These Amazon Golf Balls & CLUBS Are A Huge Con? – THE TRUTH!
With Amazon taking the golf world a little bit more seriously recently, I had a thought. Just what can I score using the brand new Amazon Basics golf ball, which I’ll be totally honest isn’t that good. Also, whilst using a full set of clubs from Amazon. Guys, today we’re going to put that theory to the test. I got these irons for £169.99. And I’ll be honest with you, I really don’t think that these look that bad. So, we’re going to do this today and then tomorrow we’re going to do exactly the same but with a full set of fitted Titalist irons and of course a Titus Pro V1. We’re going to see what the big differences are. Today though, we’re going to set our stall out with they’re actually a RAM. So, Ram VIP carbon steel bob. Check that out. So, we’ll chuck those in the bag and we’ll see. The balls were 17 pound a dozen which is actually quite expensive because in America you can get them for24 pound for two dozen. So I feel like I’ve slightly overpaid there but it’s not the end of the world. Um I’m not putting those in the bag very well at all. But that’s an absolute nightmare for us now isn’t it? Cuz we’re trying to be nice and quick. But um anyway, let’s see just what the real difference are. We’re going to talk some numbers as well with mid irons and these golf balls cuz I think the iron and ball combination is a really interesting one, isn’t it? Because if you think about it logically, the people who buy these golf balls, so the Amazon basics core soft, aren’t really going to be the people who go and spend £1,300 on a set of irons, or I wouldn’t have thought so anyway. So, we’ll chuck that one away for now and we’ll have a go. So, shaftwise in these Amazon irons, of course, the RAM irons. They’re quite like they’re not like RAM as we know it now, are they? I don’t know where you’d actually get these from, but I think they actually look quite nice. We’ve got a nice US composite super light stiff shaft. So, realistically, I don’t know what more you could really want. Let’s go up this 10th hole. Little bit low, little bit skinny. Not too bad. It’s going to leave a pretty long way up there, but for the price of altogether £200 for a set of irons and balls, what more would you want? And what more would you expect? The key here for me in this scenario is do these have to do really, really well or just not do terrible. Right, Bob, we’re in the fairway, so we’ll take it. I’m going to go four iron again cuz it’s a long way up there. What do you reckon to this? It’s got like a nice bit of offset. It does look quite cheap and cheerful, doesn’t it? Yeah. Like you can always tell with You like the color? I don’t like the color. No, it’s weird. The the shafts look like those really expensive shafts, but they’re not. And the grips look like the really expensive grips, but they’re they’re not. They’re just standard, right? Four iron. Four iron. Oh dear. That’s not the best result. Felt the shaft just go a bit. It’s a stiff shaft though, so it should be it should be okay. Right. Straight away, not the desired effect after an okay. We got away with the T-shot, but we certainly haven’t got away with the second shot. Let’s get this close and save par. That is lovely. Is it going to spin? No. I absolutely nipped that as well. I was expecting that just to kind of spin and drop down a little bit. Is the big qu question here. The big question is the big question here the score or is it the ball flight or is it the ball speed when we talk numbers? Or does it all just boil back down to the score? cuz I feel like there this is probably the only shot so far that might have cost me cuz I feel like there with a a proper titleless wedge and a a urethane ball that definitely spins and lands well finishes about five six feet closer with a much better chance at par. Funny thing is here as well I do kind of pride myself on I test a lot of golf clubs. I I use a lot of golf balls. I I can kind of generate the shot I usually need to generate within reason. And obviously nothing nothing amazing. But there I have struggled a little bit. Like Bob with his elongated shadow. How we doing there, Bob? All right. This is a tough one. This is a real tough one. It feels so soft that. Hold your line. Hold your line. I do like the feedback of the roll. Oh, that’s gone a long way. Right. Give you that much. That’s gone. Hey dear, this is a bogey putt. Can you blame the ball for putting? Cuz this is a 600lb putter. Can’t blame the ball, can you? Can’t blame the ball. That’s a bogey on the opening hole of the Amazon challenge. I’ve questioned that. I don’t know why, but we’ll go with it. 151. 151. We’re bang on. Where the eight iron, nine iron, eight. We’ll go eight. I’m just going to go with numbers. Obviously, again, I’m going to go on the basis of if you’re spending this amount of money on a set of irons, do you know exactly how far to go? Have you been for your gapping session? I feel like an eight iron for me is a one realistically it’s a 155 club. Something just cracked then doesn’t fill me with confidence. But again, I feel like I’m I love the idea of playing affordable golf. But I love the idea of more people getting into golf and making golf more affordable, which is what Amazon are doing here. Of course, with the golf balls that are relatively new. You’ve been able to buy golf clubs off Amazon for Amazon for a long time. But the whole combination now is interesting. Just left of it. Birdie, get back to level par. Oh, I’ve hit that. Nice. It’s fading a bit, but it’s all over it. And I tell you what, Bob, that is a chance, isn’t it? I’m absolutely buzzing with that. And I did want to show in this video that you can play good golf with both sets. To be honest, with the video that’s coming maybe later this week with the full titleist set, I would hope to hit a similar shot to that. I’ll probably hit the same club. But realistically, if you can play good golf with something that’s cheap and affordable, then everyone’s a winner, aren’t we? Okay, guys. All right. So, do me a favor and get in the comments below and let us know what do you think so far to this video. Do you like the idea of affordable golf clubs? Have I got taken it too far by getting something sub $200, £200? Would you prefer to see this with Tacoma? Although Tacoma don’t make their own golf balls, so it wouldn’t have really been a thing, but maybe Kirkland at that kind of 500 600 bracket. I do feel like there’s a there’s a certain market within within the golf market, like a subm market that is really really helping people get into the game. And that DTOC, look at this, Bobby here. It’s exactly flag high. I if I hit a better shot than this in tomorrow’s video, I’ll be absolutely amazed. And that’s a set of clubs that’s cost, like we said, very, very cheap. Can we hold this, Bob? Dare we hold this? Where’s it? Look the way it’s pitched. So like for all the bad press this ball gets and how like bang average it is realistically. Are you happy with that stopping there? Does a Does a tightless combination of Prov1 and T150 does that maybe stop closer? Does it does it dare we say go in? Probably not. But they’re all the the kind of small details, aren’t they? That we have to logically think about. But so far, I’m just going to concentrate on this birdie putt to get back to level par and make it actually a challenge to beat it with the titleist because I have my hands up. The the shot into the first hole wasn’t a very good shot. Any club and ball combination may have struggled. This could make up for it right here. It’s got to go right to left and it I’m spending more time on this than I would do usually to be honest, but got to get in. It even feels soft going into the cup, doesn’t it? And that is back to level par with the Amazon’s. Okay, fresh off of the birdie onto the par five with the Amazon. Can we get under par for this challenge? Par four, par three, par five. We’ve left the par five till last. James can’t put a ball on the tea. That’s really annoying. We’ve left the par five till last. Blood’s rushed to head now. Right. Can we hit a good one? In fact, let’s talk numbers for this combination because we’ve done them and they’re actually quite interesting. So, we’ll uh we’ll cut to that and then we’ll come back to this T-shot. So, when testing this Amazon bowl and club combination, it was really really interesting. We hit some really good shots. We hit some bang average shots and we hit some quite terrible shots. And looking at the numbers for the 7. You’ll see the titleless numbers will come in a later video. They’re not terrible numbers. Like the distance is actually really good. The spin was uncontrollably low and at times we just didn’t know what was going on with it at all. And with the 4 iron, as you can see again, I I really don’t know what to say about these numbers because that is quite a low carry comparable to what the seven iron was doing. But then the spin is like fairly low as well. I do think it’s a consistency problem with this golf ball and potentially with these irons as well. I’ll be really interested to test these against the titleist in a couple of days time so you guys can see just what really your money gets you. Right. So with the forearm, we actually hit some really nice ones when we’re testing them for numbers. Really kind of soft feel and interesting fly that feels like it’s fast, but it’s kind of dipping out the air. I do certainly feel like you can get decent distance with these, but the whole issue that we’re not finding is the area of consistency. There’s no real consistency here. I would have liked to have maybe hit another shot on the par three when we stiffed it and see if we can hit it again cuz it could be 10 yards short, could be 10 yards long. Could have done anything really. Maybe that’s what you’re paying the money for. I’d just like it to be known that this is a par five. I know we’re off the white tea, but the white tea is obviously slightly forward. That’s gone absolutely miles, hasn’t it? That’s like a 250 yard four iron. I don’t think Do you reckon we need four iron in or do we go five? I think I can hit four cuty four. It’s not sat great. We’re in the roof, so we can’t place it under par would be absolutely wild. Oh, it’s clipped it, but it’s not done too bad. That’s got got to be chasing down there, has it? Yeah. See the inconsistency in flight again there? So, I feel like there with a Prov V1, a urethane ball, I think it is more the ball. I think these are okay, actually, for the price you paid for them. Like, they’re cavity back. They’re never going to be like the best clubs in the world, but I feel like I should be able to fly that up over that tree without a real issue. If I were to go again, shall I bo with this club? Just for the sake of science, where was I? Does this does it because urethane cover should essentially launch lower but spin up. That’s what they they’re supposed to do. Anyone or sirloin would launch higher, but that Amazon just just does what it wants. See what I mean? Totally different ball flight, isn’t it? And how much better did that sound as well? Science, right? That’s done. Okay. Where is my pitching wedge? There. This is where you I’m not really going to play this in a way that I would if I was using anything expensive because I’d try and get a little bit of spin on it. And I’m not going to I’m not going to do that. I’m just going to pump it down and let it release out. Does that Does that mean you have to change the way you play if you’re going to use these kind of budget alternatives? Maybe. But is this probably the option you should play anyway? Probably. Land it just near the white line, Bob. It’s got to release down, hasn’t it? I’ve struggled with those shots, haven’t I? Even on the first hole we did, it like comes off that came off fiery. Right, Rob, we have a put four underpar in the in the series or in the the challenge, which I would have took to be honest. I’d have took that all day if you’d have offered it. Come on. It’s a very tough flag position that looking back at it. Turn, turn, turn. There’s a chance. Oh. Oh, there was a chance. And guys, that is a bogey, a birdie, and a par using a set of Amazon irons, Amazon golf balls. And realistically, there is that acceptable? I’d say most more than so. If you’ve enjoyed that, smash that subscribe button. We’re going to see if we can beat it with a Titist Prov1 and full set of expensive fitted titless clubs. So, make sure you stay tuned for that and comment below how do you think that’s going to go because that could get very interesting.
