2024 TaylorMade TP5 and TP5x Golf Balls
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I liked the 2019 TP5, the 2021 just didn't really stand out for me.
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it's what was talked about. So hopefully that comes to fruition because they were very clean on the QR code and the 12 question part. Oh well.
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I did well with both when I was higher spin, but that changed, and so too did my golf ball type of choice haha
I’m curious to see these next to the Bridgestone’s and Callaway’s for greenside action.
Glad I wasn’t alone. So, if you were going to try one, what would it be?
I'll probably give the TP5 a try at some point this year. The last version just did not work for me at all, either one. Much shorter than any other ball on all clubs for me. Was fine around and on the green, just couldn't give up 1/2 to a full club of distance everywhere else.
I’m sure it will. That link was just the only thing I found on TM website today. I don’t have a retail box to try. The QR code I have on my box just takes you to the feedback site
Theirs doesn't bother me as much either. Because oriented it does what it's supposed to and when it's off on other shots it's varied enough that my brain can just tell itself that it's random. Which keeps it from being a distraction.Nice!
I surprised myself with how much I enjoyed the PIX clearpath alignment. I'm not one for liking lines on golf balls I feel like it messes with my eyes and I have a lot of trouble lining them up. I didn't run into that with the clearpath alignment. Maybe because it's essentially a larger blank space that I'm setting to my intended line but whatever it is I like it and now that I'm becoming a decent putter watching it roll end over end and disappear into the hole is VERY SATISFYING.
Bonus is TM makes some of the coolest special editions out there so maybe now I jump head-first into that collection obsession in 2024.
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@That post did a test earlier in the thread and it was much lower spinning greenside than a couple of others.
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I prefer the Pix ball to the Truvis, becuase I like the function of the CP when putting. But I went away from it because I found a ball that was a better fit.Nice!
I surprised myself with how much I enjoyed the PIX clearpath alignment. I'm not one for liking lines on golf balls I feel like it messes with my eyes and I have a lot of trouble lining them up. I didn't run into that with the clearpath alignment. Maybe because it's essentially a larger blank space that I'm setting to my intended line but whatever it is I like it and now that I'm becoming a decent putter watching it roll end over end and disappear into the hole is VERY SATISFYING.
Bonus is TM makes some of the coolest special editions out there so maybe now I jump head-first into that collection obsession in 2024.
Great write-up! I find the chart interesting as the TP5 and TP5x characteristics appear to be different than past models (TP5 launching higher than x with higher spin than x on driver). I wonder if the difference in feel will be noticeable.
Tp5 between the two but I don’t know if I really fit into the profile. But if I had to choose.
This is kind of where I landed too, but I wasn’t sure either.
Rory is really touting the TP5x said he "picked up 7-8 yards or half a club more in his irons, more ball speed, & soft feel around the greens."
Hits his 8 iron around 175 yards .... another 8 yards on that? Holy Crap!
Hits his 8 iron around 175 yards .... another 8 yards on that? Holy Crap!
Thanks for the write up. I tested these last month and love them. As good as any of the other new balls.
Good article @ddec!! The TP5X was my gamer prior to moving to the CSX-LS. Interesting to read the changes and may grab a sleeve to see how it compares against the chrome tour
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Its interesting because Rory is also for rolling the ball back and said he would be switching to the model local rule golf ball if it was determined to be the way, moving forward to prepare for majors.
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That’s a tough comparison though isn’t it since truvis (original, not the new TruTrack) was never meant as an alignment aid.
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The new diamond alignment for Pix makes sense from their explanation. Though it seems overall, a harder way to line up now that you align by colors on half a diamond instead of the bottom of the triangles. Mentally, it gives way more opportunity to second guess yourself now.
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correct it was not. I was never a fan of how truvis looked in the air(which sounds funny I get it). Just a style that for me added very little. With the Pix, at least there was something there that I could use and at the time I liked using it to line up better than Triple Track. I ended up getting away using those types of alignments because I start to second guess myself a lot. Now if I play TT, I do it becuase normally nobody else in my group does.
Yep it’s over in the BX thread if anyone is interested. Personally, I kinda liked the higher launch but knocked down spin of the 5x on those 50y shots I posted this morning.
When it comes to close chips my preference is to land soft, hop, then come to a stop. Instead of backing them up. So the lower spin window was nice.
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It was over 1000 rpms lower on 50 y shot if I remember correctly.
I have only tested these balls briefly, but I am also seeing much lower spin greenside than some others.