McIlroy won the Masters with "Perfect Iron Shot"

McIlroy won the Masters with "Perfect Iron Shot"

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Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), one of the best long hitters on the PGA Tour, won his dream Masters Tournament with a particularly elevated iron this year and achieved a "career grand slam" that dominated the four majors.

McIlroy, who played on the last day of the 89th Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia on the 14th (Korea time), faced a crisis from the 11th hole (par 4), the beginning of the "Amen Corner." He fell to second place with a bogey at the 11th hole, a double bogey at the 13th hole (par 5), and a bogey at the 14th hole (par 4).
It seemed as if the bad luck in the majors, which had continued for more than a decade, continued this time again. At that time, the Iron Shot saved McIlroy. In front of the spot where he was going to play his second shot at the par-5 15th hole, there were tall trees, and McIlroy used a high-row shot to hit the right side of the pin by crossing the tree with his 7-iron from a distance of 205 yards. The ball was placed 1.8 meters from the right side of the pin. It was regrettable that he missed the eagle putt, but McIlroy easily birdied.

At Hole 17 (par 3), he played his second shot with 8-Iron from 196 yards, putting the ball at a distance of 60 centimeters from the pin and adding a birdie. He also had a perfect shot with a gap wedge at the first hole of overtime at Hole 18 (par 4), leaving a 1.2-meter birdie putt, which was also overwhelming. McIlroy missed several short putts, including a 1.5-meter par putt at Hole 18 in the regular round, and was dragged to overtime, but he was so "perfect iron" that some say Iron saved him.

Iron shots are more than the best. McIlroy has become a true hexagonal golfer this year. McIlroy has a long shot with an average drive shot of 317.5 yards, ranking third in this category of the PGA Tour. He had a whopping 340 yards of tee shot in the third round of the Masters. He ranks first with 0.855 in the number of gains he has made from tee shots this season.

Last year, he only ranked 52nd in iron shot gain (0.260) and 59th in putts (0.173), showing regret in iron and putts, but he also rose to 19th in iron shot gain (0.595) and 10th in putts (0.593). Short games around the green are also consistent, ranking 32nd (0.276). This is the secret to winning three games even after participating in only six PGA Tour events this year. 메이저놀이터

He mixes the TaylorMade P760 4 iron with the Roars prototype iron (No. 5-9) that he made with a special finishing method just for McIlroy. "Rors" is McIlroy's nickname and is inscribed on the iron head. It has a design of a muscle bag with the back of the head blocked. The wedge uses the TaylorMade Mild Grind (MG) at 46 degrees, 50, 54 degrees and 60 degrees.

Notably, McIlroy is said to like the new ball he changed since early this year. He used TP5x before, but changed to TP5 this year. "I especially liked it when I took shots around the green. When I took shots from 60 to 70 yards, the angle of launch was low, but it took more spin," McIlroy said.