TaylorMade Goes Hard In the Paint to Make TP5 More Consistent

In modern golf, margins are microscopic—and nowhere is that more true than the golf ball. When the difference between winning and finishing T-15 can come down to fractions of spin or speed, manufacturers are chasing consistency as aggressively as distance. With its latest TP5 and TP5x releases, TaylorMade believes it’s found another edge.

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Golf balls are the only piece of equipment we hit on every shot, but they are also the only piece of equipment we change in a round. Making sure we produce the most consistent product from ball to ball and shot to shot is as important as anything we do.

- Mike Fox, Senior Category Director, Golf Ball

The keyword in that quote is "consistent", because when you're making millions of golf balls a year, and golfers are relying on those golf balls to win everything from skins off their buddies to major championships, you can't allow inconsistencies to creep in.

This is where the manufacturing process has to be dialed in, and as far as the final step in the process: paint. TaylorMade believes that have unlocked another level of consistency.

Just a heads up, you're going to read the word "consistency" a lot in the next few paragraphs.

Technology From The Outside In

Beyond tweaking the core layers to make both the TP5 and TP5x models faster with the help of a new digital prototyping process, the biggest change to the new TaylorMade TP5 golf balls comes in the form of something you can't physically see: paint. (Well technically you do see paint, but with the naked eye, you can't see how consistent or inconsistent the paint is).

Paint has long been treated as cosmetic, but at high swing speeds, even microscopic inconsistencies can influence aerodynamics. TaylorMade’s belief is that pain has quietly been a variable in ball flight for years.

Understanding that paint (when applied incorrectly) can cause big variances to ball flight, TaylorMade wanted to up its game by breaking down the paint process to the microlevel. This involved changing the process to even tighter tolerances in regards to temperatures, cure times and atomization (which is the process where the bulk liquid paint gets transformed into fine particles through the spraying process).

Until now, applying paint to a golf ball to protect its appearance has carried with it the potential to adversely impact ball flight. Now, with microcoating, we have a process that solves what was once an invisible problem, and allows golfers to experience greater consistency in how their shots perform from tee to green. In short, TP5 and TP5x make up our most consistent Tour golf ball family, ever.

- Mike Fox

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TP5 Vs. Tp5x

TP5

The 2026 TP5 features a larger faster core to increase ball speed, without the loss of short game spin or control. It also has an reengineered dimple patern to increase stability in the wind and maintain a lower flight.

TP5x

The 2026 TP5x is TaylorMade's fastest and lowest spinning tour ball that utilizes a new mantle layer to to increase speed through the bag. The layinger cores have also been made firmer and fine tuned to better control spin under various launch conditions without losing out on spin provided by the thin cast urethane cover.

Price & Availability

The New TP5 and TP5x golf balls are now available for pre-order and will be at retail starting on February 12th.

White, Yellow, Stripe, and PIX balls will all be priced at $58 a dozen, MySymbol golf balls priced at $63 a dozen, and licensed NFL and collegiate balls priced at $65.

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