As I toured the Titeist Golf Ball plant I began to wonder why their ball is the best. And yes! It is matter of consistency. Thru out all of their golf ball lines their quality control checks are the highest and most stringent. Other companies would take lower consistent balls and rename them. If a ball does not meet a check point it is tossed. And there are a lot of checkpoints. More costly.
The average player will get more help with a golf lesson than a golf ball change. The ball will not save you anywhere near the strokes that learning better technique will. BUT, the ball is an easier road to maintain your illusion.
Unlike other manufacturers Titleist does not pay their Pros for playing the ball. While other ball manufacturers do. Tiger plays the Bridgestone because it's the best ball in golf,LOL. He has millions of reasons to play it.
Now that being said, the illusion that these balls are just like a Pro V1 is just that, wishful thinking. A Kia isn't a BMW.........
So I asked, what is the best way to get a Pro V1 at a lower price. I was told buy the X-Out
Pro V1. They use them for range balls as well. I asked whats the matter with them. I was told they have passed all the tests, BUT, we were not totaling happy with the paint job. Other companies will take balls that did not pass a test and put a different name on them.
So, no matter what Titleist Product you buy, their quality control/consistency outshines everyone else by a mile. So, if your looking for a long term solution to continually lowering your score, its not the ball or the club, its learning how use them. But, like most folks, it's more fun to stay in an illusion....and manufacturers feed that illusion to stay in business....
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Originally Posted by BrianL99
The most important criteria for a golf ball, is consistency. If a ball's consistency is rated at the bottom of the barrel, the quality of the ball is in the same place. The "lease consistent manufactured ball", is by definition, the "lowest quality (performing) ball".
You either misread the facts or read a different report: ( Just a moment...)
"The Costco golf ball is not worth your money. Honestly, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but your membership is probably better used on a rental car discount, a couple gallons of Mayo, or even their four pack of gloves. After we ran these through our quality ball lab, the KSig scored a whopping 45 out of a hundred on the chart.
That’s the third lowest scoring ball in all of MyGolfSpy history. And we’ve been at this for a while. Compression scored 93 out of a hundred on the scale. Which is actually a little bit firmer than your regular Pro V1. And not to mention The Kirkland Signature golf ball, it’s one of the spinniest balls, yes that’s a word, that we’ve ever tested. And I mean ever.
Look, I totally get it. You’re on the hunt for a deal. I would be too. But it’s hard for me to recommend the Kirkland ball to really anybody, scoring 45 out of 100 on the scale. So if you want to avoid losing anywhere from 6 to 10 strokes on your game, or, who knows, possibly slicing the s*** out of the ball, I’d avoid the Kirkland altogether." |