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TaylorMade Tour Response
TaylorMade says the Tour Response is “engineered to promote consistent peak height performance, reliable distance, and tight left-to-right dispersion from tee to green.”
Evidence: Research-based

The short version
A soft-feel ball.
$42.99 new.
Buy it if
- You want a soft feelTaylorMade describes its feel as “Soft”.
- Your budget is up to $45$42.99 new at TaylorMade.
Skip it if
- You want control around the greenTaylorMade rates its greenside spin as “Mid”, not high. Look at the TaylorMade TP5.
Look at instead
- Callaway E•R•C Soft$39.99Fits the same golfer, for $3 less.
- Srixon Q-STAR TOUR$39.99Fits the same golfer, for $3 less.
- Titleist Tour Soft$39.99Fits the same golfer, for $3 less.
Specifications
4 of the 5 fields we checked are published by TaylorMade. The rest are listed as not published.
| Specification | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Compression | Not publishedTaylorMade does not publish a compression number. | No evidence: value not published |
| Feel | Soft | Evidence: Researched |
| Flight | Low | Evidence: Researched |
| Driver spin | Low | Evidence: Researched |
| Greenside spin | Mid | Evidence: Researched |
Compare prices
The latest new price we checked at each retailer: lowest price first among those in stock, then the rest.
- TaylorMade$42.99
- TGW$42.99per dozenSee at TGW: TaylorMade Tour ResponseAffiliate link
Prices can differ by configuration, color or pack size; where a retailer’s price buys something specific, it says so under the price. Check the retailer’s page before you buy.
Alternatives
First, the golf balls whose makers describe them for the same golfer. Then the other golf balls we have researched, placed by the price we last saw: the five nearest in price in each group.
Soft feel
- Callaway E•R•C Soft$39.99
- Srixon Q-STAR TOUR$39.99
- Titleist Tour Soft$39.99
- Srixon Z-STAR$47.99
- Titleist AVX$49.99
Spend less
- Titleist Velocity$29.99
- Srixon Q-STAR ULTISPEED$29.99
- Bridgestone Golf e12 Straight$29.99
- Bridgestone Golf e12 Speed$29.99
- Snell Golf MTB Black LTD$34.99
Similar price
- Callaway E•R•C Soft$39.99
- Srixon Q-STAR TOUR$39.99
- Titleist Tour Soft$39.99
- Vice Golf Pro$39.99
- Vice Golf Pro Plus$39.99
Spend more
- Srixon Z-STAR$47.99
- Titleist AVX$49.99
- Wilson Staff Model$49.99
- Wilson Staff Model X$49.99
- Bridgestone Golf TOUR B RX$54.99
Also researched, without a current price to compare: Callaway Warbird, Kirkland Signature V3.0.
Price checks
What it has cost, store by store
8 checks · 2 stores
- Lowest new now
- $42.99
- At TaylorMade
- Maker’s list price
- $42.99
- Selling at list
- Lowest used
- —
- No current used listing
- Deal check
- Day 35 of 60
- Deal calls start after 60 days of its own prices
Latest at each store
TaylorMade
$42.99New
Same as our first check
Lowest new
TGW
$42.99New
Up $3 since our first check
Every check (8)
| Checked | Store | Condition | Stock | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9 | TGW | New | In stock | $42.99 per dozen |
| Nov 2 | TGW | New | In stock | $42.99 per dozen |
| Nov 2 | TaylorMade | New | In stock | $42.99 |
| Oct 19 | TGW | New | In stock | $42.99 per dozen |
| Oct 12 | TaylorMade | New | Stock not stated | $42.99 |
| Oct 12 | TGW | New | In stock | $42.99 per dozen |
| Oct 9 | TGW | New | In stock | $39.99 per dozen |
| Oct 7 | TaylorMade | New | In stock | $42.99 |
Evidence ledger
Where the information on this page came from, when it was read, and how firmly it is established.
- Evidence: Researched
TaylorMade publishes the Tour Response positioning, a comparison chart (feel, driver flight, driver spin, wedge spin) and a starting price.
Read from the maker’s page as displayed when we checked.