(02-08-2023, 06:46 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I play a lot of golf, and like most hackers, I lose a lot of golf balls.  So of course I make a point of using a relatively cheap golf ball, the Kirkland, which they sell at Costco for close to $1 a ball.  I think last time I bought them they were $28 for 2 dozen, although it seems like inflation has hit them and they are priced a bit higher now, but still, a cheap golf ball.  

Yesterday I was playing golf with some friends, and while I was helping one of the guys find his ball in the woods, I found a brand new Titleist ProV1.  This is a rather expensive golf ball, which a lot of really good golfers like.  I think they sell for between $4 and $5 each.  So I decided to play it for a few holes to see what the hype is all about.  And I was not impressed at all.  I actually like the $1 Kirkland balls a lot better. 

Any golfers on here play the Titleist ProV1?  And if so, why do you like it?

The Kirkland ball started out as a knock off of the ProV1. 
While the Kirklands have evolved a bit - the designs are still quite similar. 

I have played both. 

The urethane cover is what attracts me because I like the way they behave on the green and I like the ball speed off the face when you hit it well. 

Difference between the two balls would probably take a consistently better golfer than me to really analyze, but they both sort of do the same things well, the ProV1 ostensibly just does them a little bit better. 

Just not better enough to matter to a guy trying to break 90.

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