Rory McIlroy Spotted Using Scotty Cameron Putter
The World No.2 has been pictured using a different Scotty Cameron putter ahead of the FedEx St Jude Championship
Rory McIlroy makes his first start since The Open this week in Memphis as the FedEx Cup Playoffs get underway, and he looks to be toying with a new flat stick.
The four-time Major champion finished T6th at Royal Liverpool last month, making it nine full years without a Major championship, and it seems that he may well be making a gear switch this week at TPC Southwind.
McIlroy has had a successful year with two victories coming at the Dubai Desert Classic and Scottish Open, but his form on the greens may have cost him the chance of more glory.
He ranks 3rd in strokes gained: total on the PGA Tour, 2nd off the tee and 4th in approach, but his putting has been lagging well behind, leaving him in 86th on the PGA Tour in the strokes gained statistics.
The 34-year-old has switched between putters over the past few years, sticking with his TaylorMade Spider X the majority of the time barring a couple of moves to two different Scotty Cameron Newport blades. However, this week he has been spotted using a mallet style Scotty in the form of a Phantom X model.
An image posted on 'X', formerly known as Twitter, from Golf Digest's Luke Kerr Dineen shows McIlroy putting with a model that appears to be the Phantom X 5.5, which is the same one used by his close friend Justin Thomas.
New flat stick for Rory this week 👀 pic.twitter.com/dB9OQpg4FcAugust 8, 2023
McIlroy also added Titleist Vokey wedges earlier in the year after toying around with Thomas' clubs back at home in Florida, so this might be a similar scenario. We'll wait to see and hear more.
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"Yeah, so that was really it. I was messing around with Justin, I see Justin Thomas all the time at home and messing around with some of his wedges and some of the grinds he has. I got in touch and ordered a couple, and they've worked really nicely," McIlroy said at the WM Phoenix Open in February after adding in the Vokey wedges.
"Yeah, so this is my first year of my new deal with TaylorMade, and they gave me just a little bit of flexibility with some of the clubs that I can play."
McIlroy currently ranks 3rd in the FedEx Cup standings ahead of the final three events of the 2022/23 PGA Tour season. He is the defending FedEx Cup champion after winning it for the third time last year.
Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
Elliott is currently playing:
Driver: Titleist TSR4
3 wood: Titleist TSi2
Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1
Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW
Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5
Ball: Srixon Z Star XV
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