Rory McIlroy looks to be making a change to his putter ahead of another attempt at winning the Green Jacket next month in his bid to end his Major drought and finally complete the career grand slam.
The Northern Irishman has been using a Scotty Cameron Newport 2 putter in practice for this week’s WGC-Match Play, and it’s very similar to the model he used to win his first two Majors.
McIlroy won both the 2011 US Open at Congressional and 2012 PGA Championship at Kiawah Island using a Scotty Cameron Studio Select Newport GSS Prototype. He also used it during the 2012 Ryder Cup, coined the ‘Miracle at Medinah’.
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The new ‘replica’ he is testing this week is very similar to that two-time Major winning flat stick, as pictured by Golf.com’s Jonathan Wall.
He reportedly said he is trying to “rekindle an old flame”, with Wall revealing that the putter has a thumbs-up stamped on it like the flat sticks used by Scottie Scheffler and Justin Thomas.
“Rory told me it allows him to be more athletic and gives him freedom. Also said it’s great for The Masters,” Todd Lewis said of McIlroy’s new putter on Twitter.
A putter change for @McIlroyRory at the @DellMatchPlay. He is using a @ScottyCameron Newport putter that is a replica of the same putter he used to win his first 2 majors. Rory told me it allows him to be more athletic and gives him freedom. Also said it’s great for @TheMasters. pic.twitter.com/DoEGeO4DtTMarch 21, 2023
McIlroy ranks 173rd in the PGA Tour’s Strokes Gained: Putting statistics for the 2022/23 season, losing an average of 0.429 on the field. That’s a stark contrast to the previous season, in which he won the FedEx Cup, where he ranked 16th with an average gain of 0.495 strokes per round on the greens.
He missed his first cut since August at the recent Players Championship after rounds of 76 and 73 at TPC Sawgrass.
McIlroy has also reportedly gone to a shorter driver shaft and drove it “beautifully” during a recent practice round at Augusta National. Jonathan Wall also confirmed that he had added in a 5 wood in the form of the TaylorMade Stealth 2 ahead of this week’s event at Austin Country Club.
The Scotty Cameron putter is another Titleist club added to his bag after he put Vokey wedges in play at the start of the year in Dubai. He revealed he has new flexibility with his TaylorMade deal and put the new wedges in the bag after trying some of close friend Justin Thomas’ clubs.
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