Last year TaylorMade engineers developed Twist Face technology to counteract the high-toe miss (a hook) and low-heel miss (a slice), and help straighten ball flight for both. This year they've taken Twist Face to the next level with the introduction of Injected Twist Face technology, exposing the false narrative that speed limits have been reached in a metalwood.
Ultra-thin Titanium face with redesigned Inverted Cone Technology (ICT)
Re-engineered and more flexible Hammerhead 2.0 slot
Internal support foam with variable amounts of injected resin
Proprietary algorithm to tune each head
Every M5 and M6 driver head is inspected, measured, and tuned for maximum speed to ensure conformity (a process TaylorMade says is unrivaled in the industry) so that all of us get a hot and fast driver head.
Thinner, more flexible faces were initially designed to be above the legal speed limit, but the tuning process then injects resin into the face to ensure the speed is maxed out at USGA limits. This is a bit like TaylorMade sort of believing it's more effective to make sure you're over allowable speed limits and then precisely tune it back to wind up at exactly the legal limit (as opposed to trying to reach the legal limit without going over).
The injection process utilizes two new tuning ports on the face of the driver (both M5 and M6 models), and a proprietary algorithm to ensure the appropriate amount of resin is used, systematically dialing in the speed for each driver face. There's clearly some pretty high-tech stuff going on here.
A significant benefit of the thinner, faster face design is that it provides the M5 and M6 drivers with a faster off-center COR, and that effectively increases forgiveness. The new face design is also optimized with up to a 20-percent reduction in thickness, and that results in a sweet spot that's 66-percent larger in M5 drivers over the M3 drivers, and double the size of the original M1 driver.
M5 and M5 Tour Drivers
Highlighting TaylorMade’s next generation of M metalwood performance are the M5 and M5 Tour drivers - designed from the sole up to be the highest-performing drivers in company history. In addition to Twist Face and Speed Injected technologies, TaylorMade has also incorporated numerous additional technologies to take performance levels to unprecedented levels.
Inverted T-Track
TaylorMade first shifted the paradigm of adjustability with the introduction of the original T-Track in the M1 driver. In subsequent models in 2017 and 2018, the sliding weight system evolved into the Y-Track (which allowed for more than 1,000 unique CG configurations and more than doubled the number attainable in the 2017 M1).
In the M5 and M5 Tour drivers, a new Inverted T-Track makes personalization more intuitive and simplified, and gives you more precise CG adjustability with 1,770 unique CG configurations. This is possible because of two 10 gram weights that can be used for both heel-to-toe control and front-to-back CG adjustment.
Although there are 1,770 unique settings, the adjustability process is incredibly intuitive with high and low, and draw and fade settings. The front-to-back CG shift allows you to fine tune your ball flight through launch angle and backspin. And the flat curvature of the front/back track provides the lowest CG possible regardless which weight setting fits you best. This promotes high launch and low spin in any and all of the M5's weight configurations.
This is also going to provide you with a wide range of MOI options. Position both weights all the way forward for the lowest CG projection to maximize speed with very low spin. Push the weights all the way back into both sections of the Inverted T-Track to maximize MOI and ball speed on mishits. This all adds up to one-degree of launch angle change, 600 RPM of spin change, and 25 yards of left to right adjustability. And for even further personalization, the loft sleeve allows for the adjustment of the loft, lie angle, and face angle of the driver making the M5 TaylorMade's most customizable driver in company history.
Carbon Composite Crown & Sole
TaylorMade’s composite technology has been in development for more than fifteen years. In the M5 and M6 drivers and fairways, TaylorMade ushers in the 4th consecutive generation of its carbon composite technology. TaylorMade engineers were able to incorporate composite panels that continue to unlock performance with a more efficient mass distribution compared to a traditional metalwood construction.
The use of composite crown and sole panels saves weight from the traditional construction of drivers and fairways. This increased discretionary weight is used to create an optimized center of gravity to deliver a hotter trajectory with increased forgiveness. The M5 and M6 have also increased the overall composite crown footprint by 10-percent.
M5 Tour Driver
Following the success and increased demand for a sub 460 CC version over the last three years, the M5 will again be available in a smaller model, the M5 Tour. Featuring the same Speed Injected technology as the M5 driver, the M5 Tour driver utilizes a compact 435 CC head with optimized aerodynamics for improved workability and maximum clubhead speed.
While retaining all of the same key technologies as its larger 460 CC counterpart, the M5 Tour driver is designed for those of you who seek more workability with less spin and prefer a more compact look at address.
Specifications, Availability, and Pricing
Available for pre-order on January 18th and at retail on February 1st, the M5 driver will come in 9, 10.5, and 12 degree lofts at an MRSP of $549.99. The M5 Tour driver will be available on March 1st in 9 and 10.5 degree lofts and at the same price. Stock shafts include the Mitsubishi CK Tensei Orange 60 and Project X HZRDUS Smoke 70. Additional shaft options are available at no additional cost. The stock grip is the MCC Decade grip from Golf Pride. M5 Fairway - Titanium with a Twist
Following comprehensive research and analytics of thousands of shots, TaylorMade engineers have also successfully incorporated its breakthrough Twist Face technology into a fairway wood. Like the M drivers, the faces have been modified to counteract the gear effect on common mis-hits in the high-toe and low-heel. Although the concept is the same as in the driver, the exact geometry is slightly different to account for the unique mass properties and impact location patterns in fairway woods compared to drivers.
The M5 fairway also represents a complete re-engineering of TaylorMade adjustable fairways. The M5 fairway features an advanced multi-material head construction with a titanium body, five-layer carbon composite crown with a steel movable weight (a tri-material construction). The two low-density components (carbon and titanium) led to more discretionary weight, which engineers used to completely redesign the sliding weight system for a lower CG location and increased adjustability.
The M5's adjustable weight system features a 65 gram movable steel weight, which is slightly more than 30-percent of the total head weight, allowing for generous draw and fade adjustability. The position of the steel weight creates a lower center of gravity for a more efficient energy transfer with higher launch and lower spin. The unique design of movable weight also creates a more seamless sole contour, producing smoother turf interaction regardless of the weight position. The M5 fairway also features a more streamlined 12-position loft sleeve for up to 4 degrees of adjustability (plus/minus 3 degrees).
Specifications, Pricing and Availability
Available for pre-order on January 18th and at retail on February 1st, the M5 fairway woods will be offered in Rocket 3 Wood (14 degree, RH only), 3 Wood (15 degree), and 5 Wood (18 degree) at an MSRP of $399.99. Stock shafts include a Mitsubishi CK Tensei Orange 65 (R, and S), and 75 (X). Additional shaft options are available at no additional cost. The stock grip is the MCC Decade grip from Golf Pride.
M6 and M6 D-Type Drivers - Injected for a New Level of Speed
Complementing the M5 driver are the M6 and M6 D-Type drivers, which, like the M5, are injected to the maximum legal level of speed. Injected Twist Face delivers a hot, yet accurate performance package, and with an optimized CG and MOI through the use of a full carbon crown and sole, the result is a complete driver that delivers on all fronts.
Speed Injected Twist Face
Like the M5, each M6 driver head is individually speed tested and injected with tuning resin to optimize COR across the entire face and deliver maximum ball speed and distance. The heel and toe ports in the driver face allowed TaylorMade to maximize speed across the entire face in every driver created, delivering a boundary-pushing fast and hot driver head.
The M6 also features Twist Face technology, which, like last year's M3 and M4 drivers and this year's M5 driver, provides more loft in the high-toe and less loft in the low-heel to produce more consistent spin where many golfers commonly mis-hit. The face of the M6 driver is also slightly taller (1 MM) than the M5.
Aerodynamic Carbon Sole Design with Inertia Generator
Featuring the same 6-layer carbon composite crown as the M5 driver, the M6 drivers adds a complete carbon fiber sole, allowing for significantly more discretionary weight to be used elsewhere in the clubhead (as much as 54-percent more than the M4). With the weight savings, engineers were able to create a sleek, aerodynamic shape inclusive of the new inertia generator. The inertia generator houses the additional discretionary weight extremely low and back for maximum forgiveness, while lowering the CG compared to previous models.
Specifications, Pricing, and Availability
Available for pre-order on January 18th and at retail on February 1st, the M6 driver will come in 9, 10.5, and 12 degree (RH only) lofts at an MSRP of $499.99. Stock shafts include the Fujikura Atmos Orange 5 and Atmos Black 6 (A, R, and S flex). Additional shaft options are available at no additional cost. The stock grip is the Lamkin Dual Feel grip.
M6 Fairway Wood
The M6 fairway adds to TaylorMade's rich lineage of high-performance fairway woods with the addition of revolutionary Twist Face technology in a fairway for the first time (alongside the M5). The result is an explosive, yet playable fairway from the tee or off the deck. The Rocket 3 Wood (a 14 offering) is available for those of you seeking reduced spin and slightly increased ball speed.Advanced Speed Pocket Design
The Speed Pocket has been re-engineered for the M6 fairway woods to provide even more ball speed on low face impacts. A new TPU slot insert has also been designed to sit flush with the sole to improve sole interaction and eliminate turf drag from the Speed Pocket.
The M6 fairways also improve performance over the M4 by optimizing CG placement directly behind center face, producing maximum energy transfer at impact. Maintaining a very low center of gravity, the face height of the M6 fairways is also slightly taller, creating a more confidence-inspiring look at address with more available impact area on the club face. The new larger carbon composite crown increases discretionary mass which is concentrated low in the head, lowering CG for a higher launch while maintaining high MOI for excellent forgiveness.
Specifications, Pricing & Availability
Available for pre-order on January 18th and at retail on February 1st, the M6 fairway wood will come in Rocket 3 Wood (14 degree), 3 Wood (15 degree), 5 Wood (18 degree), 7 Wood (21 degree), and 9 Wood (24 degree) at an MSRP of $299. The stock shaft is the Fujikura Atmos Orange (A, R, and S flex). The stock grip is the Lamkin Dual Feel grip.
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