At TaylorMade, we’re always chasing ways to help you play more consistent, more confident golf. And sometimes, the biggest breakthroughs come from the smallest discoveries.
That’s exactly what happened with the all-new TP5 and TP5x — two golf balls played by the world’s best that address a problem golfers could never see.
During development, our R&D team used micromeasurement tools and the most advanced testing range in the world (The Kingdom) to examine every detail of how golf balls behave in flight. What we found surprised even us: traditional paint processes can create microscopic inconsistencies.
Standard finishing processes allow excess paint to pool at the bottom of dimples, creating an uneven surface that subtly changes how air flows around the ball. That inconsistency can translate to significant variations in peak height, distance, curvature, and wind performance.
If you’ve ever hit two “perfect” shots that didn’t perform the same… this could be why.
MICROCOATING SOLVES WHAT WAS ONCE AN INVISIBLE PROBLEM
So, we rebuilt the paint process from scratch.
Our new microcoating technology precisely controls atomization, cure times, and temperature—down to the onemillionth of a gram of how much paint is applied to each ball. The outcome is an ultrathin, even application across the entire ball, eliminating the issues caused by pooling paint.
For you, that means:
- More predictable ball flight
- More consistent peak height trajectories
- Reliable performance in the wind
- Ball-to-ball consistency you can actually trust
This is one of the most meaningful leaps in golf ball performance we've ever made - because it affects every full shot you hit.
TP5 is our softest five-layer Tour ball—and now it’s faster than ever.
With our largest Tour core to date, TP5 increases energy retention at impact to generate more ball speed on full swings. It also features an updated Tour Flight Dimple Pattern with reengineered dimples that promote a lower, more penetrating ball flight with reduced ballooning in the wind.
It’s no surprise that players like Rory McIlroy — the reigning Champion at Augusta and winner of the career Grand Slam — and Collin Morikawa have already switched into the 2026 TP5.