14 Comments

1. 

   NoDonkeys

   Jul 1, 2019 at 10:45 pm

   Matt Kuchar sucks donkey.

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2. 

   Art Williams

   Jan 4, 2019 at 8:18 pm

   Over the last few weeks it’s obvious 2019 is the year of fast, faster and fastest. The espionage among and between the big golf companies must be fast and furious as they bring out similar products in similar colors with similar marketing schemes. Must be a lot spies employed by them, especially Callaway and Taylor Made. I noticed they both were very fast to exceed the $500 ceiling.

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3. 

   WB

   Jan 4, 2019 at 2:12 am

   I gained 14 yards on the driver when I went from Tour Preferred X to TP5X. If the new TP5X gets only 3 yards more I’m in.

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4. 

   David

   Jan 3, 2019 at 11:14 am

   These must be pretty bad since they didn’t jack the price 30%. TM must know they don’t perform well enough to deserve the same price increases as the rest of their line.

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     Frank

     Jan 3, 2019 at 4:41 pm

     Must be David. Keep dropping nearly $60 on that “superior” ProV1

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       KM01

       Jan 4, 2019 at 7:50 am

       At the end of the day Pro V is superior. I still think TM are having their balls made by someone else so the probability is that some of them probably don’t even have 5 layers, when you look at how bad the rest of their quality control is. I tried TP5 last time around and it doesn’t spin enough through the bag.
       It’s obvious what they’re going for in their marketing blurb. Distance off the driver. That’s always the first thing they say in everything they say.
       Thing is, I’m still only going to be hitting max 14 drives in a round. So the majority of my shots I need more control. You don’t get that with something that doesn’t spin.

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         Daniel Forbes

         Jan 5, 2019 at 4:36 am

         Realistically if you are hitting max 14 drives per round, then u probably dont hit it well enough for spin to be an issue. I hit 14 drivers almost every time i play. Obviously playing a distance ball will prob hurt me… but Playing a proV isn’t going to improve my score at all. Unfortunately taylormade realised they could charge a lot more and did so. So the range of balls available that all qork the same is huge for amatuers now

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           KM01

           Jan 5, 2019 at 3:30 pm

           This comment makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. How could hitting at most 14 drives in a round mean that you don’t hit it well enough to worry about spin? You do realise that most golf courses would have 4 par 3’s meaning, realistically you would only ever have to hit driver at very most 14 times, and on shorter par 4’s you’d hit irons! I’ve played 2 British amateur championships, and have had quite a good amateur career…
           There’s no such thing as a distance ball and a spin ball anymore. This isn’t the days of persimmon woods and balata balls.
           Spin does not just come in to play on shots green side. It’s on every shot you hit. Every golfer needs a certain amount of spin to keep their ball airborne, depending on their launch characteristics.
           Please have a proper ball fitting. You might just learn something…

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5. 

   Thomas A

   Jan 3, 2019 at 10:48 am

   So they are TP5-ier?

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6. 

   bill

   Jan 3, 2019 at 10:20 am

   having to click read more is really annoying. just show the full article

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     Gil

     Jan 4, 2019 at 7:21 pm

     Who do you claim is making their balls? Why do you question TM’s quality control?

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       KM01

       Jan 6, 2019 at 5:04 am

       That’s a fact. Look it up. There is only one company who actually manufacture their own golf balls. Everyone else buys in.
       Have you not seen TM’s product the past few years? The rubber in the speed slots on irons has been falling out, iron faces caving in, and some of the loft and lies) swing weights that I’ve had delivered to my shop have been so far out its unbelievable. A couple of years ago, I had an M2 4 iron arrive which was to be standard loft/lie and it was 17*. Quality control is worse than terrible.

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     Daniel

     Jan 5, 2019 at 4:27 am

     That is dumbest thing ive ever ive ever read.. u have to scroll down anyway so i dont think clicking 1 button will kill u..

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7. 

   Thunder Bear

   Jan 3, 2019 at 10:12 am

   Of all things releasing this year, I’m most excited about the golf balls coming out. Seems like every company is on the same release schedule with golf balls so I plan to take them all out and do a battle royale to find the best ball. I’ve played the TP5x for a couple years and really excited to see if their claims are actually true.

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