Many people have highlighted the risk Justin Rose could be taking in making his big move to McLaren Golf – but the man himself has no issues after revealing just how much input he’s had in developing the newest club manufacturer’s irons that’ve just been launched.
The question had to be asked. Rose is 45 but playing some of the best golf of his career, still winning on the PGA Tour and still challenging in Majors.
“It’s something I’ve been involved with from the outset, really helping the engineering team, really testing the very first editions of the club,” Rose said when explaining the move ahead of the Cadillac Championship.
“So yeah, I’ve been kind of working with the project for well over a year probably.
“Clubs are feeling great. Obviously a lot of my own preferences have gone into the irons that I’m playing. I’m excited to finally get them in the bag and sort of just enjoy them now for the rest of the season. “
Rose referenced his ill-fated spell with Honma and says he’s learned a lot from that 2019 move and feels in a “better place now to kind of go down this path” with McLaren Golf.
And after spending so long as a free agent he’s been able to chop and change his bag at will, which has given him definitive answers on what he wants in his irons – so as opposed to joining a new manufacturer and having to adapt to the product, Rose has shaped the new McLaren irons himself.
“Do you know what, I don’t think I’ve been playing the perfect set of clubs for me,” Rose explained.
“I think when you’re not with an equipment manufacturer, there’s a little bit of temptation just to bounce around anyway there’s so many good options out there.
“But at the same time I’ve learned so much from being brand agnostic for a while that I kind of have my own preference list now. I feel like I’m in an environment where I can take all my…
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