Equipment
TaylorMade launches TP putter line, enters the “classic” category
The putter category can be broken down into two general categories: “technical mallets” and “classic putters,” according to Bill Price, Director of Product at TaylorMade.
Technical mallets would include high-MOI (moment of inertia) performance-first putters — such as TaylorMade’s popular Itsby Bitsy, or its newest Spider Red Limited putters that Jason Day has popularized — that work to stabilize the putter head throughout the stroke, and have greater forgiveness on off-center strikes.
On the other hand, however, TaylorMade did not previously satisfy the needs of golfers searching for classic-looking, precision-made putters, according to Price. With its TP, or “Tour Preferred” line, TaylorMade will enter that category for the first time.
“Rolex and Breitling (watches) are classic designs that don’t change over time,” Price said. “This (classic) category is precision-based.”
The TP line features putters made of 303 stainless steel that are machine-milled to achieve the precision and classic look that Price says is crucial to the category.
“The toe hangs, sightlines, bumpers, they will all be perfect,” Price said. “In this category, you can’t have 90 percent (of the putter design and manufacturing) be perfect, it has to be 100 percent… there’s another guy out there making classic, precision putters, so we know we have to be perfect.”
Although the classic look and attention to detail are of top priority to Price and TaylorMade, the putters also have performance and feel benefits thanks to TaylorMade’s new PureRoll insert, which is inspired by the insert in Day’s Spider Limited Red. It’s made from 6061 aluminum — like PureRoll inserts of previous TaylorMade putters — but the filler between the grooves uses a softer polymer for a softer feel. The direction of the grooves, which each face 45 degrees downward, help impart higher launch and forward spin on the golf ball to get it rolling faster along the ground.
If your ball currently jumps and skids along the surface off the putter face, that may be because you’re not launching the ball high enough, or with too much backspin, or both. The PureRoll insert in the TP putters is designed to offset those issues.
Movable weights on the heel and toe of the soles control head weight, balance and feel.
TaylorMade will release four TP models — Juno, Soto, Mullen and Berwick — on December 1, and then two more models — Ardmore and Chaska — in April 2017. Each of the names are inspired from “areas, regions, and landmarks of some of the world’s greatest golf destinations and historic courses,” according to the company. More on those later.
The putters will be available in 33- (special order), 34- and 35-inch lengths, and will all sell for $199 with Lamkin’s Sink Rubber grip, or $219 with SuperStroke’s 1.0 GT Pistol grip.
Find out more about each putter offering below, and see what GolfWRX members are saying about the TP putters in our forums.
Juno
The Juno, which references Juno Beach — home of Seminole Golf Club in Florida — was put into play by Sergio Garcia at the 2016 Ryder Cup. It has squared-off and elongated contours with a single sightline on the top line, a plumber’s neck, and has 10-gram stock movable weights in the heel and toe that can be interchanged for customization.
Soto
The Soto, which is short for Sotogrande — home of the “Real Club de Sotogrande” — has shorter, rounder edges than the Juno. It has a plumber’s neck with a “scalloped” hosel for a lighter head weight, and also comes with 10-gram stock weights that are interchangeable.
Mullen
The Mullen, which is a reference to Mullen, Nebraska, that’s home to Sand Hills Golf Club, has a compact mallet design with an “S” hosel, 38 degrees of toe hang, and two sightlines on the back cavity. It comes stock with 5-gram movable weights in the heel and toe of the sole.
Berwick
The Berwick, which gives a shoutout to Scotland’s famed North Berwick Golf Club, has a more compact and rounded mallet shape than the Mullen, and has a “step-down” cavity. The single-bend hosel has 0.75 degrees of offset, creating face balance. It also comes stock with 5-gram interchangeable weights.
Ardmore and Chaska
Reminder: The Ardmore and Chaska models will not be available until April 2017.
The Ardmore, a name inspired by Merion Golf Club which is located in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, is a 355-gram mallet cast from 303 stainless steel. It has dual sighlines, a double-bend shaft with 0.75 degrees of offset, and is face-balanced with 3.5 degrees of loft.
The Chaska, which references the city in Minnesota where Hazeltine National Golf Club is located, is modeled after TaylorMade’s Corza Ghost. Unlike the rest of the TP line, the Chaska is made from aluminum zinc alloy, but like the Ardmore, the Chaska is face-balanced, with 0.75 degrees of offset.
Click for more photos, and see what GolfWRX members are saying about TaylorMade’s TP putters here.
Neal Shipley was the first to admit that he enjoyed his food while in college. But since his days at Ohio State, he’s slimmed down and earned a PGA Tour Card.
That hasn’t stopped him from having fun with his wedge stampings, though it’s led to some misunderstandings.
On the 54 (degree), we have ‘Big Fudge,'” Shipley told GolfWRX. “It was supposed to be ‘Big Fridge,’ so this happened a little while ago. ‘Big Fridge’ was a nickname between my college teammates and I, with ‘fridge’ meaning stomach, a big stomach.
“We told the Ping guys to put … ‘Big Fridge’ on it, and I think maybe some bad cell service or something, and they thought I said ‘fudge,’ so they put fudge on it.”
On Shipley’s 50-degree he also continues the food theme, this time with his go-to order at the “Golden Arches,” and his stamping “DONS 7.”
“The number 7 meal, the two cheeseburger meal, that was my McDonald’s order, back when I would have McDonald’s frequently,” Shipley shared.
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @raw10628 has a L.A.B. DF3 putter and Masters putter cover up for grabs.
From the listing: “Some great items here today, time to thin out and make room for next set of gear. All prices include shipping.
LAB DF3 Purple 33.5” 68° lie with TPT – $725. LAB Masters release DF3 cover – $150.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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VanSEGA
Jan 3, 2018 at 11:44 am
You have the Mullen and Berwick mixed up I believe. Could be wrong but Mullen is the toe hang model with 2 lines. The aluminum tru roll insert is one of the best out there IMHO. DJ, Rahm, Rory and Hideki wouldn’t use it otherwise.
Dylan
Oct 19, 2016 at 9:31 pm
TaylorMade is hoping that their TP logo still means something. It stopped meaning something the second you stopped using the badge the way it was designed to be used. These putters have appeal in the sense that they have a non-glare finish and the best insert TaylorMade ever made in it. The shapes are industry standard anser-style and mallets used by all the other manufacturers. At best these butters limp by as “usable” putters but I doubt their Tour players even touch them. Sorry TaylorMade you haven’t made a decent putter since Kia Ma.
richard patten
Oct 21, 2016 at 12:17 am
Taylor: Samo-o, same-o: A Taylor putter needs a distinctive, patented, priority look or feature and a solid feel-not like your thin, clanky Ghost blade.
Dave r
Oct 19, 2016 at 8:23 pm
Are you sure Scotty didn’t design these looks like something he would make only for Costco or Wally World .
B. Parsons
Oct 19, 2016 at 7:14 pm
Those TM weights look an awful lot like a Cameron CT weight.
Insert = FAIL
Will Skeat
Oct 19, 2016 at 11:02 am
re: “”If your ball currently jumps and skids along the surface off the putter face, that may be because you’re not launching the ball high enough, or with too much backspin, or both.
It is physically impossible to put backspin on a ball while putting.
ian
Oct 19, 2016 at 9:35 am
Sweet
Taylor59
Oct 19, 2016 at 7:31 am
No roho??? boooo
Mikko U
Oct 19, 2016 at 3:34 am
They look like Walmart Camerons to me. No thank you.
cgasucks
Oct 18, 2016 at 9:06 pm
TM is still trying to find its place in the putter market…they did ok with their Rossa line and I thought their Kia Mia association was putting them in the right direction (whatever happened to that relationship?) and now this?
TD
Oct 18, 2016 at 8:45 pm
Classic TM is the old TP badge. Like on the Rac TP MB heads. Not that…
NoDoubt Stout
Oct 18, 2016 at 5:49 pm
The Ardmore and Chaska look so good…
Jnak97
Oct 18, 2016 at 4:50 pm
the top lines on the mallets look a little too thick for my taste, but the proof is in the putting. Let’ see how they perform come December!
JGOLF
Oct 18, 2016 at 4:29 pm
I respect what TaylorMade is trying to accomplish, but these putters, in my opinion, are ugly and cheap looking.
Tp
Oct 18, 2016 at 4:22 pm
Let the Putter Wars begin! Scotty Cameron take down here we come! Yeah!
Egor
Oct 18, 2016 at 4:26 pm
Nah..
ACGolfwrx
Oct 19, 2016 at 8:55 pm
Definitely no!!!