Costco DOES support golf by making it more affordable for the less fortunate and the uninitiated to enter the sport. Lots of rain around here lately, so bunkers are not in the best shape, but it is a good sand wedge (and most of the problems have been mine, not the club’s! The generic True Temper on the KS wedge did not feel bad when I hit it, but it is on the softer-flex side.

The performance across the board was very similar - the Kirkland launching 3˚ higher and spinning a fraction more.From the image and description, the wedges will continue to feature milled faces to maximize spin, and it also looks like they have modernized the sole grind. I reviewed and currently play the Cleveland ZipCore wedges, and I also checked the Honma TW wedge in the past. Throughout his time with the brand he has also covered equipment launches that date back well over a decade.

So many amateur golfers are playing with mismatched golf equipment and big gaps between their wedges.

Kevin Cook’s acclaimed 2007 biography, Tommy’s Honour, about golf’s founding father and son, remains one of his all-time favourite sports books. The Kirkland wedges come as a set of three with a gap wedge with 52 degrees, a sand wedge with 56 degrees, and a lob wedge with 60 degrees of loft. It’s really not a huge deal, but I figured I’d mention it because it was my biggest gripe with the club set! Golf equipment coming from Costco doesn’t necessarily have the same design and development team that Mizuno or Titleist does, so I was pretty impressed. You get a high-performance cast wedge—created by pouring molten metal into a form—in the ZipCore wedge, and a forged club—made by pounding a club out of a solid piece of metal—that has a super-soft feeling in the TW wedge.

He spent 10 years lecturing part-time at Leeds Beckett University and the University of Leeds in Biomechanics and Motor Control before becoming the Head of Golf for the University of Exeter.If you have used the free gift then it should be kept and the value will be taken off the balance that will be given back to you. Compared to other wedges I’ve recently hit, it felt as though there was less mass behind the ball, despite the club head being the same size. With the lack of any grind relief and the high bounce, it was difficult to open the clubface and add loft. The Kirkland wedges are only available in one option, meaning we all get a regular True Temper shaft and standard length and lie option in the three wedges. I'm able to open/close face to add variety to the bounce and lofts just as with any high end wedge on the market.

He has also conducted 'What's In The Bag' interviews with many of the game's best players like Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm. Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable). Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. I will likely go to a midsize grip in the summertime when the Sacramento valley sun increases the sweat potential and grip pressure increases with the possibility of losing grip. Sign up for our weekly newsletter and not only will you get the latest reviews, instruction, and more delivered directly to your inbox, you’ll also be entered into regular giveaways for golf clubs and more.

Firstly, we hit a series of 50-yard shots with both 52˚ options - predominantly to check the spin levels (both wedges were brand new). The clubs, like the golf balls, are produced under the Kirkland Signature brand and are made to be a quality and affordable brand of golf equipment that won't hit the wallet as deeply as more expensive wedges. Since the putter has also seen a lot of success, and because of the established relationship between SuperStroke and Costco, I would have loved to see SuperStroke grips on these wedges. Of course, like the wedges and previous versions of the ball, affordability will likely be the big attraction. All of these clubs performed well on most of the shots I tried, including chips, flops, and pitches.