Here’s what you need to know. Rory McIlroy's New Ball: TaylorMade TP5 Last season, Rory McIlroy used TaylorMade's TP5x ball, a five-piece ball that has a large rubber core, three mantle layers and a soft urethane cover.

That seems an exaggeration of Rory McIlroy’s standing and prowess in professional golf, given the past few years have been noted not for what he has done so much as what almost was. It also seems too dismissive of this field,