TaylorMade Introduces first launch monitor-enabled golf balls

Outdoor golf is rarely played at this time of year in the northern part of the country (and last week in the south-east).

For us golf lovers, that means bringing our clubs home and going somewhere configuration of the simulator or launch monitor in the room. However, if this simulator is run with a radar launch monitor such as Trackman, any old golf balls will not perform well because radar launch monitors work best when they can capture the full flight of the ball.

The solution was to develop golf balls with radar reflecting markers under the ball’s cover Titleist RCT Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls eating up market share.

But now TaylorMade is introducing launch monitor-enabled versions of its own premium golf balls, the TP5 and TP5x, with its TRK-R golf balls.

“Why design the best equipment on the market if people can’t see exactly how well it works? said Mike Fox, TaylorMade’s global senior director of golf balls. “The TRK-R ball now allows golfers and fitters to see exactly how well TaylorMade equipment is performing.”

Underneath the cover of TRK-R golf balls is a small amount of liquid silver that emits radar-reflecting waves, allowing radar launch monitors like the Trackman to more accurately collect data indoors when they only have a short flight time before hitting the screen or net.

TaylorMade tested the new golf balls on Trackman launch monitors and received a certificate from the company confirming their capture.

“Radar launch monitors can be one of the biggest investments in the game,” Fox said. “Ensuring these devices provide accurate information to the golfer or fitter is just as important as ensuring peak performance.”

Apart from the silver color, the TRK-R golf balls are identical to the regular TP5 and TP5x golf balls available at retail and feature technologies such as the Speed ​​Wrapped Core for a soft sound at high speeds and urethane covers.

Golf balls are also another tool TaylorMade gave to fitters this yearapart from Qi35 Select Match Heads with reflective markers providing more accurate data for optical launch monitors (such as the Foresight GCQuad Max) and ensuring accurate Trackman measurements to track the new Qi35 drivers.

TaylorMade TP5 and TP5x TRK-R golf balls are now available $64.99 per dozen ON TaylorMadeGolf.comand will be available in assembly bays at TaylorMade certified assembly locations.

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