1st impressions of the TaylorMade TP Red ball
Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, April 20th, 2006
Categories: Golf Balls • Golf Equipment • Reviews
Categories: Golf Balls • Golf Equipment • Reviews
A “friend” of mine at TM got me some TP reds to play with. The Red is comparable to the ProV1 and the Black comparable to the ProV1x.
Started out with 9 straight pars. I found the ball to compress nicely. I hate the really hard balls that don’t compress easily. The length and flight off the driver was great. Very nice trajectory off the irons and woods. I didn’t play in much wind so I can’t really say how good of a wind ball it is. But with the big dimples I bet it’s similar to the V1x with regards to the wind.
I had a couple of shots which required me to manufacture trajectories and curves…..Ok, I was behind a tree and had to hit a low running hook around it. The ball did exactly what it was supposed to and from 188 yards I ran that hook up to about 5 feet. Not the best putting day for me. I didn’t make that putt for birdie.
Putting with the ball felt great. The TP Red print lines up with the seam just like ProV1’s and that’s how I line up the ball on the green.
Only problem was shearing. I shredded the ball 2-3 times with full 56 degree wedges. On one 70 yard lob I flew the ball over the green into the 2nd cut and the thing spun back onto the green to pin high! Major spin. The ball had shavings sticking up on it from that 70 yard shot. So durability wise you might wear one out with a bunch of full wedges.
Over all it’s a great high performance ball.
Peek inside the TaylorMade tour truck
I got a first hand look inside the TaylorMade tour truck today. Quite a lot of fun. The tech working on the clubs in the pics is Dave Sung from San Diego. He drives the truck all over and builds/tweaks TM gear. Fun gig.
In this pic below Dave is building a custom TP driver for someone.
Fantasy Week 11 Results
This week’s winner for fantasy golf is Faziom1. For his efforts this week he wins a Golf Dust Tune-Up Kit.
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Snowed out
Looks like my Tuesday league AND my time at the TaylorMade performance van is snowed out today. It’s still snowing here. It has been since yesterday.
Welcome to Antarctica.
TaylorMade performance van in town tomorrow
Anyone in the Salt Lake City area tomorrow might want to stop by and check out the TaylorMade Performance Van. You can get fitted and have your swing checked etc.
The van will be at River Oaks from 12-6pm. Let’s hope the snow melts first.
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