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The most successful golf balls at The Masters 2025: Rory’s Green Jacket was TaylorMade

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Which golf balls claimed the top 5 spots at The Masters 2025? Paul Miller kept track so you didn’t have to!

Rory McIlroy at the 2025 Masters | Source: Getty Images

What golf balls did the leading players at The Masters 2025 play with? We kept track so you didn’t have to!

Well, The Masters 2025 will live long in the memory – words cannot do it justice. History, emotion, and total drama – it had it all. En route to Rory winning his first green jacket it felt he won it 5 times and lost it 4!

At the end, Rory did it via a play off and by winning the green jacket completed the grand slam of golf – all with his TaylorMade TP5 golf ball! But what other balls did the top 5 have in play and how did it change over the week?

Masters champion Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland celebrates on the No. 18 green after a sudden death playoff against Justin Rose of England to win the Masters in 2025 | Source: Getty Images
Masters champion Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland celebrates on the No. 18 green after a sudden death playoff against Justin Rose of England to win the Masters in 2025 | Source: Getty Images

What balls did the top five players tee up at the Masters 2025? Below shows what the final five were teeing up and how it changed throughout the week. Titleist was the dominant ball throughout but it was TaylorMade that finished on top courtesy of Rory McIlroy

Top 5 Golf Balls Used At The Masters 2025


1) Rory McIlroy – TaylorMade TP5

Rory McIlroy at the 2025 Masters | Source: Getty Images
Rory McIlroy at the 2025 Masters | Source: Getty Images

Rory definitely put his TaylorMade TP5 golf ball through the wringer – double bogeys, birdies, eagles and trips to the water! But in the end he birdied the play off hole to win.

Check out what else is in Rory’s bag. Read the NCG TP5 review for more info.

2) Justin Rose – Titleist 2025 Pro V1x

Justin Rose at the 2025 Masters | Source: Getty Images
Justin Rose at the 2025 Masters | Source: Getty Images

Justin Rose followed his 3rd round 75 with the lowest final round – hitting his Titleist Pro V1x sixty six times, which included 10 birdies.

Ultimately he came up short in the play off but it was more a case of Rory winning the play off than Justin losing it.

He recently switched to the Titleist Pro V1x as he felt it provided more control and better trajectory.

Check out what else in is Justin’s bag. Read the NCG Titleist 2025 Pro V1x golf ball review for more info.

3) Patrick Reed – Titleist Pro V1x+ prototype

Patrick Reed at the 2025 Masters | Source: Getty Images
Patrick Reed at the 2025 Masters | Source: Getty Images

Some of you might be surprised Patrick Reed finished 3rd – mainly because he hardly featured on the TV coverage. But after 4 days he only finished 2 shots behind Rory and Justin.

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His ball of choice currently is the Titleist Pro V1x+ prototype golf ball, having previously used the Pro V1. This golf ball has been specifically designed for a bit more spin for tour pros.

4) Scottie Scheffler – Titleist Pro V1

Scottie Scheffler at the 2025 Masters | Source: Getty Images
Scottie Scheffler at the 2025 Masters | Source: Getty Images

Amazing to think Scottie Scheffler had a somewhat indifferent Masters 2025 tournament yet he hit his Titleist Pro V1 golf ball just 3 more times than Rory McIlroy.

His ball of choice is the Titleist Pro V1 prior gen model – currently a bit cheaper than the 2025 iteration!

=5) Bryson DeChambeau – Titleist 2025 Pro V1x

Bryson DeChambeau at the 2025 Masters | Source: Getty Images
Bryson DeChambeau at the 2025 Masters | Source: Getty Images

It is fair to say that Bryson faded away somewhat on the final day. Though he started well and briefly led The Masters he struggled with his irons and putter for most of the day and so had to settle with a joint 5th spot.

Bryson has switched to playing the Titleist 2025 Pro V1x after using the Pro V1x Left Dash to take him to US Open victory in 2024.

Check out what else is in Bryson’s bag. Read the NCG Titleist 2025 Pro V1x ball review for more info.

=5) SungJae Im – Titleist 2025 Pro V1x

Sungjae Im at the 2025 Masters | Source: Getty Images
Sungjae Im at the 2025 Masters | Source: Getty Images

Similar to Patrick Reed SungJae went unnoticed but finished just four shots back from Rory McIlroy.

He was the only top 5 player who did not feature in the top 5 on any of the previous three days.

His choice of ball is also the Titleist 2025 Pro V1x.

Golf Balls Used At The Masters 2025: Summary

Top 5 Balls after Round 1

1) Rose – Titleist Pro V1x =2) Scottie Scheffler – Titleist Pro V1 =2) Ludwig Aberg – Titleist Pro V1x =2) Corey Conners – Titleist Pro V1 =5) Bryson DeChambeau – Titleist Pro V1x =5) Tyrrell Hatton – Titleist Pro V1x

Summary: Titleist golf ball x 6

Top 5 Balls after Round 2

1) Justin Rose – Titleist Pro V1x 2) Bryson DeChambeau – Titleist Pro V1x =3) Rory McIlroy – TaylorMade TP5 =3) Corey Conners – Titleist Pro V1 =5) Scottie Scheffler – Titleist Pro V1 =5) Tyrrell Hatton – Titleist Pro V1x =5) Shane Lowry – Srixon Z-Star XV =5) Matt McCarty – TaylorMade TP5

Summary: Titleist x 5 / TaylorMade x 2 / Srixon x 1

Top 5 Balls after Round 3

1) Rory McIlroy – TaylorMade TP5 2) Bryson DeChambeau – Titleist Pro V1x 3) Corey Conners – Titleist Pro V1 =4) Patrick Reed – Titleist Pro V1 =4) Ludwig Aberg – Titleist Pro V1x

Summary: Titleist x 4 / TaylorMade x 1

Top 5 Balls after Round 4

1) Rory McIlroy – TaylorMade TP5 2) Justin Rose – Titleist Pro V1x 3) Patrick Reed – Titleist Pro V1x+ prototype 4) Scottie Scheffler – Titleist Pro V1 =5) Bryson DeChambeau – Titleist Pro V1x =5) SungJae Im – Titleist Pro V1x

Summary: Titleist x 5 / TaylorMade x 1

Golf Balls Used At The Masters 2024: Summary

Top 5 Balls after Round 1

1) DeChambeau – Titleist Pro V1x Left Dash 2) Scheffler – Titleist Pro V1 3) Hojgaard – Callway Chrome Soft X =4) Homa – Titleist Pro V1 =4) Danny Willett – Callaway Chrome Soft X LS

Bryson DeChambeau during the first round of the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club | Source: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
Bryson DeChambeau during the first round of the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club | Source: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

Summary: Three Titleist balls and two Callaway balls.

Top 5 Balls after Round 2

1) Scheffler – Titleist Pro V1 2) Homa – Titleist Pro V1 3) DeChambeau – Titleist Pro V1x Left Dash 4) Nicolai Hojgaard – Callway Chrome Soft X =5) Colin Morikawa – TaylorMade TP5x =5) Cameron Davis – Titleist Pro V1

Nicolai Højgaard during the third round of the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club | Source: Warren Little/Getty Images
Nicolai Højgaard during the third round of the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club | Source: Warren Little/Getty Images

Summary: Four Titleist Balls, one Callaway and one TaylorMade.

Top 5 Balls after Round 3

1) Scheffler – Titleist Pro V1 2) Colin Morikawa – TaylorMade TP5x 3) Homa – Titleist Pro V1 4) Ludwig Aberg – Titleist Pro V1x 5) DeChambeau – Titleist Pro V1x Left Dash

Summary: Four Titleist balls and one TaylorMade ball.

Top 5 Balls after Final Round

1) Scheffler – Titleist Pro V1 2) Ludwig Aberg – Titleist Pro V1x =3) Tommy Fleetwood – TaylorMade TP5x Pix =3) Colin Morikawa – TaylorMade TP5x =3) Homa – Titleist Pro V1

Summary: Three Titleist and two TaylorMade balls

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About the author

Paul Miller

Paul has been playing golf for around a fourth of a Century, whilst his time on this Earth is rapidly approaching half a Century!

During that time his handicap, on average, has gone down around half a shot a year and is currently at 8.

His general love of Sport included a time studying the Philosophy and Sociology of Sport.

In 2013 he co-authored a book chapter 'The good and bad of youth sport today'.

His passion for youth sport is equally matched in his role heading up the Buyer's Guides for National Club Golfer.

He wants to inform golfers what gear is the best whilst finding all the best golf deals so you can save money.

Since joining the equipment testing team at NCG he has become a hybrid convert and is ready to tell you to ditch the long irons if you want to hit more greens this season!

Paul uses Titleist GT3 driver, Callaway Ai Smoke hybrids, a SeeMore Giant Putter and a TaylorMade Tour Response golf ball.

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