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New plaque commemorates Rory McIlroy’s famous Scottish Open 2-iron shot
Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from an article our Andrew Tursky filed for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report. You can read the full article here.
In case you forgot, McIlroy closed the tournament with back-to-back birdies to snatch the title from Scotland’s own Robert MacIntyre. McIlroy’s final approach was a perfectly executed 2-iron stinger to 11 feet, a putt he holed for a one-shot victory.
The shot was so good, in fact, that The Renaissance Club in Scotland commemorated it with a plaque. And McIlroy was happy to recall one of the best shots of his career in his Wednesday press conference. He had not yet seen the plaque but had seen photos posted online.
“To hit two iron shots like that and to hole the putts what I needed to, yeah, it was awesome,” McIlroy said. “Sort of I felt in some ways bad that it came at the expense of Bob but at the same time it was amazing to win a tournament that I had never won before. Good memories and good to be back.”
Looking back, the famous shot actually almost never happened at all … at least, not with a 2-iron.
McIlroy has a 5-wood in the bag most weeks instead of a 2-iron. But in preparation for last year’s trip to Scotland, McIlroy dove into his stash of backup clubs in his garage and pulled out a 17-degree TaylorMade P760 2-iron. The low-flying iron was meant to replace his higher-flying 5-wood, giving him the option to hit the ball a bit lower and with less spin to pierce the Scottish winds.
Obviously, that decision worked to perfection.
Neal Shipley was the first to admit that he enjoyed his food while in college. But since his days at Ohio State, he’s slimmed down and earned a PGA Tour Card.
That hasn’t stopped him from having fun with his wedge stampings, though it’s led to some misunderstandings.
On the 54 (degree), we have ‘Big Fudge,'” Shipley told GolfWRX. “It was supposed to be ‘Big Fridge,’ so this happened a little while ago. ‘Big Fridge’ was a nickname between my college teammates and I, with ‘fridge’ meaning stomach, a big stomach.
“We told the Ping guys to put … ‘Big Fridge’ on it, and I think maybe some bad cell service or something, and they thought I said ‘fudge,’ so they put fudge on it.”
On Shipley’s 50-degree he also continues the food theme, this time with his go-to order at the “Golden Arches,” and his stamping “DONS 7.”
“The number 7 meal, the two cheeseburger meal, that was my McDonald’s order, back when I would have McDonald’s frequently,” Shipley shared.
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Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 5-M4
3-wood: Ping G440 Max (15 degrees)
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Donniedarko
Jul 15, 2024 at 11:56 pm
Rory simping is at peak levels. Coping for a guy on his way to the glue factory. A resort course player.
johnny
Jul 14, 2024 at 10:49 am
Wow, he hit a good shot, but does not hole hit, how many people have done this? golf course will be inundated with plagues
Livininparadise
Jul 12, 2024 at 7:13 pm
Wow,did they elevate the scotish open to major status? A plaque to win an opposite field event. Where is my 9th place ribbon???
I guess the Scot’s are hard up to celebrate anything. How is their soccer team doing? Rod Stewart still on it?
Bryson
Jul 12, 2024 at 1:38 pm
a 202 yard 2 iron? my girlfriend hits a 2 iron further than that