Each week throughout the golf season, trucks from all the major equipment manufacturers travel from tournament to tournament as part of the PGA TOUR’s nationwide caravan.
This week, TaylorMade’s truck is drawing extra attention in Austin, Texas, site of the World Golf Championships Match Play event. Forget over-sized driver heads, TaylorMade has unveiled the biggest Tour truck of its kind – a $1.6 million, multi-level behemoth that weighs 22 tons.
The new 42-foot long TaylorMade truck was inspired by those on the Formula 1 auto racing circuit and designed from the wheels up. With more capacity, workspace and advanced technology than any other vehicle of its kind on tour, it will replace a trailer that attended more than 350 PGA TOUR events over the past decade, traveling an estimated 400,000 miles.
TaylorMade has unveiled the biggest Tour truck of its kind – a $1.6 million, multi-level behemoth that weighs 22 tons.
Good times hanging out with a few mates at the new @taylormadegolf Tour truck before we go at it @dellmatchplay #TeamTaylorMade pic.twitter.com/KSPMium5RF
— Jason Day (@JDayGolf) March 26, 2019
When parked, the truck has dual slide out pods on each side as well as a second level that pops up to provide space for meetings or for TaylorMade’s tour players to gather.
“It’s a place they can not only come to have their equipment built, but a place they can come hang out and truly feel like part of the TaylorMade family,” said Keith Sbarbaro, TaylorMade’s Vice President of Tour Operations.
The first level has all the usual necessities, with a modernized workshop that includes multiple lie and loft machines, shaft cutters, a dedicated gripping station and a variety of other club-building tools. The truck is equipped with more than 1,500 shafts, 1,200 TaylorMade TP5 and TP5x golf balls, 1,000 grips, over 700 clubheads, and 500 hats and t-shirts. Additionally, it features 12 individual player lockers, a gathering area with couches, four high-definition televisions, a video game system, a built-in coffee machine and a two-zone sound system.
TaylorMade estimates that its previous tour truck built more than 75,000 clubs over the past 10 years at PGA TOUR stops across the country.
The new truck, while unveiled at the Match Play event in Austin, will make its official debut at The Masters Tournament next month in Augusta, Georgia. In total, it’s expected to travel around 35,000 miles in its first full year on tour.
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