Rory McIlroy is Making Another Putter Change After Masters Disappointment

Rory McIlroy has reverted back to his TaylorMade Spider X for the Wells Fargo Championship this week at Quail Hollow after using a Scotty Cameron prototype as he prepared for The Masters Tournament in early April when he missed the cut.

McIlroy is still in pursuit of his career Grand Slam, and the Masters 2023 was looking like his best chance as the Northern Irishman was coming off his best performance at the tournament after firing a 64 on Sunday in 2022, which was good enough to take 2nd.

In preparation for The Masters, McIlroy pulled out all the stops, including a few early rounds to get acclimated with Augusta National and various equipment changes. McIlroy was reportedly distraught over his driving performance early in the year and made the decision to adjust the length of his driver. However, it wasn’t the only change he made.

McIlroy also continued to refine other parts of the bag and ended up putting a Scotty Cameron prototype in his bag.

It’s here and it’s beautiful ⛽️🔥😮‍💨

Take a look at Rory’s new Scotty Cameron GSS putter pic.twitter.com/1FoMOL1IJ4

— Rory McIlroy Tracker (@RMTracker) March 21, 2023

It was rumored to be a short-term solution and was something McIlroy was likely only going to keep for The Masters. He has ultimately gone ahead and replaced the Scotty with his tried-and-true option, the TaylorMade Spider X.

🚨As expected the Spider is back in the bag, reminder the Scotty was seen as a short term solution for Augusta and was probably only used in the event before to get it ready for Augusta, so I think this was always planned @ToddLewisGC pic.twitter.com/2MJVa3KNGa

— RORY FANS (@rory_fans) May 2, 2023

McIlroy ranked 174th in strokes gained putting last year, averaging .429. Maverick McNealy led the Tour last year with 1.237 strokes gained.

It was also reported earlier this year by Golf Digest that McIlroy was utilizing the line on his golf ball to help with putting performance, which he has admitted is something he flip-flops with.

Rory admitted that the line usually introduces issues with speed on the greens, so it is something he does not utilize 100 percent of the time.

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