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TaylorMade brought out the first versions of its TP5 and TP5x golf balls in 2017. The industry’s only five-piece product used a proprietary construction with four increasingly stiff layers wrapped in cast urethane, with the intent of optimizing both spin and distance.
Two years later, the company wove something called High-Flex Material into the construction, hoping to inject what technicians said was “a new level of speed.”
More recently, TaylorMade has released a third-generation TP5 and TP5x. These feature a new Tour Flight dimple pattern that is designed to improve aerodynamics and carry distance. The key component of that innovation is a unique dual-radius shape that is made to optimize airflow around the ball during flight and reduce drag in the process, thus promoting distance.
“Since 2017, we have blazed a path to distance and speed with TP5 and TP5x, building upon the foundation of tour-proven performance with the patented five-layer system at its core,” said Michael Fox, the company’s category director for golf balls and accessories. “With the development of HFM in 2019 and now the Tour Flight dimple pattern, we’ve examined every component of the golf ball to ensure that each layer is functioning at its highest possible level and working in unison to deliver unmatched performance in every shot.”
Fox adds that these models were developed with input from Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler, among other tour professionals, and that McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood and 2020 PGA Championship winner Collin Morikawa put them into play at the start of the current season.