Here’s a look back at the first front page WITB we ever ran for Rory McIlroy, for his bag from 2012. Way back then, Rory was a Titleist staffer, and this WITB was posted after he won his second career major at the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island Golf Resort’s Ocean Course.
From our original post:
What’s in the bag of the PGA Champion this week. Per Titleist Tour Blog:
“It’s just been incredible,” McIlroy said after his final-round 66. “I had a good feeling about it at the start. I never imagined to do this.”
McIlroy led the field in Driving Distance with a 311.5 yard average off the tee, and his win marks the first major championship with the new Titleist 913 prototype driver and the first 913 win on the 2012 PGA Tour. Titleist began the seeding process of the 913D2 and 913D3 prototype drivers with PGA Tour players at the AT&T National in June, which was subsequently followed by player seeding on the European, Web.com and Asian Tours, and across all of the major worldwide professional tours.
In early July, Rory worked closely with the Titleist tour support team in advance of the Irish Open to get dialed-in with his new prototype 913 driver and immediately put it into the bag after the fitting session.
Driver: TitleistPrototype 913D3 8.5º (C2 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana Prototype 70X
3-wood: Titleist 906F2
Shaft: Fujikura ZCom Pro 95
5-wood: Titleist 910F (17 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura ZCom Pro 95
Irons: Titleist MB (3-9)
Shafts: True Temper Project X 7.0
Wedges: Vokey Design SM4 (46, 54, 60)
Shafts: True Temper Project X 6.5
Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport GSS prototype
