TaylorMade Golf has introduced its new Tour Response and Soft Response golf balls – both of which feature an ultra-low compression.

The Tour Response ball contains a soft 100% cast urethane cover designed to allow grooves to better grip the ball for increased wedge spin. At the same time, a crosslinking chemical reaction forms the urethane material and creates an irreversible link in a bid to provide for improved shear resistance and maximum durability.

The new addition is the first non-Tour ball to offer this 100% urethane cover from a major manufacturer. Per the company, the use of a urethane cover also aims to provide golfers with effortless compression and Tour-quality performance at an affordable price.

Speaking on the new Tour Response ball, Eric Loper, TaylorMade Director of R&D, Golf Ball stated

“Urethane is simply the best performing cover material you can use on a golf ball. That’s why it’s found on 100% of the balls used on the PGA Tour. It’s that good. We’re bringing that same innovation to our Tour Response line – essentially making a softer version of our TP5/TP5x that utilizes multiple Tour technologies.”

The Tour Response from TaylorMade contains an ultra low-compression of 40 and features the same technologies found in their TP5/TP5x pix balls. The brand’s Speedmantle with HFMq aims to produce faster ball speeds while the firmer second layer of the ball surrounds the soft inner core in a construction designed to deliver an explosive transfer of energy.

In the brand’s new Soft Response, the company utilized a specialized Extended Flight Dimple Pattern in a bid to protect distance in a softer golf ball. The shallow u-shaped dimples are designed to promote decreased drag and increased lift, ultimately allowing the ball to stay in the air longer at a lower spin rate.

Aimed at players who possess average swing speeds and who struggle to keep the ball airborne, the Soft Response balls contains a soft ionomer cover.

The soft ionomer cover aims to add to the feel of Soft Response, but also provide improved scuff-resistance, shear resistance and overall durability.

Equipped with an ultra-low compression ZnO Flex Core (a compression of 35), Soft Response is designed to meet the needs of golfers seeking an extremely soft feel without diminishing distance.

On the new Soft Response, Loper said

“Soft Response is a multi-layer golf ball designed for even softer feel, and with our new Extended Flight Dimple Pattern the player can obtain explosive distance.”

TaylorMade’s Tour Response arrives in white and yellow, while Soft Response will be available in white, yellow and matte red.

Tour Response ($35/dozen) and Soft Response ($25/dozen) will be available at retail on 2/28/2020.