Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Kirkland (Costco) Golf Balls
Costco Tight-Lipped About Its Mysterious Golf Balls
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I wonder if they are USGA conforming? For 99% of golfers, neither a golf ball or any golf club is going to make any difference in scoring. Golfers, like bowlers try to buy a better game in a local pro shop, but it just doesn't work.
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They are on the approved list of the USGA. Some testing has been done by players and labs. The consensus is that the ball is right up there with the ProV and other top urethane cover balls. I bought a pack when they first came out and they work well for me. I agree with those who are saying the Ksig is a threat to the mid level balls, since cost conscious golfers now have a tour quality ball that costs less than the mid level ones.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah....these sort of claims have been around for 50+ years. Haven't seen a professional yet who willingly gave up a Titleist top notch ball for another brand unless paid to do so. As for most folks...no offense, but 90 percent of you wouldn't be able to detect the difference in a mid level and tour ball.
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In my opinion, golf equipment is one of the biggest scams around. If you want to play better, you just need to practice, practice, practice.
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Those new Kirkland balls must be more accurate than all others. We have yet to find a stray one in our yard!
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OK, now that was funny.
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People should realized that they're only going to get a few more yards by playing a distance ball. And the shorter you hit it, the less the difference is going to be between a low spinning ball and a high spinning ball. But, if you are a reasonably decent chipper you'll probably shoot lower scores with the higher spinning ball. I went through the same thing with my son who plays in the mid eighties. When he was down here he told me that he plays the cheapest balls he can find because he can't tell the difference. Once I had him hit a few short shots with one of my balls, he figured out why the balls he was playing were not good for his game. I gave him a couple dozen good balls for Christmas. it may only affect two or three shots per round, but a decent ball will help you shoot lower scores than a $500 driver that helps you to hit it ten yards further.
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A decent ball...
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If they want to score lower then they need to practice properly and know why their swing does or does not do when they hit it right....or wrong. |
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Several players that have contracts with companies like Callaway and Taylor Made are still playing the Titleist ball, but many are not. Do you honestly think that Phil Mickelson would play the Callaway ball if he thought that he got better performance out of the Titleist?
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Again, golf equipment is a scam. Tour pros are paid to use and endorse a particular golf ball. When Tiger Woods was winning, he used a Nike ball and people bought what they thought was the same ball. But, it turned out that the ball Tiger played was custom made and not available for sale. Eventually, Nike had to admit that they had defrauded the public. But, in fact, pros will play with and endorse just about any equipment, if they can make money on the endorsement. I recently saw a television commercial where Tom Watson endorses a golf ball and says, "this is the ball that changed the ball". Really? What a bunch of hogwash!
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The most important thing about a ball is that it fits your game. The most important part of the game that the ball can effect is short shots. If you want to play with a marble don't expect to be able to get it to stop when you hit a good pitch shot.
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The Beatlemaniacs of The Villages meet every Friday 10:00am at the O'Dell Recreation Center. "I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend." - Thomas Jefferson to William Hamilton, April 22, 1800. |
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I have a couple dozen of these, great golf balls for the Price.
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rvvi Last edited by telder; 01-10-2017 at 09:09 AM. |
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