TaylorMade 2021 TP5 Golf Ball Review

TaylorMade 2021 TP5 Golf Ball Review

The TP5 golf ball from TaylorMade has gone from strength to strength since its initial release in 2017. It’s truly one of the best golf balls on the market, offering all-round performance that is up there with the very best in each category. But that’s not to say the company has been resting on its laurels. 

New for the 2021 version is a dimple pattern designed to improve aerodynamics and increase carry distance. Additionally, it remains softer than the TP5x, ensuring an excellent balance of distance and spin.  In our testing, it was found to offer exactly that. Distance off the tee was never an issue, while approaching greens the ball was very workable with an iron in hand. Flighting shots high and low has rarely been easier.

Around the greens, the TP5 performed just how you’d hope and expect it to, with maximum precision and control allowing us to be aggressive to our chosen landing spot in the knowledge it would react as we expected. On the green, it felt really nice off the putter face, too, which is a performance aspect that goes slightly under the radar. On foreign greens, this made it easy to gauge the pace from the get-go.

But it’s the feel provided which is the lasting memory of the 2021 TaylorMade TP5. Most balls nowadays - in the premium golf ball market, anyway - can boast a solid combination of distance and spin but the feel of the TP5 would be hard to match. 

From driver through to the putter, the soft cover felt great and meant that, even when using it for the first time, making the adjustment from another brand was seamless (and could be permanent).

Thinking objectively, the only drawback to the TP5 would be that for golfers with lower swing speeds, or those who already launch it low and need something that helps them get it in the air more, they might be better suited to something else.

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