Rory McIlroy returned to the top of the world rankings for the ninth time in his career in October 2022 by defending his title at the CJ Cup on the PGA Tour.
It marked a six month period where McIlroy, 33, was in supreme form. After capturing the RBC Canadian Open in June, McIlroy later became the FedEx Cup champion in August for the third time in his career when he won the Tour Championship at East Lake.
McIlroy took home $18m for that feat and appeared close to tears at Congaree Golf Club when he dethroned fellow TaylorMade staffer Scottie Scheffler from the summit.
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The Ulsterman has been with TaylorMade since 2017. Earlier in the year, he penned a multi-year contract extension.
If you didn't know, McIlroy's irons are TaylorMade's "Rors Proto" muscleback blades that are based off the company's P730 irons.
The week he captured the CJ Cup, he ranked third in putts per green in regulation.
Mc1lroy. It never gets old watching @McIlroyRory let #StealthDriver rip off the tee.
— TaylorMade Golf (@TaylorMadeGolf) October 24, 2022
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McIlroy has spoken on numerous occasions about the effort he has put into his putting. He uses the TaylorMade Spider X Hydro Blast.
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No. 1 across the board. @mcilroyrory captures his 23rd win on Tour at the CJ Cup and moves to the top spot in the World. With his #StealthDriver he led the field in driving distance and Strokes Gained: Off-the-tee this week. #TeamTaylorMade pic.twitter.com/WHxdv3xdMl
— TaylorMadeGolfEurope (@TaylorMadeTour) October 23, 2022
Elsewhere, McIlroy led the field in driving distance at the CJ Cup. McIlroy averaged a mind-boggling 349.6 yards off the tee using his TaylorMade Stealth Plus.
If you'd like to scroll down, you can see all of the TaylorMade equipment McIlroy used to return to the top of the golf world...
Rory McIlroy WITB October 2022:
Ball: TaylorMade TP5x
Driver: TaylorMade Stealth Plus [Fujikura Ventus Black 6x], 9 degrees
3-wood: TaylorMade SIM2, 15 degrees
5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth Plus, 19 degrees
Irons (3-9): TaylorMade Rors Proto; [PW]: TaylorMade Milled Grind 3
Wedges: TaylorMade Milled Grind 3 [54, 58 degrees]
Putter: TaylorMade Spider X Hydro Blast
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