Rory McIlroy has enjoyed a spectacular 2025 year. He won the Pebble Beach Pro-Am early on in the season, and followed that up quickly with a victory at The Players Championship. Then, Rory McIlroy achieved something only five golfers have by winning the final leg of the career grand slam at The Masters. Most recently, Rory McIlroy served as a key chess piece to Team Europe’s victory at the 2025 Ryder Cup. He’s accomplished all of this with his unique set of TaylorMade Rors Proto irons.
So, I mean, his specifications as far as lying on loft go aren’t too crazy. 34 degrees 7 iron. It’s 62 and a half wide, so it’s about half degree upright from a standard 7 iron there. Uh, the thing that really sticks out to me is the project X7.0 shafts in the irons. Uh, I have never hit these before, so I am uh I am eager to see how bordy they feel. I think it’s going to feel very boardy. Um, but yeah, I mean, he creates so much power. He just needs something that’s extremely stiff, stable, and it’s going to launch the ball low. Um, as far as the head goes, first thing that sticks out to me, and you’ll see kind of when we do a down the line shot, the toe portion of the club is very small. Um, as someone that misses out in the toe, this is a pretty scary looking iron set. Um, but I think that he just likes a little bit more compact shaped there. Um, I also noticed that the toe portion is also very high. Um, I don’t know if that’s to pull center of gravity a little bit out more into that toe section or it could even be to pull it up higher too, maybe penetrate ball flight a little bit. That’s what That’s what all these manufacturers are doing with their wedges. Maybe he wanted that in his irons a little bit.
