To say Rory McIlroy has had an unbelievable 2025 is somewhat of an understatement…
Claiming the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and The Players Championship at the start of the year, the main highlight came at The Masters where, after numerous close calls, he finally secured a first Green Jacket to become the sixth golfer in history to complete the Career Grand Slam.
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As well as winning his home event, the Amgen Irish Open, there has also been an away Ryder Cup victory in New York and, as of writing, McIlroy is likely to secure a seventh Harry Vardon Trophy on the DP World Tour.
Obviously, there are several reasons for his success throughout the year, with one of those being down to some pretty significant equipment changes that include the golf ball, driver and wedges.
In fact, for a player who likes to keep their set-up as consistent as possible, there’s been some big changes in the grand scheme of things, as McIlroy continued to add to his incredible resume…
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Take a look at the full list of equipment changes the 36-year-old has made throughout 2025 below…
January 2025 – Ball Change
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Arguably the most impactful and important change to McIroy’s bag came at the start of the year, when he opted to change from the TaylorMade TP5x to the TaylorMade TP5.
Shortly after the change, McIlroy won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, with the reason for the swap being down to the fact that his launch angle on full iron shots was a degree lower, but with the same spin rates and ball speed of his original TP5x.
Explaining the move, McIlroy stated: “I sort of stumbled upon it.. 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, and I loved how it was reacting around the greens. And then I started hitting some like 60, 70-yard shots with it and it was coming off with a much lower launch, but spinnier.
“Then I just did some testing with it and compared it to the TP5x. I used a 2019 TP5 and the difference between a 2019 TP5 and a 2019 TP5x was a lot in terms of the spin rates and the launch angles. This seems to launch probably a degree lower for me, but the spin rate’s very, very similar, which I really…
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