{"id":389862,"date":"2026-01-05T16:19:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/389862\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:19:18","slug":"has-rory-mcilroy-made-a-significant-gear-change-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/389862\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Rory McIlroy Made A Significant Gear Change For 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a record year that included completing the Career Grand Slam<\/a>, winning an away Ryder Cup and claiming several accolades, Rory McIlroy already appears to be gearing up for a mammoth 2026.<\/p>\n

Having made numerous gear changes throughout last season<\/a>, including a change in golf ball and a driver swap, it seems that the five-time Major winner could be heading into the new year with new irons in the bag.<\/p>\n

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McIlroy using TaylorMade P7CBs for the first time during the Crown Australian Open in December <\/p>\n

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First teased at the Crown Australian Open in December, McIlroy was spotted with TaylorMade P7CBs<\/a> in the bag from 4-iron to 6-iron, with his TaylorMade Rors Protos remaining in the set-up when it came to the lower order.<\/p>\n

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However, prior to his Boston Common Golf Club<\/a> match at the beginning of 2026, a video was released by his TGL side when McIlroy was asked ‘what is the number one thing you are working on right now?’<\/p>\n

In response to the question, the 36-year-old revealed “I’m actually trying a new set of irons, which I’m very excited about at the minute.”<\/p>\n

Shortly after the video was released, Boston Common played and defeated Los Angeles Golf Club in their TGL opener, with McIlroy using TaylorMade P7CB irons from 4-iron to 9-iron, remaining with Project X 7.0 shafts.<\/p>\n

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Joining TaylorMade in 2017, McIlroy had previously been using a set of Rors Protos<\/a>, which take inspiration from the TaylorMade P730, a muscleback iron that had been used by the likes of Major winners Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Currently, it’s unclear as to whether the move to P7CBs is a permanent one but, if it is, it’ll be the first time that the five-time Major winner hasn’t used blade-style irons in his set-up.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead, McIlroy is set to make his first competitive start of 2026 at the Dubai Invitational on January 15-18, so we will have more of an idea when he tees it up at Dubai Creek Resort.<\/p>\n

Although it’s not confirmed, the new TaylorMade Qi4D driver and fairway woods appear to be staying in the bag, with the 29-time PGA Tour winner continuing to use them at TGL, having put them in-play at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in November<\/a>, the week they hit the USGA’s Conforming List.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a record year that included completing the Career Grand Slam, winning an away Ryder Cup and claiming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-389862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}