Equipment
TP Reserve: TaylorMade putters go premium
The new TaylorMade TP Reserve line “plants a flag” in the premium putter space with three blade and three mallet shapes for 2023.
TaylorMade engineers focused on precision, classic styling, and appealing aesthetics in crafting the line of 303 stainless steel putters, all of which feature machined-in grooves for crisp sound, feedback, and soft feel.
“There is a large bucket of golfers that love the look of a classic putter shape, and we took the time to carefully craft performance in a way that is a brand-new opportunity for us, said Bill Price,” TaylorMade’s Senior Director Product Creation, Putter & Wedge. “The story of TP Reserve is about style, craftsmanship and character which can be seen in every aspect of the putter. We sweated the details, received tour feedback and went with refined edges, thinner toplines, new flange thickness and blade length to create putters built off exactness instead of sameness.”
TP Reserve putters feature fine linear mill marks across the face and grooves machined to a specific depth for a finely tuned sound. According to the company, “grooves are machined in the same linear fashion with strike location from top-to-bottom and heel-to-toe, maintaining the same sound regardless of impact location.”
Each putter head presents four different fitting options via hosel designs. Hosel specifics and numerical designation, below.
- L-Neck: No. 1
- Small slant: No. 3
- Single bend: No. 7
- Flow neck: No. 9.
TaylorMade TP Reserve: The putters
B11, B13
TP Juno inspired with a thinner topline and longer blade length. B11 features an L-neck hosel, B13 a slant neck (and the most toe hang in the lineup).
B29
TP Soto inspired with a flow neck and machined bumpers for softer edges.
B31
Inspired by the TP Del Monte, the B31 features more weight on the heel and toe for higher MOI. Only blade with a soleplate in the lineup.
M21, M27
TP Bandon-inspired, high MOI design. M27 has a new mid-length single bend neck that is shorter, which puts the point where the shaft bends closer to the putter head.
M33, M37
A new shape in the TM line with thicker toplines than the M21 and M27 models. M33, which features a small slant hosel, has the most toe hang of any mallet in the lineup.
M47
Blade-mallet blend with the widest topline among the mallets.
TaylorMade TP Reserve putters: Pricing, specs, availability
Lengths: 33, 34, 35 inches (right and left-handed)
Shaft: KBS 120 Chrome stepless
Grip: Black Lamkin Deep Etched Pistol
Cover: Leather
At retail: Now
Price: $399.99
Equipment
Neal Shipley, AKA, the “Big Fridge’s,” custom stamping
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.
Equipment
From the GolfWRX Classifieds: L.A.B. Purple DF3 with Masters cover
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
Whats in the Bag
Maria Torres WITB 2026 (June)
Driver: Ping G440 LST (9 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 5-M4

3-wood: Ping G440 Max (15 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4

5-wood: Ping G440 Max (19 degrees @18)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4

Hybrid: Ping G440 (23 degrees)
Shaft: Oban Isawa Red Hybrid Shaft 04 Flex 70 Gms

Irons: Srixon ZXi7 (5-P)
Shafts: Aerotech SteelFiber Private Reserve i80

Wedges: Cleveland RTZ (50-MID, 54-FULL, 58-MID)
Shafts: Aerotech SteelFiber Private Reserve i105

Putter: L.A.B. Golf OZ.1i
Shaft: ACCRA Putter Shaft

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet























Dirk
Aug 28, 2023 at 8:46 am
Beautiful.
Paulo
Jun 27, 2023 at 3:25 pm
Genuinely think these look cheap. That grip is awful
Jubby
Jun 27, 2023 at 2:31 pm
The mallet looks like the Ping mallet a lot of guys like. IMO they are all pretty unremarkable.
X Æ A-Xii
Jun 25, 2023 at 11:11 am
Everyone is trying to get a piece of that Scotty money.
C
Jun 26, 2023 at 2:55 pm
This is probably more aimed at Bettinardi and their Hive releases.
Nunya
Jun 25, 2023 at 1:27 am
How do you drop such an ugly line of putters as your first foray into premium putters? ?
Sean Toulon
Jun 23, 2023 at 8:17 pm
Yawn