How the Forgiveness of Qi10 Driver Allowed Rory to Play a Longer Driver Shaft and Get More Distance Off the Tee
Time spent at home during the offseason means there’s time for going to the range and testing every club at your disposal. A golfer’s paradise…especially if you are Rory McIlroy.
After he won his fifth career Race to Dubai Championship on the DP World Tour with Qi10 LS driver, Rory headed to South Florida for our TaylorMade content shoot. Between what was built for Rory and what was built for the rest of Team TaylorMade, just about every driver build possible was on the range that day.
Compared to Qi10 LS, beyond just the larger shape, Rory noticed that he found the center of the face more often with the help of more MOI in Qi10 vs LS. That then sparked a thought in Rory’s head of if he could return back to a longer driver shaft to get more distance while also having the forgiveness of the Qi10 head.
In years past, Rory shortened his driver shaft as it tightened his dispersion off the tee compared to a longer length shaft. Now with the Qi10 head, Rory had a chance for the first time in a few years to be able to go back to a longer shaft without sacrificing any change in dispersion.
“With the slightly larger profile of the core head, it looked great to me at address and I found the middle of the face easier. I think sometimes when I played the longer shaft, I’ve struggled to find the middle of the face and when I went to the shorter shaft and I found the middle a bit easier. With this Qi10 driver I felt I was finding the middle of the face way easier so I thought why not try a longer shaft to see if I can get more distance?”Rory McIlroy
That’s exactly what happened. This then prompted a switch back from Ventus TR Blue 6X to Ventus Black 6X Rory was consistently cruising at 186 ball speed and 330-yards with his stock driver shot.
Rory continued the testing process in Dubai when he arrived ahead of the Dubai Invitational. After that, he went on to finish 2nd in the Dubai Invitational and follow it up with his record setting fourth career win at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic just one week later.
RORY’S Qi10 DRIVER SPEC
- Head: Qi10 9.0°
- Measured Loft: 8.0°
- Loft Sleeve: 1.5° sleeve set to one click lower
- Lie: 57.5°
- Shaft: Ventus Black 6X
- Length: 45''
- Tipping: 1’’
- Swingweight: D4
- Grip: Golf Pride Multi-Compound Blackout (1+1 Wraps Logo Up)
RORY'S SWITCH TO TP5x
RORY'S WITB
- Qi10 8.0° driver (Ventus Black 6X)
- Qi10 15.0° 3-wood (Ventus Black 8X)
- Qi10 18.0° 5-wood (Ventus Black 9X) OR P·760 3-iron (Project X 7.0)
- P·760 4-iron (Project X 7.0)
- Rors Proto Irons 5-9 (Project X 7.0)
- Milled Grind 4 46° SB, 50° SB, 54° SB (Project X 6.5)
- Milled Grind 4 60° LB (Project X 6.5 Wedge)
- Spider Tour X Putter (SuperStroke Pistol Tour)
- 2024 TP5x Golf Ball (No. 1)
READY TO GO AT PGA NATIONAL
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