It’s shaping as much as be a busy 12 months for Costco’s golf division. (That’s one of many weirdest sentences I’ve ever written.)
Anyway, along with new wedges and new irons, it seems Model 3 of the Kirkland Signature Efficiency + Golf Ball (AKA: The Ok-Sig) is coming to market quickly.
As is the case with its wedges, Costco’s web site exhibits no stock for the present Efficiency + V2 ball (or some other ball, for that matter) and up to date entries on the USGA’s conforming ball listing recommend that’s seemingly as a result of a brand new Kirkland Signature golf ball mannequin is on the best way.
Kirkland Peformance + V3 – What We Know
What we all know to this point is that the brand new Kirkland ball is a three-piece providing that can be accessible in white and yellow.
I like having choices so I suppose that final bit is trigger for some extent of pleasure.
A slight bummer is that we nonetheless don’t see a alternative for the unique Ok-Sig four-piece ball. As you might recall, the follow-up suffered from a canopy defect which resulted in full refunds for anybody who needed them. Frankly, we anticipated the corporate would resolve the difficulty and have a brand new four-piece again in the marketplace briefly order however that hasn’t confirmed to be the case.
Golfers will little doubt need to see what efficiency modifications Kirkland has made to the Efficiency + golf ball and we’ll actually look to incorporate it in our upcoming robotic ball check.
Whereas the present mannequin ticks the worth field and the standard was a step ahead from the unique, it stays excessively spinny (I suppose you can describe it as extremely workable) and one of many absolute worst balls in the marketplace within the wind.
The spin traits make the Kirkland Signature ball significantly punitive for golfers who wrestle with extra curvature than they’d like (which means you, slicers). That half ought to be comparatively simple to deal with (although there’s no assure they may).
The wind efficiency difficulty could also be harder to resolve. That side of efficiency is nearly fully a results of the dimple sample. If the dimples don’t change, the wind efficiency gained’t, both.
On condition that the brand new ball seems to supply the identical 338-dimple cowl because the earlier mannequin, the chances are high that the brand new ball gained’t be a lot a lot, if any, higher within the wind.
Kirkland Efficiency + V3 – Nonetheless a Good Worth (Most likely)
On the constructive aspect, the Kirkland Signature Golf ball is revered for its consumer-friendly worth and there’s no purpose to assume that sub-$20 costs gained’t proceed with the brand new era.
Will the brand new Kirkland Signature three-piece Efficiency + show to be a top-performing ball?
Primarily based on the efficiency traits of earlier Kirkland three-piece fashions, that appears unlikely. My guess is it would stay a distinct segment ball for actually low-spin golfers. Though, given the worth it presents golfers, I’d like to be incorrect and discover the brand new Kirkland Signature Efficiency + golf ball is a greater match for extra golfers.
Regardless, we anticipate the Ok-Sig will proceed to supply strong high quality at an interesting worth level. Whereas it’s not a ball I’d suggest most often, it would virtually actually stay an affordable choice for golfers who need to play a urethane ball on a fundamental ionomer funds.
Extra data because it turns into accessible.
