Kirkland Signature (Costco) golf balls (MERGED) (NO BST POSTS)

[DavePelz4]

In the most recent visit there was sadness at Costco as the quantity of Apathetic Red ($7.79/btl) was gone....well, it was gone after I snagged the last few hundred bottles.

[monks66]

In the most recent visit there was sadness at Costco as the quantity of Apathetic Red ($7.79/btl) was gone....well, it was gone after I snagged the last few hundred bottles.

 

great wine! oh no, the ksig of wine hehe

[Norboo]

Any news/update on Kirkland balls?

[North Butte]

No.

[KillerPenguin]

October 2016 seems like a fever dream now.

[larciel]

October 2016 seems like a fever dream now.

 

20 more days until 1yr anniversary of this post. If there isn't any update by then, I will unsubscribe from this thread.. *sadface*

[nsxguy]

October 2016 seems like a fever dream now.

 

20 more days until 1yr anniversary of this post. If there isn't any update by then, I will unsubscribe from this thread.. *sadface*

 

Actually it'll be 1 year until the 1 year anniversary of both of those posts.

[Geaux Gators]

I guess we must reluctantly, move on...

 

Im like the 20 year old virgin in a train wreck... "but i never even got to....."

 

 

I have a sleeve and haven't played them because I don't want to like them if they aren't going to be available for me to play them.

[braincramp52]

I guess we must reluctantly, move on...

 

Im like the 20 year old virgin in a train wreck... "but i never even got to....."

 

 

I have a sleeve and haven't played them because I don't want to like them if they aren't going to be available for me to play them.

 

Just play the damn things Geaux. Nothing magical about them except the fact they disappeared. :)

[Geaux Gators]

Yeah yeah. But I'm really OCD about a golf ball. I have played a yellow Arizona zstar XV for years and have tried to switch several times and it bothers me on a weird level. Now I have it in my head that they aren't compressing. So I am struggling with it. It's probably all in my mind. But the q star and the standard z are going further off my irons.

[North Butte]

Now I have it in my head that they aren't compressing. So I am struggling with it.

 

 

In that case you need to spend less time on this forum reading regurgitated marketing bumpf about "compession".

[Geaux Gators]

But no, don't you know that a wedge can only compress the right ball? Why else would the XV travel 80 yards with the 56 and the zstar goes 85 with what I promise is the same swing.

[braincramp52]

Yeah yeah. But I'm really OCD about a golf ball. I have played a yellow Arizona zstar XV for years and have tried to switch several times and it bothers me on a weird level. Now I have it in my head that they aren't compressing. So I am struggling with it. It's probably all in my mind. But the q star and the standard z are going further off my irons.

 

I get it! It's a warped world we live in. :)

[North Butte]

But no, don't you know that a wedge can only compress the right ball? Why else would the XV travel 80 yards with the 56 and the zstar goes 85 with what I promise is the same swing.

 

Well different golf balls perform differently for different swings.

 

At 80 yards with a 56-degree you are not "compressing" any golf ball enough for the core to matter much at all. The performance at such a moderate clubhead speed and with such an oblique contact with the face is almost entirely due to the cover.

 

So maybe the two balls have different cover hardnesses. Or different dimple designs.

 

It's amazing to me how the marketers from certain companies have drilled this whole "compression" meme into golfers. Every other aspect of a golf ball is ignored, only "compression" matters to most golf ball buyers. Remarkable.

[snagy2000]

Good grief, Rotella and Valiante would make an even more handsome living if they just cared to look at the comments in this thread...All kinds of nuts going on in here...Not even Kirkland Signature at that...

[DLaake]

eBay prices back up to $40/dozen. It would be a quick $120 for me?

[Minarets]

eBay prices back up to $40/dozen. It would be a quick $120 for me?

 

I really should do the same.

[jmck]

This thread is still going?

 

Someone catch me up on the last 100 pages. Have they captured 20% of the golf ball market yet? Is the industry suitably disrupted now, or shall we give it another 100 pages for the full disruption to take effect?

[RobotDoctor]

This thread is still going?

 

Someone catch me up on the last 100 pages. Have they captured 20% of the golf ball market yet? Is the industry suitably disrupted now, or shall we give it another 100 pages for the full disruption to take effect?

 

If Costco could keep up with the demand this ball would make a larger impact in the golf world. To call the KSig a performance golf ball is certainly realistic. To say that the KSig is better than a ProV1 is a subjective matter. I agree with North Butte in that "different golf balls perform differently for different swings." I have gamed this ball, and am still attempting to see how it performs vs the Taylormade Tour Preferred and TP5 balls I am playing now that I am playing pretty well. To say the ball is performing decently is an accurate statement because I am still trying them. A decently performing "performance" golf ball at $1.25 (less shipping charges averaged per 2 dozen balls) is still a pretty enticing ball. Yes, if Costco could keep up with the public demand and offer the ball at the $30 for 2 dozen this ball would make a more significant impact.

[snagy2000]

This thread is still going?

 

Someone catch me up on the last 100 pages. Have they captured 20% of the golf ball market yet? Is the industry suitably disrupted now, or shall we give it another 100 pages for the full disruption to take effect?

 

Let's go another 100 pages Chief...Looks like there's a new ball on the USGA conforming list....

[jmck]

Ah, okay, it's still a bunch of hype over vaporware. Got it. Thanks for the update, I'll check back in in 100 pages. Keep up the good work gentlemen.

[eagle1997]

Great info Snagy! :)

[DavePelz4]

Snaggy can you see where they are on Apothic Red? The stock is getting low.

[trackcoach13]

Ah, okay, it's still a bunch of hype over vaporware. Got it. Thanks for the update, I'll check back in in 100 pages. Keep up the good work gentlemen.

[PuttCurseRepeat]

Let's go another 100 pages Chief...Looks like there's a new ball on the USGA conforming list....

 

3-piece Ball and different dimple count. Hmm...

[Dpavs]

Let's go another 100 pages Chief...Looks like there's a new ball on the USGA conforming list....

 

3-piece Ball and different dimple count. Hmm...

 

The natural guess here for me would be that they just could not negotiate successfully with Nassau Golf and have gone to another manufacturer.

[North Butte]

Let's go another 100 pages Chief...Looks like there's a new ball on the USGA conforming list....

 

3-piece Ball and different dimple count. Hmm...

 

The natural guess here for me would be that they just could not negotiate successfully with Nassau Golf and have gone to another manufacturer.

 

All three say SM Global, LLC

[trackcoach13]

Let's go another 100 pages Chief...Looks like there's a new ball on the USGA conforming list....

 

3-piece Ball and different dimple count. Hmm...

 

The list says same dimple count of 360 today:

[Dpavs]

Let's go another 100 pages Chief...Looks like there's a new ball on the USGA conforming list....

 

3-piece Ball and different dimple count. Hmm...

 

The natural guess here for me would be that they just could not negotiate successfully with Nassau Golf and have gone to another manufacturer.

 

All three say SM Global, LLC

 

So it does! Hmmmm... makes me wonder what actually is going on then!

[J_Birdie]

Let's go another 100 pages Chief...Looks like there's a new ball on the USGA conforming list....

 

3-piece Ball and different dimple count. Hmm...

 

The natural guess here for me would be that they just could not negotiate successfully with Nassau Golf and have gone to another manufacturer.

 

All three say SM Global, LLC

 

SM global is a shell company so Costco can get goods from grey markets, etc is what I am led to believe