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TheMoneyShot · January 18, 2019

Hands down best m5 review will not be beat!!!!!

The tour players got the "spicy heads"

That's actually what TM called them in their presentation! This guy's delivery of the line might be better, though.

The new TM spicy....

radiman · January 18, 2019

Hands down best m5 review will not be beat!!!!!

The tour players got the "spicy heads"

That's actually what TM called them in their presentation! This guy's delivery of the line might be better, though.

It could very well be the best review I have seen. I only watched a few minutes of it while I was busy with something else. So, I don't know if he presented good data along with his over the top commentary. But, I liked it. If he can deliver that excitement and meaningful data, I could really get into his videos.

mBiden2 · January 18, 2019

Pre-order and custom pre-order officially available on TM website

BostonWRX · January 18, 2019

M6 Fairway

nickosbad · January 18, 2019

Are there any published MOI values for the M5?

Skipped a generation and thinking of upgrading my 2017 M1, I’m not playing nearly enough as I’d like and as such I’m looking for something to tighten up dispersion (not worried about gaining distance)

Very close to going for G400 LST/Max but picked up an M5 today and it looks very nice from the top!!....it’s just an extra £100!!!

larciel · January 18, 2019

I demo

M6 Fairway

I demo-ed after seeing that review. Holy crap. The sound and feel is FANTASTIC.

and it is forgiving compared to m3 I have.

time to wait for ebay 10% coupon

jabwind51 · January 18, 2019

Tough choice this year. I just hit all the new lineups except Mizuno and Ping 410. M5 felt good. Should’ve brought my M4 to compare.

But that Cobra F9....OMG

mtex22 · January 18, 2019

Tough choice this year. I just hit all the new lineups except Mizuno and Ping 410. M5 felt good. Should've brought my M4 to compare.

But that Cobra F9....OMG

So I hit the M5/M6 today in store. That was the drivers that I was really curious about vs my F9. Looks, feel and sound are all awesome on the M5/M6. They really nailed that for sure!! Stock length on them are 45.75 so that was definitely a turn off. I choked up and hit some really good shots. Luckily they had my exact Cobra F9 set up 10.5 with HZRDUS Smoke. Hit two shots and absolutely killed the second shot 20 yards further with the F9. Swingweight and shaft length just felt perfect to me it was really noticeable going from Taylormade to Cobra. I am sure the M5/M6 are great I just wish they had better demo shafts seems like the Atmos Orange and Evenflow Max Carry I hit were watered down "made for" shafts. I need to try the M5 with HZRDUS for an even comparison. No conclusions drawn other than they are both excellent drivers and my F9 is still awesome!

psunate08 · January 18, 2019

Hit the M5 briefly today on a sim. I used my Tensei Pro Orange shaft from my M3 Gamer. I loved the look, sound, and feel. However, I was seeing spin numbers off the charts. In the 6000’s and averaging like 5500 over 10 swings. Made no sense as I hit up on the ball a decent amount too. I messed with the weights but no difference. Ball speeds were 175-177 but only like 250 carry lol My M3 440 usually spins around 3000 so I was double my normal spin rate with the M5. That was a real bummer for me.

Lemonde · January 18, 2019

Pre-order and custom pre-order officially available on TM website

Ok so the annual “shaft tipping rant “ I have done for you guys. TM has decide to tip all custom orders 1 inch because of this shaft adapter BS reasoning. You have to select “ soft” 1 inch to avoid it. Note to the Kingdom, when Aldila or Mitsubishi clearly say no tipping is required for a driver shaft , this applies to all adjustable drivers. It’s not like there is some magical two tiered system. Their website specs do not care about the TM adapter, otherwise they would have stated so. It should be zero tipping, period, for every manufacturer. I love a Taylor Made , but Brian do away with this silly standard practice please.

Sincerely a recovering tipoholic. My story begins with a tipped M1 430 rogue 70x circa 4 years ago. Many worms sacrificed their lives for a 224 yard low slice that resulted from an unknown shaft tipping

jabwind51 · January 18, 2019

Tough choice this year. I just hit all the new lineups except Mizuno and Ping 410. M5 felt good. Should've brought my M4 to compare.

But that Cobra F9....OMG

So I hit the M5/M6 today in store. That was the drivers that I was really curious about vs my F9. Looks, feel and sound are all awesome on the M5/M6. They really nailed that for sure!! Stock length on them are 45.75 so that was definitely a turn off. I choked up and hit some really good shots. Luckily they had my exact Cobra F9 set up 10.5 with HZRDUS Smoke. Hit two shots and absolutely killed the second shot 20 yards further with the F9. Swingweight and shaft length just felt perfect to me it was really noticeable going from Taylormade to Cobra. I am sure the M5/M6 are great I just wish they had better demo shafts seems like the Atmos Orange and Evenflow Max Carry I hit were watered down "made for" shafts. I need to try the M5 with HZRDUS for an even comparison. No conclusions drawn other than they are both excellent drivers and my F9 is still awesome!

In store testing focusing on F9 vs M5/M6:

M5/M6 9 degree HZRDUS Smoke Black 6.5 choked up 1.5 inches

Cobra F9 Std HZRDUS Smoke Black 6.5 choked up 1.5 inches

Cobra felt better and had higher clubhead/ballspeed numbers for me...ball just took off..actually felt aerodynamic...no joke. And I’m Not saying M5/M6 didn’t feel or look good bc they really did.

Verdict?? Not sure bc I have 3 Taylormade shafts and I like my M4 a ton...was trying to stay within the brand...it could be me but the Smoke shaft was really spinning too much for me compared to my whiteboard or ADDI 7X. I averaged 3000 spin on most shots. Best ones were 2200 range with 300 carry.

jabwind51 · January 18, 2019

Sorry double post on iPhone

jabwind51 · January 18, 2019

Hit the M5 briefly today on a sim. I used my Tensei Pro Orange shaft from my M3 Gamer. I loved the look, sound, and feel. However, I was seeing spin numbers off the charts. In the 6000’s and averaging like 5500 over 10 swings. Made no sense as I hit up on the ball a decent amount too. I messed with the weights but no difference. Ball speeds were 175-177 but only like 250 carry lol My M3 440 usually spins around 3000 so I was double my normal spin rate with the M5. That was a real bummer for me.

I could barely get below 3000... but it could’ve been the shaft bc I usually use a 0.5inch tipped whiteboard vs stock HZRDUS smoke. My spin usually averages 2600 on a trackman.

BirdieBob · January 18, 2019

I demo

M6 Fairway

I demo-ed after seeing that review. Holy crap. The sound and feel is FANTASTIC.

and it is forgiving compared to m3 I have.

time to wait for ebay 10% coupon

Good selection...must be fine wood if Rory has it in the bag!

jabwind51 · January 18, 2019

AND M6 fairway was insane....Was within 10% of driver distance and I had a 1.42-1.45 smash for driver....felt really really good...

mBiden2 · January 18, 2019

Pre-order and custom pre-order officially available on TM website

Ok so the annual “shaft tipping rant “ I have done for you guys. TM has decide to tip all custom orders 1 inch because of this shaft adapter BS reasoning. You have to select “ soft” 1 inch to avoid it. Note to the Kingdom, when Aldila or Mitsubishi clearly say no tipping is required for a driver shaft , this applies to all adjustable drivers. It’s not like there is some magical two tiered system. Their website specs do not care about the TM adapter, otherwise they would have stated so. It should be zero tipping, period, for every manufacturer. I love a Taylor Made , but Brian do away with this silly standard practice please.

Sincerely a recovering tipoholic. My story begins with a tipped M1 430 rogue 70x circa 4 years ago. Many worms sacrificed their lives for a 224 yard low slice that resulted from an unknown shaft tipping

Are you 100% sure that all custom orders are tipped 1”? TM please chime in on this....

radiman · January 18, 2019

Pre-order and custom pre-order officially available on TM website

Ok so the annual “shaft tipping rant “ I have done for you guys. TM has decide to tip all custom orders 1 inch because of this shaft adapter BS reasoning. You have to select “ soft” 1 inch to avoid it. Note to the Kingdom, when Aldila or Mitsubishi clearly say no tipping is required for a driver shaft , this applies to all adjustable drivers. It’s not like there is some magical two tiered system. Their website specs do not care about the TM adapter, otherwise they would have stated so. It should be zero tipping, period, for every manufacturer. I love a Taylor Made , but Brian do away with this silly standard practice please.

Sincerely a recovering tipoholic. My story begins with a tipped M1 430 rogue 70x circa 4 years ago. Many worms sacrificed their lives for a 224 yard low slice that resulted from an unknown shaft tipping

Are you 100% sure that all custom orders are tipped 1”? TM please chime in on this....

Go to their site. Select your custom shaft and if you have the option to order it 1" soft, that means they plan on tipping it an inch otherwise.

I got burned on this on a 2016 M2. What I got vs what I demoed were two completely different feeling shafts. Their demoes were from a gen or two earlier. I was fine with it as I intended to swap shafts anyhow.

Last I recall, it wasn't even really consistent. It's been a while since I looked into it, but I want to say some were and some weren't. It depended on shaft? It's worth a call or email for confirmation if you are concerned.

jll62 · January 18, 2019

Pre-order and custom pre-order officially available on TM website

Ok so the annual “shaft tipping rant “ I have done for you guys. TM has decide to tip all custom orders 1 inch because of this shaft adapter BS reasoning. You have to select “ soft” 1 inch to avoid it. Note to the Kingdom, when Aldila or Mitsubishi clearly say no tipping is required for a driver shaft , this applies to all adjustable drivers. It’s not like there is some magical two tiered system. Their website specs do not care about the TM adapter, otherwise they would have stated so. It should be zero tipping, period, for every manufacturer. I love a Taylor Made , but Brian do away with this silly standard practice please.

Sincerely a recovering tipoholic. My story begins with a tipped M1 430 rogue 70x circa 4 years ago. Many worms sacrificed their lives for a 224 yard low slice that resulted from an unknown shaft tipping

Are you 100% sure that all custom orders are tipped 1”? TM please chime in on this....

No one can be 100% sure, but all the anecdotal evidence suggests that it's accurate. For me personally, every custom shop order I've ever made has been tipped 1" unless I specified something else. The fact that you can go softer (up to 1") seemingly verifies this as well. I've ordered a club with tip trim that was 1" soft and it matched the expected tip to graphics measurement for an untipped shaft. Best just to assume it's fact at this point.

One note, when I was ordering my M5 Rocket 3 this morning I noticed that you couldn't go softer for tip trim on the fairway shaft. You only had standard tip trim, to which you could add more. When I configured a a couple of drivers for fun, the option to have less tip trim was still there.

Hedgehog · January 18, 2019

Got to hit the new drivers today indoors on a Trackman 4 and initial testing proved to me that the speed is there and the shape and sound is awesome.

M6 worked better for me, it gave me better more optimal numbers. Gained around 4mph ballspeed compared to my M4. 2017 Pro V1 as the ball.

M5 I got slower swing speeds for some reason, but the sound is really nice. And the spin was lowwwww, got few 1800 (calculated) and that's not enough for me, need 2000+. The 460cc head looks compact, wonder how small the M5 Tour will be. In the pic M5 460 vs M4.

Got to test in a few shafts and my gamer also but in the end winter swing was providing very inconsistent strikes, so wont take too much from it.. All in all left a very good feel hitting the demo heads, price is mad high here in Europe, M5 is 599€ = $680 and M6 is $600. So not sure is the 4mph and new looks worth the money..

mBiden2 · January 18, 2019

Pre-order and custom pre-order officially available on TM website

Ok so the annual “shaft tipping rant “ I have done for you guys. TM has decide to tip all custom orders 1 inch because of this shaft adapter BS reasoning. You have to select “ soft” 1 inch to avoid it. Note to the Kingdom, when Aldila or Mitsubishi clearly say no tipping is required for a driver shaft , this applies to all adjustable drivers. It’s not like there is some magical two tiered system. Their website specs do not care about the TM adapter, otherwise they would have stated so. It should be zero tipping, period, for every manufacturer. I love a Taylor Made , but Brian do away with this silly standard practice please.

Sincerely a recovering tipoholic. My story begins with a tipped M1 430 rogue 70x circa 4 years ago. Many worms sacrificed their lives for a 224 yard low slice that resulted from an unknown shaft tipping

Are you 100% sure that all custom orders are tipped 1”? TM please chime in on this....

No one can be 100% sure, but all the anecdotal evidence suggests that it's accurate. For me personally, every custom shop order I've ever made has been tipped 1" unless I specified something else. The fact that you can go softer (up to 1") seemingly verifies this as well. I've ordered a club with tip trim that was 1" soft and it matched the expected tip to graphics measurement for an untipped shaft. Best just to assume it's fact at this point.

One note, when I was ordering my M5 Rocket 3 this morning I noticed that you couldn't go softer for tip trim on the fairway shaft. You only had standard tip trim, to which you could add more. When I configured a a couple of drivers for fun, the option to have less tip trim was still there.

Good to know. I’ll have to check that out when I order my M5. What shaft did you go with for your rocket 3?

jll62 · January 18, 2019

Pre-order and custom pre-order officially available on TM website

Ok so the annual “shaft tipping rant “ I have done for you guys. TM has decide to tip all custom orders 1 inch because of this shaft adapter BS reasoning. You have to select “ soft” 1 inch to avoid it. Note to the Kingdom, when Aldila or Mitsubishi clearly say no tipping is required for a driver shaft , this applies to all adjustable drivers. It’s not like there is some magical two tiered system. Their website specs do not care about the TM adapter, otherwise they would have stated so. It should be zero tipping, period, for every manufacturer. I love a Taylor Made , but Brian do away with this silly standard practice please.

Sincerely a recovering tipoholic. My story begins with a tipped M1 430 rogue 70x circa 4 years ago. Many worms sacrificed their lives for a 224 yard low slice that resulted from an unknown shaft tipping

Are you 100% sure that all custom orders are tipped 1”? TM please chime in on this....

No one can be 100% sure, but all the anecdotal evidence suggests that it's accurate. For me personally, every custom shop order I've ever made has been tipped 1" unless I specified something else. The fact that you can go softer (up to 1") seemingly verifies this as well. I've ordered a club with tip trim that was 1" soft and it matched the expected tip to graphics measurement for an untipped shaft. Best just to assume it's fact at this point.

One note, when I was ordering my M5 Rocket 3 this morning I noticed that you couldn't go softer for tip trim on the fairway shaft. You only had standard tip trim, to which you could add more. When I configured a a couple of drivers for fun, the option to have less tip trim was still there.

Good to know. I’ll have to check that out when I order my M5. What shaft did you go with for your rocket 3?

I just ordered it with something in a weight similar to what I'll likely be playing. I'm testing a Pro White 70S and a Tour AD GP-7s in my current FW (a M3 T3), and assume I'll be using one of those options in the Rocket.

Lemonde · January 18, 2019

Pre-order and custom pre-order officially available on TM website

Ok so the annual “shaft tipping rant “ I have done for you guys. TM has decide to tip all custom orders 1 inch because of this shaft adapter BS reasoning. You have to select “ soft” 1 inch to avoid it. Note to the Kingdom, when Aldila or Mitsubishi clearly say no tipping is required for a driver shaft , this applies to all adjustable drivers. It’s not like there is some magical two tiered system. Their website specs do not care about the TM adapter, otherwise they would have stated so. It should be zero tipping, period, for every manufacturer. I love a Taylor Made , but Brian do away with this silly standard practice please.

Sincerely a recovering tipoholic. My story begins with a tipped M1 430 rogue 70x circa 4 years ago. Many worms sacrificed their lives for a 224 yard low slice that resulted from an unknown shaft tipping

Are you 100% sure that all custom orders are tipped 1”? TM please chime in on this....

No one can be 100% sure, but all the anecdotal evidence suggests that it's accurate. For me personally, every custom shop order I've ever made has been tipped 1" unless I specified something else. The fact that you can go softer (up to 1") seemingly verifies this as well. I've ordered a club with tip trim that was 1" soft and it matched the expected tip to graphics measurement for an untipped shaft. Best just to assume it's fact at this point.

One note, when I was ordering my M5 Rocket 3 this morning I noticed that you couldn't go softer for tip trim on the fairway shaft. You only had standard tip trim, to which you could add more. When I configured a a couple of drivers for fun, the option to have less tip trim was still there.

Yes what you experienced when ordering a 3 wood makes 100% sense. Aldila and most other shaft companies recommend you tip 1 inch for a fairway wood install. The standard Taylormade custom web selection of not letting you tip = the 1inch tip the mfg recommends.

Btw I’m just happy to be able to order “1 inch soft”

Lemonde · January 18, 2019

Got to hit the new drivers today indoors on a Trackman 4 and initial testing proved to me that the speed is there and the shape and sound is awesome.

M6 worked better for me, it gave me better more optimal numbers. Gained around 4mph ballspeed compared to my M4. 2017 Pro V1 as the ball.

M5 I got slower swing speeds for some reason, but the sound is really nice. And the spin was lowwwww, got few 1800 (calculated) and that's not enough for me, need 2000+. The 460cc head looks compact, wonder how small the M5 Tour will be. In the pic M5 460 vs M4.

Got to test in a few shafts and my gamer also but in the end winter swing was providing very inconsistent strikes, so wont take too much from it.. All in all left a very good feel hitting the demo heads, price is mad high here in Europe, M5 is 599¤ = $680 and M6 is $600. So not sure is the 4mph and new looks worth the money..

I am going 10.5 tour when I order. 9 degrees and I’ll be hurting worms again.

Darth_Fader · January 18, 2019

Pre-order and custom pre-order officially available on TM website

Ok so the annual “shaft tipping rant “ I have done for you guys. TM has decide to tip all custom orders 1 inch because of this shaft adapter BS reasoning. You have to select “ soft” 1 inch to avoid it. Note to the Kingdom, when Aldila or Mitsubishi clearly say no tipping is required for a driver shaft , this applies to all adjustable drivers. It’s not like there is some magical two tiered system. Their website specs do not care about the TM adapter, otherwise they would have stated so. It should be zero tipping, period, for every manufacturer. I love a Taylor Made , but Brian do away with this silly standard practice please.

Sincerely a recovering tipoholic. My story begins with a tipped M1 430 rogue 70x circa 4 years ago. Many worms sacrificed their lives for a 224 yard low slice that resulted from an unknown shaft tipping

Are you 100% sure that all custom orders are tipped 1”? TM please chime in on this....

Confirmed.

jll62 · January 18, 2019

Pre-order and custom pre-order officially available on TM website

Ok so the annual “shaft tipping rant “ I have done for you guys. TM has decide to tip all custom orders 1 inch because of this shaft adapter BS reasoning. You have to select “ soft” 1 inch to avoid it. Note to the Kingdom, when Aldila or Mitsubishi clearly say no tipping is required for a driver shaft , this applies to all adjustable drivers. It’s not like there is some magical two tiered system. Their website specs do not care about the TM adapter, otherwise they would have stated so. It should be zero tipping, period, for every manufacturer. I love a Taylor Made , but Brian do away with this silly standard practice please.

Sincerely a recovering tipoholic. My story begins with a tipped M1 430 rogue 70x circa 4 years ago. Many worms sacrificed their lives for a 224 yard low slice that resulted from an unknown shaft tipping

Are you 100% sure that all custom orders are tipped 1”? TM please chime in on this....

No one can be 100% sure, but all the anecdotal evidence suggests that it's accurate. For me personally, every custom shop order I've ever made has been tipped 1" unless I specified something else. The fact that you can go softer (up to 1") seemingly verifies this as well. I've ordered a club with tip trim that was 1" soft and it matched the expected tip to graphics measurement for an untipped shaft. Best just to assume it's fact at this point.

One note, when I was ordering my M5 Rocket 3 this morning I noticed that you couldn't go softer for tip trim on the fairway shaft. You only had standard tip trim, to which you could add more. When I configured a a couple of drivers for fun, the option to have less tip trim was still there.

Yes what you experienced when ordering a 3 wood makes 100% sense. Aldila and most other shaft companies recommend you tip 1 inch for a fairway wood install. The standard Taylormade custom web selection of not letting you tip = the 1inch tip the mfg recommends.

Btw I’m just happy to be able to order “1 inch soft”

Most shaft manufacturers recommend 0.5" tip trim for 3w, 1.0" for 5w (e.g., Mitsu, True Temper, GD). That's why I was surprised I couldn't change from the standard tip trim when configuring a 3w in the custom shop. I believe I was able to do that in the past.

And yes, I'm happy I can order "1 inch soft" when configuring drivers. I've had my share of bad experiences with 1" tip trim before I finally realized what was going on.

Stanks · January 18, 2019

Curious thing about this evolution. I called Taylormade today and told them I would like the shaft trimmed a half inch and I wanted hot melt to make up the loss of material for the head to get back to D3. The lady on the phone legitimately told me she can't help at all. How the hell can you offer a custom club setup and then not offer to accommodate a certain swing weight? Not even put lead tape on the head?

Taylormade made me wonder about that.

noodle3872 · January 18, 2019

Curious thing about this evolution. I called Taylormade today and told them I would like the shaft trimmed a half inch and I wanted hot melt to make up the loss of material for the head to get back to D3. The lady on the phone legitimately told me she can't help at all. How the hell can you offer a custom club setup and then not offer to accommodate a certain swing weight? Not even put lead tape on the head?

Taylormade made me wonder about that.

And this is why places like Club Champion and other custom fitters are in business. The club builders I use alway get my specs bang on! If I ask for a driver head to be hotmelted to a specific weight, they get it spot on. They even text pics of the clubhead on the scale after they hotmelt it.

Stanks · January 18, 2019

Curious thing about this evolution. I called Taylormade today and told them I would like the shaft trimmed a half inch and I wanted hot melt to make up the loss of material for the head to get back to D3. The lady on the phone legitimately told me she can't help at all. How the hell can you offer a custom club setup and then not offer to accommodate a certain swing weight? Not even put lead tape on the head?

Taylormade made me wonder about that.

And this is why places like Club Champion and other custom fitters are in business. The club builders I use alway get my specs bang on! If I ask for a driver head to be hotmelted to a specific weight, they get it spot on. They even text pics of the clubhead on the scale after they hotmelt it.

That's good. I'm glad they're hooking you up. Here is the thing, I am dealing directly with TM on this and I get it. They're busy. But, I'm not asking for the world here.

I'll bring the club to my local spot to get the swingweight re-checked and adjusted but, I shouldn't have to. TM should be paying for that, in my mind. That is a part of the custom order, in my mind.

noodle3872 · January 18, 2019

But TM has never adjusted SW on custom orders. This isn’t new.

My M6 driver with no upcharge shaft cut to my desired length and SW is the same price as what TM charge without the SW adjustment.

scott_Donald · January 19, 2019

Curious thing about this evolution. I called Taylormade today and told them I would like the shaft trimmed a half inch and I wanted hot melt to make up the loss of material for the head to get back to D3. The lady on the phone legitimately told me she can't help at all. How the hell can you offer a custom club setup and then not offer to accommodate a certain swing weight? Not even put lead tape on the head?

Taylormade made me wonder about that.

that's why I never bought P730 irons last year.

why I had problems getting my driver set up!