After tying for fourth in November at the European Tour’s year-end event in Dubai, McIlroy did not touch a club for six weeks. No playing, no practice, no nothing.
The golfers these two balls are now designed for are demanding fundamentally different things and those demands require fundamentally different solutions.
Lopez’s second win came while playing again against a field of LPGA champions, with the 26 participants this week all being tour winners from the previous two seasons.
Landry finished ninth in greens in regulation with his Ping iBlade irons. He also ranked first in putts per greens in regulation with his Ping Vault 2.0 ZB blade-style putter.