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This seems to be the year of new golf balls! We are certainly not complaining, though. Along with some other major brands submitting their new golf balls for Forum member testing, we now have the opportunity to get the new TaylorMade TP5 and TP5X into the hands of our testers to see how they really perform.

What’s changed?

TaylorMade has revamped their TP5 and TP5X models after pumping $100 million into their golf ball-related business. This went into several key areas, including buying the Nassau ball plant in South Korea and a huge investment in R&D. Over the last three years, TaylorMade has built a new state-of-the-art indoor test range and completely remade its outdoor test area with Trackman units to capture performance data for every stage of ball flight at its headquarters in Carlsbad, Calif.

The new TP5 and TP5X have Speed-Wrap, a new technology that TaylorMade claims produces “significantly faster with a better feel and a softer feel.” This is done by allowing the material to control the sound without affecting speed. As sound often directly relates to feel, the new TP5 and TP5X can be firmer balls without feeling or sounding firm.

Finally, the initial three layers are now progressively firmer, allowing them to “truly perform like completely different products.”

The bottom line is that TaylorMade feels they have really upped their standards with their new golf ball lineup. Being a distant third in market share to Callaway and the far-and-away leader Titleist, TaylorMade hopes the new TP5 and TP5X will be their launch pad to further success.

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About Haywood Golf

Founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2018, Haywood Golf is a relatively new addition to the direct-to-consumer market. However, they have made a concerted effort to differentiate themselves by offering multiple fitting locations worldwide. All of their clubs are assembled in Canada.

With a move to a new and bigger location in the Vancouver area, Haywood looks to expand on its existing lineup, which already includes a multi-material driver and fairway wood, along with a newly released hybrid. They also have four different iron models, a driving iron, wedges and two different putter models (one mallet and one blade).

Impressively, all Haywood golf clubs are also available in right- and left-handed options. Makes sense since Canada has the most lefty golfers in the world per capita!

With so many DTC brands available, Haywood separates itself by offering more fitting location options and special runs of copper and black nitride finish clubs, along with extremely competitive prices and a ton of options to fit your game.

What is being tested?

For this testing opportunity, we will have four fortunate golfers test, review and keep a full set of the Haywood cavity-back/muscle-back combo irons. With four split set options and full CB or MB, Haywood is introducing their first forged iron using 1020 carbon steel, which is “100% milled, allowing for the tightest weight and club measurement tolerances in the industry.”

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The new TP Black Collection putter line includes four blades and three mallets.All putters feature milled 303 stainless steel construction.Putters feature the Pure Roll Surlyn insert.MSRP $199.99

Just when you thought the 2024 putter release season was over, TaylorMade announces their new TP Black line of putters. At least it is only seven new putters this time.

Shops are going to expand the putter corrals.

With so many new putters out there this year, what sets TaylorMade’s TP Black Collection putter line apart from their competitors? Many of the build specifications sound familiar:

I told you. It’s all the usual things that we find in a milled putter offering. Wait, did that say $199.99? TaylorMade is launching a milled putter line for only two hundred bucks?

TaylorMade, you now have my attention, and my curiosity.

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