Right now if you want to play golf with a premium golf ball from one of the major manufacturers you're gonna be paying in region about three to four pound per golf ball now in this video i'm testing the golf ball which is three piece it's urethane. And it only costs one pound per golf ball it's from costco and it's the kirkland signature v2 so you might have seen in my recent video when i knit down to costco to buy the cobra package set i also saw these new kirkland signature golf balls so i had to pick up a box now in a box you actually get two dozen and i get asked loads across social media about testing these kirkland golf balls certainly the brand new version so in this video i'm going to test the golf balls on the putting green see how they feel around the greens i'm also going to see what they are like. For durability because in the past kirkland synchro balls haven't been great i'm also going to test them on fuller shots. And eventually the driver and guess what i've got a pair of new ball cutters i'm going to cut some of them open not just one i'm going to cut a bunch of them open to see how consistent the core of the golf balls are after all of that testing we're going to find out whether this one pound golf ball from costco is worth using over your pro v1 your tp5 your more expensive golf balls let's talk about the box first it looks a little bit more basic than your premium models if you're going. For a pro v1 or a tp5 there's a little bit of information but not loads three pieces i've mentioned core soft and high elastic core to maximize distance mantle interacts with soft cover to generate optimized spin for iron and wedge shots and cover durable it's a word i'm definitely gonna test in this video urethane cover for spin and green side control as i mentioned the box looks pretty basic we don't really care about the box do we we care about the golf ball. And the golf ball itself it looks nice well it sounds like a daft thing to say about a ball but typically a premium golf ball has a certain finish to it and this does have that premium finish you have the kirkland signature logo which is obviously synonymous with costco. And on the side here you've got actually a really nice alignment line that just says performance plus next.
Thing we'll do a bite test see how soft it is a beautiful flavor um it's like a 7 out of 10 softness not super soft. But it's all right didn't break my teeth that's a good sign [Music] pretty nice like off the putter face if i was to give it a comparison i would say feels more like a pro v1 compared to probably one x that look fraction softer off the actual putter head go in. For one go in for one ah not quite [Music] you know what i could spend all day putting on the green with them and i wouldn't change my opinion on the field they feel really nice premium golf ball european cover on to the next.
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Little test. For this ball is some slightly longer chips. And pitches just want to see how they react around the green and how they feel off the wedge as well [Music] not bob [Music] that one's not quick [Music] now pretty consistent for distance [Music] do [Music] okay. So far so good i've got a checklist here what i want from a golf ball so far it's great with the putter feels fantastic around the green spins well again feels good tick tick however. we've got a few more tests next.
I'm gonna do is iron play hit some shots into a par three. But the big test comes these last two durability and distance they're two that really worried me about this golf ball let's hit some shots into here see how they fly see how consistent they are. And see how close to a holy one we can get oh cut a bit oh that's better that's got more of a chance [Music] i just find a bit left [Music] um felt good off the face they did flight was good spun nice into the green i've just got to be honest i just didn't hit many that close a little bit in between club there. But actual performance of the golf ball i don't think i can fault there okay. So far it's past the putting it's past the short game it's done okay on the irons even though i wasn't hitting it great today.
Granted however. we're up to the two categories now i think this ball might struggle first one driver let's see what this ball performs like when hitting the big stick now i normally when i swing at about 110 miles per hour i'm looking to try. And get as close to 160 miles per hour ball speed as i can if not over. And trying to carry the ball about 280 yards there's our benchmarks because you've got to remember brands like tightly shrieks and bridgestone tailor-made all of the major manufacturers spend absolute millions on r d to help their golf ball fly as long and as straight as physically possible however. it's not what kirkland's signature should do this is kind of a more budget ball. So is the performance they're going to stack up to these big brands. And then.
Talking about performance stacking up i don't think it's going to be a concern. For everybody watching this video but i think it's something you need to be aware of if you pay less price. For a golf ball does it not last as long like the durability terrible we're going to test that next.
After the drivers [Music] okay numbers with driver good not record breaking two seven eight carry on average 156 miles per hour ball speed on average again that's not record-breaking. But it's decent and i was averaging 110 miles per hour club head speed the one thing i did notice the spin of the golf ball is quite low with driver it was quite consistently under 2000 rpm. So overall good performance next.
Up the new choppers they chop four in half you might say why chop four one i'm making up for the time i didn't chop that mac5 golf ball open my bad but also i want to see what the consistency of the core looks like now we have seen examples of even major golf ball brands not quite getting the core perfect every time example here now why that would affect you as a golfer if you've got a call that's off-centered the ball flight may favor one side or the other there'll be no consistency basically the golf ball would not be performing at his highest level. For you so with kirkland signatures again being a cheaper brown ball did he cut some corners when it comes to actually centering the core of the golf ball let's find out. And this is a review of my new cutters very smooth good action quicker than normal okay yellow this is kind of the chord the blue section is the mantle i'll have a closer inspection in a minute everything looks okay there let's cut a few more open. And have a proper proper look okay. So i've cut four golf balls in half now i've looked really closely here i've examined each and every one of the golf balls and i've got to say i see no imperfections they all look pretty much perfect. So for me i know it's only a small sample size but that definitely passes quality control very nicely indeed okay. So i feel like i've tested these balls pretty well so far but there's one left in the box absolute brand spanker never been hit yet now what i'm gonna do i'm gonna hit 10 shots with my love wedge out of the bunker. And we're gonna see if there's damage and if there is how much damage now some of you watching might think rick i'll lose the golf ball before i have an opportunity to scratch it that's not really the point you might just hit one a little bit thin out of a bunker. And suddenly there's a big scratch in the face so you might hit a cart path or a buggy path and sometimes there's some real damage on the golf ball it can affect performance it really can we do everything we can to not affect our ability to shoot good scores. So as i mentioned inside this video you can spend a lot of money on golf balls you really can. So the big brands like fork with a golf ball but how is this costco one pound golf ball fair today.
As i mentioned it's pretty much past every category. So far it really has 10 shots out of a bunker can often leave some real bad scratch marks in the golf ball it's pretty brilliant like it's done an unbelievable job i've tested a few kirkland signature balls. So far but none of them until this point has ticked every single category pretty impressive that.
