Justin Rose to debut McLaren Series 1 and Series 3 irons
Justin Rose is set to debut McLaren Golf irons this week at the PGA Tour’s Cadillac Championship, with the 45-year-old switching into a new setup at Trump National Doral. The move lands two weeks before the PGA Championship and follows a season in which he has stayed near the top of the game.
Justin Rose and McLaren Golf
Rose will use a combo set of McLaren Series 1 irons from 5-PW and a Series 3 4-iron in Miami, while the rest of his bag is expected to stay unchanged. He became the first player to say he would play McLaren clubs this week, making him the brand’s opening on-course showcase.
McLaren Golf formally launched on Wednesday, entering a market far removed from the company’s better-known Formula 1 team and luxury cars. The brand says it wants to extend McLaren’s DNA into golf and push design and manufacturing toward greater precision.
Rose, Zak Brown and Lando Norris
Rose said he has been involved from the outset, working with the team, testing the clubs and helping shape what they became. He also has a long-standing relationship with Zak Brown, and he is a regular golf partner of Lando Norris.
The equipment change comes after Rose rose to No. 5 in the world rankings and pushed Rory McIlroy to the wire at the Masters this month. He has finished second three times at Augusta National, and he leads the PGA Tour standings in greens in regulation while sitting seventh in strokes gained approach.
Honma, Miami and the risk
The switch carries some risk because Rose has already lived through a short equipment reset. He signed with Honma in 2019, then quickly moved away from those clubs when his form deteriorated rapidly, and this year he has already been playing with a mixed bag.
Miami gives him a public first test, with the Cadillac Championship played at Trump National Doral and the Miami Grand Prix taking place a few miles away. If the McLaren irons fit, they give Rose a cleaner launch point before the PGA Championship; if they do not, he has little time left to sort the setup before one of the season’s biggest weeks.
