playing his Nike clubs.

brandell

May 30, 2023 at 7:14 pm

thought a intern wrote this article but come to find out its the editor-in-chief….geez

proofread prior to hitting publish my guy 🙂

michael

May 30, 2023 at 4:06 pm

Rough article at best. This is gap wedge, not relevant to his PW, and he doesn't play the P790 (which also do not have a PW loft of 47*). You edited this writing?

Tom Lassar

May 30, 2023 at 2:51 pm

I’m gaming the very similar TM wedges: 50/9 degree bronze Hi Toe, 54/11 degree chrome MG2 and 60/11 degree TW MG2. All with TT S200 shafts. Best looking, softest feeling and spinniest wedges I’ver ever owned. And, careful testing has shown that other than looking cool, rust doesn't add spin.

nick

May 30, 2023 at 1:53 pm

Interesting article, but I don't understand the relevancy to Rory of the loft of a P790 PW (which is actually 45?, not 47?)

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Dustin Johnson emerged as the champion of the 2018 RBC Canadian Open. He secured a three-stroke victory to claim his third win of the season and 19th PGA Tour title overall. Johnson finished with a score of 23-under-par, setting a tournament record. His exceptional performance included a final round of 6-under-par 66, which propelled him to the top of the leaderboard.

It was DJ's first win in the RBC Canadian Open, and he became the first world number one-ranked player to win the tournament since 1981. Additionally, Johnson's triumph came just a week after a disappointing finish at The Open Championship, where he held the 54-hole lead but ultimately finished tied for second.

Driver: TaylorMade M4 (9.5 degrees)Shaft: Fujikura Speeder 661 Evolution 2.0 Tour Spec X

3-wood: TaylorMade M4 3HL (16.5 degrees)Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Black 95 6.5

Irons: TaylorMade P730 DJ Proto (3-PW)Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Wedges: TaylorMade MG (52-09SB, 60 degrees), TaylorMade Hi-Toe (64 degrees)Shaft: KBS Tour Black 120S

Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour BlackGrip: SuperStroke Pistol GT 1.0

Golf Ball: TaylorMade TP5x

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet (standard size built up with 3 wraps of tape in the right hand, 2 wraps in the left and 2 way tape on all)

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Golfers on professional tours use a wide range of wedge lofts to hit the shots they need in order to score well. Not many of us amateurs go with a high-lofted lob wedge like Joey Garber's 64-degree Vokey. His Vokey is a prototype but there was a 64 W Grind that was available to us in a limited edition through Vokey's WedgeWorks program. The W Grind offers a wider, low-bounce, sole for firm conditions and courses with lots of elevated greens.

Vokey describes the 64 W Grind

"The 64W is a unique wedge made for players who play in firm conditions, golf courses with elevated greens and tricky short-sided lies. This wedge is made for the player with quick hands who likes to see the ball elevate quickly, the fearless player who isn't afraid to attack any pin. The sole is a medium-width sole with slight camber and an effective bounce of 4°."

It looks like Garber's wedge might have a little more bounce than the retail model as we see a "9" stamped in the Proto stamping on the toe. He has also gone with what looks like a raw steel finish over the retail model's black finish.

A Mitsubishi MMT Scoring Wedge 125 TX is the shaft of choice and the wedge is finished off with a Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord grip.

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Our tour photographer was out at the BMW Charity Pro-Am on the Korn Ferry Tour and snapped some shots of a new Aldila Rogue wood shaft. The Rogue name has been synonymous with cutting-edge technology and tour use since it was released almost 10 years ago. Aldila hasn't given us any details yet, but the shaft has been available in Japan for a few months.

The logo looks to be the image for "infinity" after the Rogue text, so that could be a clue to a future name for the shaft. I did some searching and found some specs from a listing for a Japan version of the shaft, so these might change by the time we get the shafts here in the United States. There is also a logo for a "Dual Torque Core" technology that was described as an "ultra high modulus carbon for the entire length of the shaft." The description was a little washy on the launch of the shaft as part of it described the Rogue as a mid-launch while another section stated high launch and low spin.

50TR: Weight 58.5 / Torque 4.650TS: Weight 60.5/Torque 4.550TX: Weight 61.0/Torque 4.5

60TS: Weight 65.0/Torque 3.960TX: Weight 67.0/Torque 3.9

70TS: Weight 74.0/Torque 3.170TX: Weight 76.0/Torque 3.1

80TX: weight 84.5/torque 3.1

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