Taylormade TP Red

[Parker0065]

Well, I have been researching the new 2008 Taylormade balls for some time now. Since I returned to golf in 2004 I have been searching for a ball with just the right feel, distance and spin. In the last 4 years I played Prov1x for a couple years until last year I tried the 2007 Taylormade Black and was impressed that it was very simular to the Prov1x and I got a few extra yards out of them over the Prov1x. I started this year with the remaining 2007 Taylormade Black balls but finally ran out a couple weeks ago.


So the search began for a new ball. Our club championship was coming up and I tried to find out what these new 2008 Taylormade balls were all about but there seems to be a lot of confusion out there about what ball does what so I played it safe and bought a dozen Prov1x. The Prov1x was pretty much what I always expected them to be but they just spin a tad to much for my game.

Today I bought a dozen of the Taylormade Reds and I have to say for my game this is what I've been searching for these past few years. The distance was a good 3-5 yards farther with my irons than Prov1x, and 10 yards longer with the driver. I was able to back up many iron shots today but I didn't spin any off the green like I had with the Prov1x. Finally I would say the TP Red feels slightly softer around the greens than the Prov1x. I normally drive the ball 270 yards off the tee but I hadn't had a 300 yard drive all year but today on the 18th I really caught one on the 530yd par five and sky caddie marked it off as a 315 yard drive.

I give these balls a HUGE THUMBS UP!!!!

[TexasSR]

The 2008 Red LDP is last year's Black. TM has done a terrible job marketing these two balls. They make it very confusing and unclear, but they are both pretty much the same distance wise, but hte black spins a little more and the red is asofter feel.

[iacas]

The 2008 Red LDP is last year's Black. TM has done a terrible job marketing these two balls. They make it very confusing and unclear, but they are both pretty much the same distance wise, but hte black spins a little more and the red is asofter feel.

That's not the case. The balls haven't been "switched," but I will agree that TM has done a pretty bad job of marketing the differences.

[Parker0065]

Yes, I found it confusing on how Taylormade marketed these balls in 2008.

I agree that the 2008 TP Red is very close to the 2007 TP Black in distance and spin rate. I thought the feel was a little bit softer and that may be because the Red is still a 4 piece ball and the Black is a 3 piece ball.

I haven't tried the 2008 TP Black yet so I don't know how it feels but I am very happy with the Red's performance.

[cwcaesar]

I went back to Titleist because I could never get a straight answer on which Taylormade ball is the spinnier ball. I really prefer to have a soft feel. I don't necessarily want the spin, but I do like the softness of the ProV1.

[mikelaw]

TP Red's 2007 really are amazing. This years is good as well but since I tried the B330-S Bridgestones the TP Reds are my backup.

IMHO the TP Reds are unmatched as far as soft feel + distance off the tee. BUT I like the Bstones because they spin less, especially in terms of accuracy!

My cut iron shots with TP Reds are about 20-30 yards. Bridgestones are closer to 5-10 yards. My draw woods off the tees are the same as well. I think the Bridgestone B330-S's are more 'focused' accuracy wise to me.