In the first round of the 2025 RBC Canadian Open, defending FedExCup champion Rory McIlroy officially switched into a new TaylorMade Qi35 driver. To understand the significance of this switch, let’s rewind the tape to earlier this year.

McIlroy started his 2025 season on the PGA TOUR with a win at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am with three TaylorMade Qi10 woods in the bag, including his driver, 3-wood, and 5-wood. He wasn’t quite ready to switch into the new Qi35 technology just yet.

Then, at the 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, McIlroy switched into a new TaylorMade Qi35 driver and 3-wood , but he only played them for the first three rounds before switching back to his old Qi10 technology – he wasn’t yet comfortable with the new clubs to make a permanent switch.

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