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

[monks66]

this is why i started the new thread....where it was just about the ksig4 versus ksig3....

[rmepilot]

Costco did go through the trouble of getting the ball certified. Also, we've seen the guts of both the Quattro and KSig and they do not match.

 

Is there even a Costco in Roseburg? :)

[DavePelz4]

Hmmm...our friends at Costco have a video out on the KTrey ball. Think they might be serious about this.

 

 

https://www.costco.com/Kirkland-Signature-3-piece-Urethane-Cover-Golf-Ball%2c-2-dozen.product.100406428.html

[scotee]

Hmmm...our friends at Costco have a video out on the KTrey ball. Think they might be serious about this.

 

 

https://www.costco.c....100406428.html

 

Ktrey

Ktrip

K-3

Sig Soft

 

Coming to a store near you?

[I_HATE_SNOW]

Any price difference? What are the 2 balls selling for?

[bhj83]

Any price difference? What are the 2 balls selling for?

 

3 piece is $23.99 per double dozen and the 4 piece is $29.99 per double dozen. Each double dozen is also $4.99 for shipping.

[Girevik]

Hmmm...our friends at Costco have a video out on the KTrey ball. Think they might be serious about this.

 

 

https://www.costco.c....100406428.html

 

Ktrey

Ktrip

K-3

Sig Soft

 

Coming to a store near you?

 

Since Costo is calling "Performance +", I like K+ (K-Plus).

[spartanglfr]

I think I have figured out the ksig 3. I've gone through the typical tests previously utilized here and in other ball threads when weather conditions prevent playing/testing outside (snow on the ground here) --- including dropping several balls from the same height for bounce/compression analysis, fingernail softness study (I have medium length nails, well groomed, Trim clippers), indoor chipping on Berber carpet (like first cut of rough), chipping and pitching off of flatter carpeting (fairway), and putting on basement carpeting (green, registering 8 on carpet stimpmeter). After thorough testing, I am 1,000% sure that the ksig3 is the iconic Top Flite Molitor dipped in a vat of TPU urethane.

 

Full disclosure: I performed the testing and wrote this after several tumblers of Kirkland Signature French vodka. ;-)

[om18v]

Let's hope the K3 becomes a regular stocked item in stores.

[mulliganman30]

For anyone interested: https://Not allowed because of spam.com/Not allowed because of spam-podcast-the-return-of-costcos-kirkland-signature-golf-balls/#comment-320108

 

Hmmm...our friends at Costco have a video out on the KTrey ball. Think they might be serious about this.

 

 

https://www.costco.c....100406428.html

 

Its interested they did that. But, I think they've had it up since at least last week though if I remember correctly.

[gioreeko]

For anyone interested: https://Not allowed because of spam.com/Not allowed because of spam-podcast-the-return-of-costcos-kirkland-signature-golf-balls/#comment-320108

 

Hmmm...our friends at Costco have a video out on the KTrey ball. Think they might be serious about this.

 

 

https://www.costco.c....100406428.html

 

Its interested they did that. But, I think they've had it up since at least last week though if I remember correctly.

 

Checked out the podcast and the comments. Very high level of retardation in the comment section. I love when Titleist snobs act like the K Sig 4 piece doesn't compare to the Pro V1.

[cubfanbob]

High level of snark in the podcast, too - combined with a stunning amount of conjecture.

[snagy2000]

High level of snark in the podcast, too - combined with a stunning amount of conjecture.

 

Funny how Dean and those spy guys both crawled out from under the rock last Friday and acknowledged the Ksig... #Agendas

[Dpavs]

High level of snark in the podcast, too - combined with a stunning amount of conjecture.

 

They simply haven't figured out yet that Covey is a liability and not an asset. He offers up the some of the worst and most naive articles I have ever read.

[PostandGhost]

I sure hope you guys are right about the K4 being the Quattro. That means Costco can continue to sell this ball forever and ever without fear of running out because if they do, Nassau can just go make them more.

[North Butte]

High level of snark in the podcast, too - combined with a stunning amount of conjecture.

 

They simply haven't figured out yet that Covey is a liability and not an asset. He offers up the some of the worst and most naive articles I have ever read.

 

There is no “they”. The MGS site is Tony Covey’s blog. He is “they” and he’s found a niche for the particular brand of nonsense he dreams up.

[Dpavs]

High level of snark in the podcast, too - combined with a stunning amount of conjecture.

 

They simply haven't figured out yet that Covey is a liability and not an asset. He offers up the some of the worst and most naive articles I have ever read.

 

There is no “they”. The MGS site is Tony Covey’s blog. He is “they” and he’s found a niche for the particular brand of nonsense he dreams up.

 

To be clear, MGS is owned by Adam Beach not Tony Covey who is the Editor adn there are other writers on staff. Ergo there is a they and he (Tony) has a boss whom I am guessing could remove him if he chose to do so. Of course when I said they, I was referring to MGS as a collective entity.

 

But I completely agree with you.. Tony seems to have free reign over the articles and he writes nonsense and pushes it off as credible information.

[snagy2000]

High level of snark in the podcast, too - combined with a stunning amount of conjecture.

 

They simply haven't figured out yet that Covey is a liability and not an asset. He offers up the some of the worst and most naive articles I have ever read.

 

There is no “they”. The MGS site is Tony Covey’s blog. He is “they” and he’s found a niche for the particular brand of nonsense he dreams up.

 

To be clear, MGS is owned by Adam Beach not Tony Covey who is the Editor. Ergo there is a they and he has a boss whom I am guessing could remove him if he chose to do so. Of course when I said they, I was referring to MGS as a collective entity.

 

But I completely agree with you.. Tony seems to have free reign over the articles and he writes nonsense and pushes it off as credible information.

 

Funniest one was when they wrote within the last year about Adam as if he were some Greek God doing us all a favor..Their site is useless 95% of the time and WRX runs circles around them in the forums department...Just look at this thread, nothing even compares over there...

[mulliganman30]

High level of snark in the podcast, too - combined with a stunning amount of conjecture.

 

Just speculation but I can’t help but wonder if some of this is based on potentially being named by Titleist in a suit after their original article comparing the 4 piece to the ProV1. Having said that, I challenged them to do a similar test comparing the 3 piece to a comparable ball so as to get away from just conjectures.

[TsarBomba]

High level of snark in the podcast, too - combined with a stunning amount of conjecture.

 

They simply haven't figured out yet that Covey is a liability and not an asset. He offers up the some of the worst and most naive articles I have ever read.

 

There is no “they”. The MGS site is Tony Covey’s blog. He is “they” and he’s found a niche for the particular brand of nonsense he dreams up.

 

Watch the video on you tube regarding the Ksig ball that they (Adam) did. I'm actually really suprised you have not informed yourself prior in this manner.

 

I think he makes a solid case for their methodology and outcome.

[I_HATE_SNOW]

Any price difference? What are the 2 balls selling for?

 

3 piece is $23.99 per double dozen and the 4 piece is $29.99 per double dozen. Each double dozen is also $4.99 for shipping.

Thank you.

[TsarBomba]

In the past, we had to rely on Golf Digest, and Golf magazine to test equipment and tell us what "worked best". A good portion of people also simply rely on mimicking guys they admire...pros, the guy they they think is cool at the club and other social nonsense..

 

The mags pretty much stopped reporting any real data out of what I assume is fear of retaliation or lawsuits. Complete BS now. You have to admit this.

 

Nobody believes the Iron Biron works because of the variables it can't recreate. (I happen to like it)

 

MGS comes along and starts testing things objectively as possible. Scientifically, the methods make sense if iron byron is off the table. I don't know another method to do this from what they do, except more data points..

 

That being said, I have never had any emotional objection to the results even if it differed from mine. They certainly have more test data than I can do at the sim. There is no way I can hit 50 thousand shots prior to buying.

 

People who get emotional about the testing outcomes, I have to believe, are either business insiders, invested in particular outcomes..or the kind of people (you know these guys) who get emotional that they picked the Callaway, when they play the Taylormade Driver or visa versa..

 

There is no way you could find their method absolutely garbage (comparatively) unless you disagree with the outcome for biased reasons. Shills and OEM guys are revealed.

[North Butte]

They get some guys to slap balls into a net, then cherry pick whatever numbers they think will generate page views. And then they try to describe it like they are publishing a research result in a scientific journal. It’s just social media bombast.

 

Pointing that out is not “emotional” it is quite the opposite, in fact.

[TsarBomba]

They get some guys to slap balls into a net, then cherry pick whatever numbers they think will generate page views. And then they try to describe it like they are publishing a research result in a scientific journal. It’s just social media bombast.

 

Pointing that out is not “emotional” it is quite the opposite, in fact.

 

What you describe is grossly exaggerated.

 

And, the MGS testing is more comprehensive than any other entity, and you know that.

 

Tell me, how specifically would you do it? Compared 30 different drivers across three different swing speed ranges for example.

 

What entity do you belive does it correctly?

[North Butte]

They get some guys to slap balls into a net, then cherry pick whatever numbers they think will generate page views. And then they try to describe it like they are publishing a research result in a scientific journal. It’s just social media bombast.

 

Pointing that out is not “emotional” it is quite the opposite, in fact.

 

What you describe is grossly exaggerated.

 

And, the MGS testing is more comprehensive than any other entity, and you know that.

 

Tell me, how specifically would you do it? Compared 30 different drivers across three different swing speed ranges for example.

 

What entity do you belive does it correctly?

 

Nobody, not for publication anyway. It’s not worth doing correctly unless you’re in the business of designing equipment. And those guys aren’t blogging the results.

 

[mulliganman30]

They get some guys to slap balls into a net, then cherry pick whatever numbers they think will generate page views. And then they try to describe it like they are publishing a research result in a scientific journal. It’s just social media bombast.

 

Pointing that out is not “emotional” it is quite the opposite, in fact.

 

And apparently deleting comments on the podcast they dont like. Tony has a comment about why they would have an agenda against Costco. I answered with what I posted here. Apparently didn’t like it. Ha. Ha.

[North Butte]

They get some guys to slap balls into a net, then cherry pick whatever numbers they think will generate page views. And then they try to describe it like they are publishing a research result in a scientific journal. It’s just social media bombast.

 

Pointing that out is not “emotional” it is quite the opposite, in fact.

 

And apparently deleting comments on the podcast they dont like. Tony has a comment about why they would have an agenda against Costco. I answered with what I posted here. Apparently didn’t like it. Ha. Ha.

 

I predicted from the very beginning when he was hyping the original K-Sig that at some point they’d come out with another ball and he would hype the fact that it was awful. Sure enough, before the first K3 was even manufactured he declared it a total ripoff.

 

It’s how you maximize page views. Always find a “controversial” angle and act like you have some (non-existent) inside scoop. He just makes this stuff up as he goes along.

[TsarBomba]

They get some guys to slap balls into a net, then cherry pick whatever numbers they think will generate page views. And then they try to describe it like they are publishing a research result in a scientific journal. It’s just social media bombast.

 

Pointing that out is not “emotional” it is quite the opposite, in fact.

 

And apparently deleting comments on the podcast they dont like. Tony has a comment about why they would have an agenda against Costco. I answered with what I posted here. Apparently didn’t like it. Ha. Ha.

 

How in the world, after the Titliest vs Kirkland ball test, is MGS now regarded as having an agenda against Costco?

 

Their report from the USGA costco ball listing was wrong regarding the "new ball". Clearly they jumped the gun looking for a story. Is there something else?

[TsarBomba]

They get some guys to slap balls into a net, then cherry pick whatever numbers they think will generate page views. And then they try to describe it like they are publishing a research result in a scientific journal. It’s just social media bombast.

 

Pointing that out is not “emotional” it is quite the opposite, in fact.

 

And apparently deleting comments on the podcast they dont like. Tony has a comment about why they would have an agenda against Costco. I answered with what I posted here. Apparently didn’t like it. Ha. Ha.

 

I predicted from the very beginning when he was hyping the original K-Sig that at some point they’d come out with another ball and he would hype the fact that it was awful. Sure enough, before the first K3 was even manufactured he declared it a total ripoff.

 

It’s how you maximize page views. Always find a “controversial” angle and act like you have some (non-existent) inside scoop. He just makes this stuff up as he goes along.

 

I'll give you that. You did predict it. What it was though was not the test. Only a report on the disappointment of the USGA listing.

 

I predict a different, less severe deviation though when they actually test it. Maybe even a possitive one.

[TsarBomba]

Still.

 

Somebody described to me a non-iron Byron test protocol and how you handle outliers like chunks, shanks etc, that you guys DO WANT INCLUDED in the data???