Tour Preferred MB is an authentic muscleback player's blade, precisely forged of soft, 1025 carbon steel. The shape is classic and compact, with a thin topline and minimal offset.

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With lots of club golfers loving soft-feeling golf balls, the Tour Response has a 70 compression.

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Once upon a time when TaylorMade said “Tour Preferred” it meant something. Tour Preferred products represented the very best of what TaylorMade had to offer. Tour Preferred products were specifically designed not just for better players; Tour Preferred products were designed for the very best players in the world.

The only way to tell a “tour head” from a retail head is to look at the driver's serial number (pictured above). They always start with the letter “T,” which denotes that they were made especially for tour players. In the case of TaylorMade's R1, the tour heads are different sizes than the retail head.

The sportswear giant put the unit up for sale in 2016 to focus on its shoes and clothing, as the golf industry was under pressure. Woods had lost his luster and and millenials were seeking pastimes that were less time-intensive and more accessible.

The Tour Response is TaylorMade's offering in what can either be looked at as the “value urethane” category or urethane-designed for moderate swing speed golfers.

soft Tour Response – Performance and Feel As urethane-covered balls go, the Tour Response qualifies as soft (TaylorMade puts the compression around 70) and, while it remains true that soft is slow, at moderate swing speeds over-compression of a soft core shouldn't be much of a concern.

TaylorMade Tour Players Which Tour Players Are Using TaylorMade Equipment? Currently there are 57 PGA Tour players among the top players in the world playing TaylorMade clubs or other TaylorMade equipment. This list includes players like Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, and Viktor Hovland.

The Tour players have the luxury of being fit perfectly for what their golf swings do. And because they are where they are for a living they notice smaller differences.