Mine are being sent to the Florida casa. I'll be down there next week for the winter and hope to be released to play by the surgeon. My only concern is the ball possibly not being responsive to my slower swing speed. I'll promise you this - if I do not like them, I'll sell my unused ones at Costco pricing to any Golfbuzz member.
NEW! Kirkland Signature Four-Piece Urethane Cover - Buy Now!
I compared the Basic and the Executive membership, one has rebate and one has none. Since we have a warehouse near by ( within 5 miles ), we shop there often and also gas up the vehicles while we are there. The near by Trader Joe's and Target store, Safeway, QFC, PCC..... complete the one trip shopping.
The rebate each year made sense for our family to have the Executive Membership not for any other reasons. It's a glorified name to offer rebate.
Had never had an issue with ordering from the Costco website, this golf ball fiasco was either lack of planning or planned way "too well" , an over kill.
The launch of the golf ball with lab testing result is probably orchestrated by the manufacturer, It was so well done, got all the media coverage they want from golf sites and more.
Of course we here and the other sites also contributed to the buying frenzy........
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Haven't read the whole thread. Take this for what it's worth. Heard on PGA radio that MySpyGolf did a test with golfers and the Kirkland was ~ 9 yards longer than the Pro V1. On Dennis and Carl Paulson's show (PGA Radio) Dennis Paulson had heard that the Kirkland was a Taylormade patent that was bought by Costco. He mentioned the Nassau factory also. Costco as is known operates on a very low margin. So for example where many products may have a 30% to 40% margin elsewhere, they may operate on a 3% or 4% margin.
They said the average 10 capper won't improve by playing an expensive golf ball. So it's a no brainer if you like playing a premium ball and can get a ball with similar characteristics to a premium ball at a significant discount. I'm playing to ~ an 11handicap right now and play a $19.99 a dozen ball (Srixon Soft Feel). I play with a guy in our group who has a similar handicap and plays Pro V1's. I see no benefit that he gets with the premium ball.
Bottom line it sounds like a decent ball for the money. Carl Paulson said he'd like to see some independent robot testing. Like I said, take it for what it's worth......
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I'll find out if they are longer soon. I play off an 11 cap as well and have using 2 piece balls forever. Every Pro V1 I found on the course felt great on impact but wasn't any longer. I did find that they needed a little more oomph off the putter face to reach the hole.
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Like I mentioned in another thread awhile back. The Pro V1 and other premium balls have higher spin rates. IMO the average high functioning hacker like you and I won't get enough benefit from the higher spin because we can't generate enough club head speed to do so. Yes we may get a little benefit around the greens, but not enough to justify the high cost IMO. Plus many hackers with more spin will just mean they're further in the tees off the tee.
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I'm still having trouble wrapping my brain around the comments of this 4 layer ball playing similar to the ProV1. The ProV1 is a 3 layer ball, but the ProV1x is the 4 layer one.
But, that aside, I found the ProV1x to play better, go farther than the ProV1. And I'd bet 83Β’ that we got close to the same swingspeed. So, you might like it. Maybe not better than what you play now, but just 'like' it.
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With the cheap ass balls you guys play, you should see what the Kirkland folks can do for you, hell a urethane ball for 15, whatcha think the 2 pc. Sirloin ball will go for? They'll prolly lose money on it after the free shipping knowing how kind hearted they are
Hell yes they do exist!
Obviously, this golf ball had stirred up some interests.
Even Michael Breed and Hank Haney ( who ? ) are discrediting the test result published by one source .
They demand more test results from additional independent sources and claimed "all " golf balls goes about the same distance ?????
I question if these "export" really know what they are talking about. Any golfer with swing speed over 80 MPH will tell you that not "all: golf balls goes about the same distance. NO Fn way.
Be very interesting to have other results from other independent sources to either confirm or disagree with the originally published test result. I'd be interested in the area of spin rate instead of distance.
I already know the K.S. ball is longer than the Pro V1 but shorter than the ProV1x, again this experience might be different from each individual golfers.
Michael Breed is starting to get into the technical side of the game ( I still chuckled over his video of re-griping a golf club, very green and he needs practice..... ) And Hank, who is he again ? Tried to get in the hot topic to elevate his own position, understandable because after parting with TW, he is sliding down pretty fast.