The update was first confirmed by Golf Digest equipment editor Jonathan Wall on the ground at famed Bay Hill.
TaylorMade then confirmed the news with a social media post of McIlroy’s bag.
The newly-promoted World No.2 spoke at length to reporters about four big changes he has made to his TaylorMade golf bag on Wednesday.
McIlroy, 35, has taken a number of months to get fully equipped and comfortable with his new TaylorMade Qi35 woods.
The wait has been down to dialling in all his yardages having recently reverted to the TP5 golf ball.
The switch from TP5x to TP5 happened just before he sealed a 27th PGA Tour title and first ever at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in early February.
Ahead of this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational, an event McIlroy won in 2018, the Northern Irishman has made significant changes at the top end of his bag with just four weeks remaining until he attempts to capture the career Grand Slam at The Masters.
McIlroy has now replaced his Qi10 Driver, Qi10 3-wood and Qi10 5-wood with the brand new Qi35 Driver, Qi35 3-Wood and a Qi35 4-wood.
He has also removed one of his MG4 Wedges (50 degrees) to go back to just three wedges, and he has replaced it with a proto 3-iron.
“So I’ve got a club that sort of flies 260, a club that flies 280, a club that flies 300, and then the driver. So that was sort of the reasoning behind ’em. It just sort of gives me more options off the tee. Especially with being so comfortable at the other end of the bag with the wedges and hitting those three-quarter shots that it’s nice to have those options up at the top end of the bag.”
