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

[Yanki01]

Let me ask a question here....Everytime Im in Costco for probably the past year or so I've looked for these and have never seen them in a store...do they just not make it to the stores?

 

they barley make it online let alone in any stores.

[EdStraker]

The Costco that just opened 2 weeks ago in McKinney, TX has had the 3 piece urethane ball in stock. They have them on a pallet at the front of the store and seem to be selling well. I picked up two boxes with each box containing 2 dozen golf balls and I saw four other people pick them up in the short time I was in the store.

[linkerpan]

TXG on youtube with a comparison of the 2 balls. As everyone knew, but the incredulous or the trolls or the TT fanbois, those are very god balls for two different kind of players. If I was the guy who really need high spin, I would be all over K3. But i am very happy with the K4s.

[DavePelz4]

Wow...this thread passed 1.2 Million views.

 

The marketing folks at Costco have to be pleased!

[EastTNGolfer]

TXG on youtube with a comparison of the 2 balls. As everyone knew, but the incredulous or the trolls or the TT fanbois, those are very god balls for two different kind of players. If I was the guy who really need high spin, I would be all over K3. But i am very happy with the K4s.

 

Yeah, I saw that video today. Makes sense why I like the K3s so much since I am a low spin player.

[NV825]

I have 3 dozen new K4s left in storage plus close to a full dozen in my bag ready to play, and I'm already starting to get slightly nervous about running out. I really hope they come back for another flash sale because I need to hoard more.

[mxkem]

For those in the north Atlanta area, the newly opened Woodstock GA Costco has the the 3-piece ball in stock. It located off I-575 just past the Woodstock Outlet Mall.

[Alktrio06]

Would anyone be interested in trading a couple sleeves of the 3 piece for either some Vice Pros or K Sig 4 piece? Just interested in trying them out.

[arbeck]

That TXG video really explains the feel I got off the K3. I found them to be a few yards shorter than I was used to with what seemed like a higher ball flight of my irons. If I was spinning them significantly more, that would explain what I saw. I don't think I love them. They seem slightly clicky to me off wedges and the putter. But off full swings and off the driver they are feel great. At worst, they're a cheap tour quality ball to use for chipping and pitching practice and to keep in my bag for holes with scary OB or water hazards.

[North Butte]

That TXG video really explains the feel I got off the K3. I found them to be a few yards shorter than I was used to with what seemed like a higher ball flight of my irons. If I was spinning them significantly more, that would explain what I saw. I don't think I love them. They seem slightly clicky to me off wedges and the putter. But off full swings and off the driver they are feel great. At worst, they're a cheap tour quality ball to use for chipping and pitching practice and to keep in my bag for holes with scary OB or water hazards.

 

I think K3 is a pretty good value for money IF you only have about a dollar a ball to spend.

 

But that's not to say it's a pretty good ball. In my opinion it's far inferior to almost all of the most popular Urethane ball models and brands.

 

If K3 cost 25 bucks a dozen nobody would choose it except the rare person who just wants literally as much spin as humanly possible on every shot.

[jpdx]

i'm still waiting to see the spin everyone is talking about with the k3...I have such a shallow swing that I almost never get the ball to zip back. it's not bad, or good...just what it is. looking forward to continued "testing" of the k3 with my 1.5 dz left.

 

edit: "the ball" meaning ANY urethane ball I hit

[scotee]

I played the K3 on Monday. Plenty of spin for me. I backed it up 4 and10 feet on a couple of wedge shots on back to front sloping greens. On flat greens the ball ended up right next to the ball mark. I noticed on one of those that the ball skipped a few feet past the ball mark and came back to it. It is very hot and dry so the greens are getting lots of water and leaving ball marks. The softer greens make a big difference in how the ball backs up.

[North Butte]

It's been a decade or longer since I played a ball with enough spin to upshoot and come up short on short iron shots, even with my puny swing. Kind of blast from the past.

 

Seems like back in the mid-late 00's if I wanted to use a urethane ball I had to try out. Some had too much spin for me to control, some were good and some didn't spin quite enough with my swing. For a decade or so now every urethane ball I try seems to fall somewhere in the OK middle ground...except the K3.

 

Among recent balls I've used, ProV1x and B330S have as much spin as I'd ever want or need. Even much lower spin balls like AVX are sufficient for my needs. K3 definitely spins more than ProV1x/B330S and reminded me a little of some of those really spinny Callaway balls like the Tour iZ or whatever they called it circa 2006.

[arbeck]

 

I think K3 is a pretty good value for money IF you only have about a dollar a ball to spend.

 

But that's not to say it's a pretty good ball. In my opinion it's far inferior to almost all of the most popular Urethane ball models and brands.

 

If K3 cost 25 bucks a dozen nobody would choose it except the rare person who just wants literally as much spin as humanly possible on every shot.

 

I'm not sure that it's that much inferior to something like the Q-Star Tour, Duo Urethane, or Project(a). I wouldn't choose the ball over any of the more expensive tour balls (if price wasn't a concern), but I could make a case for playing it instead of any of those. I'm not sure I'd be able to pick it out blind against the Q-Star Tour.

[jpdx]

I suppose the real question I have is: I don't get any zip back with any urethane ball I hit. they seem to roll forward or one bounce stop type of thing. that is with any urethane ball I hit. How would (given my extremely shallow swing) would I tell that i'm getting too much spin?

[North Butte]

I suppose the real question I have is: I don't get any zip back with any urethane ball I hit. they seem to roll forward or one bounce stop type of thing. that is with any urethane ball I hit. How would (given my extremely shallow swing) would I tell that i'm getting too much spin?

 

I suspected the K3 was perhaps spinning more than needed but wasn't sure. So I took a K3, K-Sig and AVX out on a day with a steady 10mph breeze and hit the three side-by-side on course, trying various full wedge to short iron distances. Downwind the three were similar. In a crosswind the AVX stayed straightest, K-Sig nearly the same, K3 blown all over the place.

 

But into the wind, no contest. The K3 was about 3-4 yards shorter than the other on normal shots but into as little as 10mph of wind it came up literally 10-15 yards shorter than AVX and also hung in the air forever on a very, very high trajectory.

 

That plus the fact that it was the only one of the three balls to suck back from the fringe of a green down into the fairway during my testing session convinced me it spins more than any recent ball with which I'm familiar.

 

P.S. I only tried this sort of test with those three balls. It took HOURS alone on an nearly empty course. Without careful comparison I'd have just had a vague sense that the K3 was disappointing with too high a flight and too little distance. But hard to be sure unless you try it side by side with a familiar ball.

[jpdx]

good insight. thanks north butte. i'll have to pay attention and try this all out next time i'm solo on a nearly empty course. my swing is pretty shallow, I rarely take divots, and I hit a high ball - maybe for a different thread, but if spin is affecting the height of the ball and the distance, then it might be the spin of the k3.

 

thank for the education north butte. helps a lot.

[North Butte]

good insight. thanks north butte. i'll have to pay attention and try this all out next time i'm solo on a nearly empty course.

 

For what it's worth, on the last hole of that round I was tired of testing so I just teed up K3 and played it. Caught a short, downhill Par 5 playing downwind and got it to the fringe in two (I've only ever reached fewer than a dozen Par 5's in two in my life). If that putt from the fringe had found the hole for eagle I'd probably have went out and both four dozen K3, too much spin or not!

[drn92]

Adding to the myth ... I had my best round ever (score and lowest index) with the O.G. KSig yesterday. First time ever at even par. Hit 10 fairways and 16 greens.

 

And for the equipment junkies on here, I had a bag full of Ping Eye2’s.

 

drn92

[ZenBeast]

Was just wondering, does anyone kow what the longest period has been between K4 releases ?

 

The last two were so close together it just smelled like a (shudder) "Final Clearout" to me.

 

Now it seems like a really long time since the last release.

 

Anyone have a handle on the K4 release interval history ?

 

Thanks in advance.

[snagy2000]

Someone claimed they were in the know said earlier this year K-Sig was only going to be released twice a year. If true, expect a fall Oct/Nov release.

[ZenBeast]

Ok, thanks for getting back. Thought though that we already had two releases this year back in April and shortly thereafter.

 

Guess we'll see in a few months.

[Bad9]

Someone claimed they were in the know said earlier this year K-Sig was only going to be released twice a year. If true, expect a fall Oct/Nov release.

 

Someone who knows the real story of how the Ksig came to be said they would never be seen again after the first release a few years ago.

[cristphoto]

Someone claimed they were in the know said earlier this year K-Sig was only going to be released twice a year. If true, expect a fall Oct/Nov release.

 

They first came out two years ago and I think they were available four times, the theory of being for sale twice a year sounds feasible.

[DavePelz4]

Here's what my order history shows on the KSigs...

 

04/07/16

10/31/16

12/20/16

 

04/25/17

10/17/17

10/18/17 - yes I'm a ho

 

04/03/18

04/04/18 - told you I was a ho

 

Won't post the KTrey order history...

[snagy2000]

Here's what my order history shows on the KSigs...

 

04/07/16

10/31/16

12/20/16

 

04/25/17

10/17/17

10/18/17 - yes I'm a ho

 

04/03/18

04/04/18 - told you I was a ho

 

Won't post the KTrey order history...

 

How were you able to get them before they were released (4/7/16)? #DamnAuditorInMe

[DavePelz4]

Here's what my order history shows on the KSigs...

 

04/07/16

10/31/16

12/20/16

 

04/25/17

10/17/17

10/18/17 - yes I'm a ho

 

04/03/18

04/04/18 - told you I was a ho

 

Won't post the KTrey order history...

 

How were you able to get them before they were released (4/7/16)? #DamnAuditorInMe

 

A friend hooked me up.

[snagy2000]

Here's what my order history shows on the KSigs...

 

04/07/16

10/31/16

12/20/16

 

04/25/17

10/17/17

10/18/17 - yes I'm a ho

 

04/03/18

04/04/18 - told you I was a ho

 

Won't post the KTrey order history...

 

How were you able to get them before they were released (4/7/16)? #DamnAuditorInMe

 

A friend hooked me up.

 

I wouldn't classify that as an "order", more like a "favor"...

[TsarBomba]

Here's what my order history shows on the KSigs...

 

04/07/16

10/31/16

12/20/16

 

04/25/17

10/17/17

10/18/17 - yes I'm a ho

 

04/03/18

04/04/18 - told you I was a ho

 

Won't post the KTrey order history...

 

4 months before this legendary thread started and you didn't start your own thread on them?? Sheez

[DavePelz4]

Here's what my order history shows on the KSigs...

 

04/07/16

10/31/16

12/20/16

 

04/25/17

10/17/17

10/18/17 - yes I'm a ho

 

04/03/18

04/04/18 - told you I was a ho

 

Won't post the KTrey order history...

 

4 months before this legendary thread started and you didn't start your own thread on them?? Sheez

 

Had a bad experience when I let my friend Justin know about Kate Upton. Like Mrs. Pelz often says, our best conversations are when I shut up.