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TOUR REPORT: Five Storylines to Know About Tiger, Rory, Scottie & Team TaylorMade at Augusta
Team TaylorMade has three past champions and six total players in the field at Augusta this year: Tiger Woods, Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa, Dustin Johnson, Tommy Fleetwood and Kurt Kitayama. Let's breakdown the five storylines to know and full WITB!
Rory led the field in driving distance at the 2022 Masters averaging 318.5 yards off the tee for the week. This year, heading into Augusta, Rory made a few tweaks to his Stealth 2 Plus 9.0° driver at the WGC Dell Technologies match play.
McIlroy switched from his Ventus Black 6X shaft in favor of a new Ventus TR Blue 6X shaft at a shorter 44 inches, while also adding more backweight into his Stealth 2 Plus with a 19g weight.
The results? At Match Play, Rory had:
- Two 420-yard drives
- Five drives between 370 and 380-yards
- 11 drives between 350 and 369-yards
- 23 drives between 320 and 349-yards
In total, Rory hit 63 drives over 300-yards in the seven matches he played in the event. Heading into Augusta, McIlroy ranks first in driving distance and sixth in strokes gained off the tee.
Rory has also added a line to his TP5x golf ball as a visual aid. Below is how he uses it with his driver at address.
Tiger Woods has probably influenced almost every golfer in the field this week one way or another. For Scottie Scheffler, it came at the 2020 Masters during a practice round when Scottie witnessed first-hand the masterclass of iron play Tiger possesses.
At the time, Scottie was in the P·730 irons, but had past experience playing clubs crafted with Tiger’s design influence. Once Scottie saw the P·7TWs in action, he had to try them.
"What I noticed when I hit them at home was my ability to hit different windows. When I flighted it down, I could pinch it lower than I could with the P·730 and when I wanted to hit it up, I could hit it higher. I saw more variability in the shots and then the distance control was basically the exact same. I saw the benefits of being able to flight it down and keep it flatter and not have that overspin and just have a little bit more variety.”Scottie Scheffler
Augusta is known to be a second shot golf course…and as our friend Justin Ray tells us, the proof is in the stats. Six of the last eight Augusta champions have ranked inside the top-five that week in strokes gained approach per round.
Good news for Team TaylorMade, we have a ball strikers galore.
Scottie Scheffler: Hit 11 percent more GIR than the field average at Augusta in 2022. Currently leads the PGA TOUR in GIR, SG: OTT and SG:T2G.
Collin Morikawa: Since the beginning of 2020, Collin leads the PGA TOUR in SG: Approach per round, picking up nearly a full stroke on the field per 18 holes. He is second on Tour in SG: Approach this year.
Tiger Woods: Hit 80.6 percent GIR when he won in 2019, the highest number by a winner since he hit 83 percent in 2001. With P·770 3-iron and P·7TW irons, Tiger gained more than half-a-stroke per round with his approach play at Riviera in February.
Dustin Johnson: Since 2019 DJ has hit the green in regulation more than 70 percent of the time, fueling three top-12 finishes in that span.
Tommy Fleetwood: Tommy’s tee-to-green game was terrific at Augusta a year ago, T-7 in GIR and third in driving distance.
Kurt Kitayama: Kurt is making his debut at Augusta this year, just over a month removed from his breakthrough win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. In the win, Kurt was first in greens in regulation, driving accuracy and sand saves
You’ll be seeing our Season Opener staff bags everywhere this week with the freshest design and eye-catching accessories on the golf course. Watch for some special bling with defending champion, Scottie Scheffler. Plus, look at that TP5x pix ball Tommy Fleetwood is playing!!
- Stealth 2 Plus 9.0° driver
- Stealth 2 Plus 15.0° 3-wood
- Stealth Plus 19.0° 5-wood
- P·760 3-4 iron
- Rors Proto 5-PW
- Milled Grind 3 (54° HB)
- TP5x Golf Ball
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