Although today was not a perfect day for golf, looking at the forecast I had went out for an 18.
After a couple of days with over 1" of rain each day, this morning was sub 50°F patchy fog in places and I had no clue what the condition of the golf course would be.
First tee, I found the tee shot in the middle of the fairway but shorter than last time I played there. The ball came off the driver's face nice. I want to say it felt like the first generation of the Penta I remembered. Fairway was soggy. When I address for my second shot, I could see water seeping out of the ground around my golf shoes, actually hit a decent second shot, A par 5 the first hole and the 3rd shot was stopped quicker than usual, Not sure if that's all golf ball because there was water in the bottom of the cup. Plus they must have applied something on the golf course with blue dye. Around the green side and on the putting surface the golf ball picked up the blue dye which colored my fingers blue..... playing partner jokingly said, don't lick the fingers, The application felt sticky.
Lost the tee ball on the second hole inside the fairway on the right side which was wet. I tried to search for the Kirkland Signature which had only seen one hole of play .... to no avail . Switched to a colored soft golf ball from where I lost the tee shot and it was also playing short. Low temperature and heavy air with soggy turf made the golf course play like 30% longer.
Switched back to the Kirkland Signature on the 3rd hole, a par 3 of 135 yards over a ravine and slightly up hill.
Pin was in the back so I hit a good 8 iron up to the pin, the golf ball stopped within a foot of the pitch mark, made birdie....... played the rest with the same golf ball, Almost lost it several times, which I had to dig it out of the buried lie in the fairway.
Off the mud and sandy turf and a couple of graveled cart path. It held up pretty good. Although the playing condition did not allow me to fully evaluate the new golf ball. I believe I would play this golf ball if the price line does not move up. Super value for what this golf ball gives.
The only complain which is the color of the cover was not bright white like other brands. Not sure if this was the result from the urethane cover or not. It is darker than other golf balls with the urethane cover. I was lucky I did not lose the second ball in play from buried in the turf and all those colorful fallen leaves from more than a thousand trees on the golf course.
Here are a couple pic. of this golf ball which went through 16 holes and sandy turf plus a couple of cart path.
