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TaylorMade M5 driver

TaylorMade

First cited here by Rory McIlroy, January 2019

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  • "I know what my (M5) driver can do," Woods explained. "I know my current driver's not maxed out; it's not supposed to be.
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  • He’s plumped for the brand new M5 driver which we think could be the model to beat this year .
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  • Two starts later, Koepka made another noticeable change, replacing TaylorMade’s M5 driver with the new (and improved) SIM2 (10.5 degrees; Mitsubishi Diamana D+ Limited 60TX shaft) just prior to securing his 8th PGA Tour title.
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  • The American was spotted with a TaylorMade M5 driver and a Titleist Pro V1x in practice for this week's Major, the same combo that he used to win his most recent Major title at the 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage.
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  • McIlroy uses a 9-degree TaylorMade M5, a club featuring multiple technologies, including a fact brought beyond the limit for spring-like effect and then injected with a resin to bring it back to legality.
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  • Woods used a TaylorMade M5 to win both the Masters and Zozo Championship in 2019. As he said on Tuesday in a press conference , he has trust in the driver because he's comfortable working it both ways.
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  • Using the M3 in 2018 and the M5 in 2019, the SIM in 2020 and SIM2 in 2021 helped keep McIlroy inside the top 10 for both Driving Distance and Strokes Gained: Off the Tee.
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  • All’s well that ends well for Tiger Woods, who on Tuesday said the R&A had given his TaylorMade M5 driver the seal of approval ahead of this week’s Open Championship.
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  • Brooks Koepka began his week on the European Tour at the Saudi International playing the TaylorMade M5 driver he has been enjoying going back to last year.
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  • Koepka averaged 313.2 yards (286.4 metres) in driving distance with his 10.5-degree TaylorMade M5 driver with a Mitsubishi Diamana White D+ 70 TX shaft.
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  • Sure, Koepka averaged 309.1 yards to rank fourth in the field with his 10.5-degree TaylorMade M5 driver with a Mitsubishi Diamana White D+ 70 TX shaft.
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  • Woods also drove the ball well for the most part, using a 9-degree TaylorMade M5 with a Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 60TX shaft.
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  • it still came as a slight surprise to see Day with a TaylorMade M5 as he played the first round of the mixed-team event.
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  • Dustin Johnson returned to TaylorMade's M5 driver and an Anser-style Juno putter in his first start since the U.S. Open.
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  • Brooks Koepka swapped the TaylorMade M5 driver he used for the first two days of the event for Mavrik Sub Zero
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  • Since then he has made the switch to the new M5 model which has seen him gain over five yards off the tee.
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  • In addition to the ball, Koepka was also spotted using a TaylorMade M5 driver during a practice round.
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  • Woods chose to add TaylorMade's M5 driver (9 degrees) and 3-wood (15 degrees) to the bag as well.
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  • This time around, it was switching from TaylorMade's M5 to the more forgiving M6 in Saudi Arabia.
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  • Hideki Matsuyama transitioned from TaylorMade's M5 driver to the 2020 SIM (9 degrees) at Waialae
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  • Based on the photo, he has also swapped in a new TaylorMade M5 driver , along with a 3-wood.
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  • McIlroy’s driver is a 9-degree TaylorMade’s M5 with Mitsubishi’s Kuro Kage S TINI 70x shaft.
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  • McIlroy uses a 9-degree TaylorMade M5 driver with a Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White shaft.
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  • Driver: TaylorMade M5 (Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei CK Pro White 70TX shaft), 9 degrees
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  • Rahm has also switched into the M5 driver and 3-wood which is a move from the M4 .
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  • Brooks Koepka uses a TaylorMade M5 driver. But he won't mention it by name.
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  • As usual, McIlroy’s TaylorMade M5 driver served as a valuable weapon.
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  • Jason Day is using a seven-year-old TaylorMade M5 driver in 2025.
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  • Johnson is also using the M5 driver and new 2019 TP5x ball.
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  • One of those new toys includes the TaylorMade M5 driver .
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  • Driver: Taylormade M5 , 9.5˚, Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 70TX
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  • Driver: TaylorMade M5 (Fujikura Speeder Evolution 661 Tour Spec 2.0 X shaft), 10.5 degrees
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  • Driver: TaylorMade M5 (Fujikura Speeder 661 Evolution 2.0 Tour Spec), 10.5 degrees
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  • Driver: TaylorMade M5 (Aldila Tour Green 75TX shaft), 10.5 degrees
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  • Driver: TaylorMade M5 Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 60TX), 9 degrees
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  • Ahead of the US Open in 2022, Koepka changed his ZX7 driver to the TaylorMade M5, while the Z-Star Diamond was replaced with the Pro V1x , which was the model in-play for the first four Major wins of his career from 2017-19.
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  • This is actually the second TaylorMade driver Koepka has used in the last year, dating to the 2022 U.S. Open where he briefly used an older model TaylorMade M5 driver before making the eventual transition into ZX5 LS MKII .
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  • Koepka has a new driver in the bag this week, replacing his TaylorMade M5 with the company’s newer SIM2 with the same 10.5 degrees of loft and Mitsubishi Diamana D-LTD 60 shaft he had in his old driver.
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  • the TaylorMade M5 was used by various TaylorMade staffers throughout that season and was even in the bags of Tiger Woods and Brooks Koepka for their Masters and PGA Championship wins that year.
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  • the TaylorMade M5 was used by various TaylorMade staffers throughout that season and was even in the bags of Tiger Woods and Brooks Koepka for their Masters and PGA Championship wins that year.
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  • Despite earning his first victory of 2019 with the TaylorMade M6 at the Saudi International, DJ soon changed back to the M5 model for his win at the WGC-Mexico Championship.
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  • At the 2022 US Open, he swapped the Srixon ZX7 for the TaylorMade M5 and, before the 2023 Ryder Cup, he made the change from the Srixon ZX5 LS MKII to the TaylorMade SIM2 .
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  • The 14-time major champion is also gaming a new M5 9-degree driver and 13-degree M5 fairway wood (built with titanium), both using the Mitsubishi Diamana White shaft.
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  • Knapp broke out a six-year-old TaylorMade M5 driver at the Genesis Invitational two weeks ago and then switched again to last year’s TaylorMade Qi10.
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  • The driver is 9 degrees and has the same Diamana D+60 TX “White Board” shaft as the M5 model he used to win the Masters and the Zozo Championship.
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  • At the U.S. Open, Koepka returned to a TaylorMade M5 driver and Titleist Pro V1x ball, but the switch, as Cleveland/Srixon noted, was temporary.
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  • Previously, he used the G440 LST , as well as the TaylorMade M5 from 2019 , but has had the G430 LST in the bag since the start of 2026.
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  • with the move seeing him go from a Srixon ZX7 and Z-Star Diamond to the TaylorMade M5 driver and a Titleist Pro V1x.
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  • testing Ping, PXG, and TaylorMade models (including flirting with an old M5 for a brief moment in February)
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  • TaylorMade M5 (Mitsubishi Diamana shaft), 9 degrees
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  • 2019 Masters: TaylorMade M5 460, 9 degrees
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  • 2019 PGA: TaylorMade M5, 10.5 degrees
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  • Brooks Koepka returned to TaylorMade’s M5 driver
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