Kirkland (Costco) Premium Golf Ball

[iacas]

1 hour ago, No Mulligans said:

That's very arbitrary.  Aren't you going to allocate any of their costs against the membership fees?  You couldn't have membership fees unless you have a Costco and all the associated costs.  You need to look at it as a percentage of gross profit not pretax income.  (I am an accountant, a CPA)

Still not the topic guys.

[Patch]

We moved our Thursday play date up due to approaching weather. 

We both played 18holes, with the Kirkland ball,  in the wind, and our opinions are unchanged. Our results were the same as yesterday's play.

 That Kirkland ball is a decent ball. It's an individual choice as to play it or not. Again, remember. This is the opinion of a couple of older dudes who are distance challenged. .....lol

BTW, we shot 84, and 81 respectively. My partner had to buy the grub, and beverages this time. 

[jsgolfer]

4 hours ago, Patch said:

We moved our Thursday play date up due to approaching weather. 

We both played 18holes, with the Kirkland ball,  in the wind, and our opinions are unchanged. Our results were the same as yesterday's play.

 That Kirkland ball is a decent ball. It's an individual choice as to play it or not. Again, remember. This is the opinion of a couple of older dudes who are distance challenged. .....lol

BTW, we shot 84, and 81 respectively. My partner had to buy the grub, and beverages this time. 

I hit the Kirkland further than the ProV1x.  By 5-10 yards.  It's the best ball for playing late in the year when you don't want to lose a Pro V1 in the leaves.

[Patch]

1 minute ago, jsgolfer said:

I hit the Kirkland further than the ProV1x.  By 5-10 yards.  It's the best ball for playing late in the year when you don't want to lose a Pro V1 in the leaves.

Good for you. Be glad you have a better swing than we do.  It's a great ball, even at double the price. 

[jsgolfer]

4 minutes ago, Patch said:

Good for you. Be glad you have a better swing than we do.  It's a great ball, even at double the price. 

Don't you mean at 1/3 the price?  

[Golfingdad]

12 minutes ago, Patch said:

Good for you. Be glad you have a better swing than we do.  It's a great ball, even at double the price. 

 

8 minutes ago, jsgolfer said:

Don't you mean at 1/3 the price?  

He's saying that the Costco ball is great even if it were twice as expensive as it is now. 

[jsgolfer]

8 minutes ago, Golfingdad said:

 

He's saying that the Costco ball is great even if it were twice as expensive as it is now. 

Ah!  

Although at double the price, I'd probably play the Snell

[rmenary]

On 10/12/2016 at 4:40 PM, newtogolf said:

He swears their scotch and vodka is better than the brands I named, so I guess he knows his booze.  

The Kirkland vodka is actually distilled and bottled at Grey Goose.

[OSSO BUCCO]

Here's the data:

 

Here is some comparison data. The balls according the USGA Conforming list are made by Nassau Golf Co

Kirkland Signature with Signature in red white 4P-SC-3c M-H 360 KOR Nassau Golf Co., Ltd.  Tour Performance  

http://www.usga.org/ConformingGolfBall/gball_list.pdf

[waldo]

On 11/17/2016 at 10:46 AM, OSSO BUCCO said:

Here's the data:

 

Here is some comparison data. The balls according the USGA Conforming list are made by Nassau Golf Co

Kirkland Signature with Signature in red white 4P-SC-3c M-H 360 KOR Nassau Golf Co., Ltd.  Tour Performance  

http://www.usga.org/ConformingGolfBall/gball_list.pdf

SM Global is the listed manufacturer of ksig but I keep seeing people refer to Nassau Golf. Any idea why?

[newtogolf]

2 hours ago, waldo said:

SM Global is the listed manufacturer of ksig but I keep seeing people refer to Nassau Golf. Any idea why?

SM Global is the import / export company Costco is using, they are the same company that they used to purchase the balls from Callaway which is leading to speculation that their is some relationship between Nassau, SM Global and Callaway.  The balls are still being made by Nassau Golf.  

[rehmwa]

Costco today - No Kirkland's in the house.

But - Callaway HEx Softs were $25 for TWO dozen 

http://troymcfarland.blogspot.com/2015/05/are-costco-exclusive-callaway-balls.html

[jkelley9]

12 hours ago, rehmwa said:

Costco today - No Kirkland's in the house.

But - Callaway HEx Softs were $25 for TWO dozen 

http://troymcfarland.blogspot.com/2015/05/are-costco-exclusive-callaway-balls.html

I don't think they sell them in any stores. I think it's an online only product. I could be wrong.

 

Of note, these are back in stock. Right on time for their anticipated 11/21 restock :) Got myself another 4 dozen. Hopefully that will last me quite a while.

[dennyjones]

I bought 2 dozen again.   This time they charged sales tax and shipping.   2 dozen cost $36.55 w/o a Costco membership.

[jkelley9]

12 minutes ago, dennyjones said:

I bought 2 dozen again.   This time they charged sales tax and shipping.   2 dozen cost $36.55 w/o a Costco membership.

Yea I noticed that too. I was a little peeved but still bought them anyways because I do like them and the price is still fine. But if they're going to creep the price like this I will eventually not buy them and will just go back to buying used balls. But I guess they aren't really creeping the price... just shipping and tax. So hopefully it stops there.

[jsgolfer]

I just bought 5 boxes of the 2 dozen.  $175 for 10 dozen balls, sweet!

[rmenary]

I was able to jump on early and grab 4 doz, but they are already sold out again. Wish I would have bought a ton and sold them on eBay.

 

 

Edited November 21, 2016 by rmenary

[jkelley9]

59 minutes ago, rmenary said:

I was able to jump on early and grab 4 doz, but they are already sold out again. Wish I would have bought a ton and sold them on eBay.

Hm. Looks like the ball isn't even showing on their site anymore, rather than just saying "out of stock."

So strange.