TaylorMade AeroBurner TP Driver

The Takeaway

This is one of the few Drivers out there without any adjustable features. It’s a Point and Shoot Driver just like the past Burner offerings. The AeroBurner TP will feature an upgraded heavier shaft, a slightly flatter lie angle, plus an array of Custom Order Shafts. Looking down at the new AeroBurner TP you quickly noticed the Raised Center Crown creates an extra alignment aid to help frame the ball at address. You’ll also notice that TaylorMade has gone back to the White color-way which gives the head an even larger than it looks feel. The TP version sits square to a touch open when compared to the slightly closed non TP version and both versions have a slightly shallow face height.

The feel was very solid as I tend to find with any glued in heads. As for the sound, I always like the sound of the glued in heads as they seem to produce a more solid thud sound over the higher pitched sound from adjustable heads. Both of the AeroBurners models launch the ball quite high, as the 9.5 degree loft seemed more like 10 to 10.5 degrees for me. With the Upgraded Matrix White Tie shaft, my dispersion tighten up and the ball flight flatten out more so than with the non TP version. In my attempts to miss hit the this driver, I found it to be very forgiving with my miss hits way off the toe and somewhat forgiving when near the heel area due to the new longer Speed Pocket design.

Who's It For?

TP stands for Tour Preferred. This line is inspired by Touring Pro’s so better players or improving players trending towards becoming better players will tend to gravitate to the TP version vs the non TP version.

Final Take

While the R15 TP may be the Flagship head for the 2015 season, the AeroBurner TP will offer a wide range of players a simple point and shoot driver that is forgiving, easy to launch and quite possibly one of the longest drivers for the 2015 season.