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Rory McIlroy made a golf ball change before the start of the 2025 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am back in January, and in his first competitive round using the TaylorMade TP5 ball, he made a hole-in-one. Three days later, he won the tournament, and then he went on to win the PGA Tour's crown jewel, the Players Championship, before completing the career Grand Slam with his win at the 2025 Masters.
Now, for a very limited time, TaylorMade is offering to the public not just the TP5 ball, but a version marked the way Rory plays his ball, with "RORS" stamped on it instead of a number.
There is nothing in the Rules of Golf that states golf balls must be numbered, and through the MySymbol program, the company has been offering balls marked with everything from avocados to animals to flags to mugs of beer. McIlroy's TP5 is marked "RORS" and TaylorMade is making them available to everyone for $59.99 per dozen until Sunday, April 20, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on taylormadegolf.com.
Like all the TP5 balls, the limited-edition Rory McIlroy ball has a five-piece construction and a soft urethane cover. TaylorMade golf ball designers the cores in the current TP5 (and TP5x) firmer, to create more speed, but a core additive that TaylorMade calls Speed Wrap makes the balls sound and feel softer, so the enhanced performance did not make shots feel harder or more clicky.
Back in January, when he was asked why he switched from a previous version of TP5x to the current TP5, McIlroy said, "I just started to hit some chips with the TP5 instead of the TP5x, and I really loved how I felt. I hadn't really tested the 2024 TP5, and I loved how it was reacting around the greens. And then I started hitting some like 60, 70-yard shots with it, and it was coming off much lower launch, but spinner."
That matches up with what TaylorMade states: The TP5 should feel softer than the TP5x because it has a lower overall compression, but the TP5x should provide players with more speed with wood and long irons because it is firmer, and it will generate a higher launch angle. The TP5, however, is designed to create slightly more spin than the TP5x with wedges.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: TaylorMade Rory McIlroy TP5 RORS golf ball limited edition
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Now, for a very limited time, TaylorMade is offering to the public not just the TP5 ball, but a version marked the way Rory plays his ball, with "RORS" stamped on it instead of a number.
There is nothing in the Rules of Golf that states golf balls must be numbered, and through the MySymbol program, the company has been offering balls marked with everything from avocados to animals to flags to mugs of beer. McIlroy's TP5 is marked "RORS" and TaylorMade is making them available to everyone for $59.99 per dozen until Sunday, April 20, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on taylormadegolf.com.
Like all the TP5 balls, the limited-edition Rory McIlroy ball has a five-piece construction and a soft urethane cover. TaylorMade golf ball designers the cores in the current TP5 (and TP5x) firmer, to create more speed, but a core additive that TaylorMade calls Speed Wrap makes the balls sound and feel softer, so the enhanced performance did not make shots feel harder or more clicky.
Back in January, when he was asked why he switched from a previous version of TP5x to the current TP5, McIlroy said, "I just started to hit some chips with the TP5 instead of the TP5x, and I really loved how I felt. I hadn't really tested the 2024 TP5, and I loved how it was reacting around the greens. And then I started hitting some like 60, 70-yard shots with it, and it was coming off much lower launch, but spinner."
That matches up with what TaylorMade states: The TP5 should feel softer than the TP5x because it has a lower overall compression, but the TP5x should provide players with more speed with wood and long irons because it is firmer, and it will generate a higher launch angle. The TP5, however, is designed to create slightly more spin than the TP5x with wedges.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: TaylorMade Rory McIlroy TP5 RORS golf ball limited edition
Continue reading...
