Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy is not a serious gearhead. He knows
wholesale golf clubs that any professional golfer needs to know, like his ideal launch angle and spin rate off the tee, and he has a modest collection of about 15 Scotty Cameron putters and headcovers at home, but he does not tinker or dabble with
taylormade golf clubs too often.
However, before starting his 2010 season, McIIroy pulled his
callaway golf clubs out of the bag and started using Titleist's new MB irons(ishiner).
He'd first seen and hit the
golf drivers in Akron, Ohio, before the start of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, but decided to stick with his old sticks rather than make a mid-season change.
"I had six weeks off at the end of my season," he told me. "During that time I went out and tested [the
golf irons] again. I knew that I like them, but they were a little bit softer than my ZMs and I found that they don't go quite as far. But the feel is quite a lot better, which is good for me because I'm a feel player."