Golf balls

mike12

See Peter Fitch has been doing reviews on new golf balls, one interesting one from a Irish company.
Anyone tried them.
https://youtu.be/0OdpIRGr9K0
http://seedgolf.com/balls/

big_drive

Based in IT Carlow I see, interesting to see an Irish manufacturer coming into the market. Hopefully they do well

Senna

Bought a dozen of the SD-05, delight to see an Irish manufacturer.

Skyfloater

Best of luck to them, but could do without the subscription nonsense.

Senna

Skyfloater wrote: »

Best of luck to them, but could do without the subscription nonsense.

Why? It's just a service they offer, doesn't mean you have to avail of it, I didn't. It's seems to be a common sales model for some ball manufacturers, so what's the harm in offering it?

red ears

Senna wrote: »

Bought a dozen of the SD-05, delight to see an Irish manufacturer.

Have you tried them out yet?

Skyfloater

Senna wrote: »

Why? It's just a service they offer, doesn't mean you have to avail of it, I didn't. It's seems to be a common sales model for some ball manufacturers, so what's the harm in offering it?

I have never seen any subscription service on McGuirks or Halpennys. Anyway, the fact is I went to the site intending to check the price and buy a dozen. I left with a NO SALE, and still no clue how much they are.

Senna

red ears wrote: »

Have you tried them out yet?

No only ordered them when I seen this thread. I'll reply after I play a round with one.

Skyfloater wrote: »

I have never seen any subscription service on McGuirks or Halpennys. Anyway, the fact is I went to the site intending to check the price and buy a dozen. I left with a NO SALE, and still no clue how much they are.

Neither of those are ball manufacturers.

Skyfloater

Yes but they are along with pro shops were 99.9% of people get their stuff.

Skyfloater

Skyfloater wrote: »

Yes but they are along with pro shops were 99.9% of people get their stuff.

Yes but they're not a pro shop they have a completely different business model. If they were to go sell in mcguirks/halpenny/pro shops it would cost them in terms of advertising and people might not buy a cheaper ball they know nothing about when its sitting beside pro v1's.

Also based on other threads here that discuss online golf shops and adverts.ie I'm not sure 99.9% of golfers buy in pro shops anymore.

Skyfloater wrote: »

I have never seen any subscription service on McGuirks or Halpennys. Anyway, the fact is I went to the site intending to check the price and buy a dozen. I left with a NO SALE, and still no clue how much they are.

same can happen when you walk into a shop

Skyfloater

ronnoco13 wrote: »

Yes but they're not a pro shop they have a completely different business model. If they were to go sell in mcguirks/halpenny/pro shops it would cost them in terms of advertising and people might not buy a cheaper ball they know nothing about when its sitting beside pro v1's.

Also based on other threads here that discuss online golf shops and adverts.ie I'm not sure 99.9% of golfers buy in pro shops anymore.



same can happen when you walk into a shop

You're right, guilty as charged. Thing is, if they just told me how much a dozen balls are up front I might well have bought some. Anyone know the prices?

golfer79

Skyfloater wrote: »

You're right, guilty as charged. Thing is, if they just told me how much a dozen balls are up front I might well have bought some. Anyone know the prices?

25.00 euro for a dozen of their premium balls. 4.99 euro flat rate for shipping. Prices were quite apparent once I added the balls to my 'shopping cart'.

Senna

Skyfloater wrote: »

You're right, guilty as charged. Thing is, if they just told me how much a dozen balls are up front I might well have bought some. Anyone know the prices?

What website are you looking at? There is nothing complicated. The price is advertised on the page of the ball type.

Edit, just realised Ive only looked at the mobile site, the full site might be different.

Seve OB

Skyfloater wrote: »

You're right, guilty as charged. Thing is, if they just told me how much a dozen balls are up front I might well have bought some. Anyone know the prices?

I just went on their site and its as clear as day. 25 for the good balls or 10 for the cheap ones. 5 for postage even if you buy a few boxes

Skyfloater

I got it wrong. You're both right, I had another look and sure enough there they are. Anyway, the important thing is that they do well.

Dayor Knight

Very interesting. Would love to give them a go if any good. Probably are, if developed through the I.T. Lads, let us know how they play.

Dayor Knight

Had a look at the review there and decided to order a dozen of the SD 05 too. Quite impressive that Finch was rating them very well against the Pro V1, so could be very good value at €25 per dozen. Looking forward to trying them.

Senna

Very quick review, playedy first round with the SD-05, it was very windy and the course was a bit softer after the rain, so not the best conditions to test anything.
I always play with a Prov1, swing speed is mid 80's and normally hover around the 8-10 handicap.

Off the tee I think the Seed maybe slightly longer than a Prov1, the compression would help there.
Longer clubs seemed to generate a bit more spin that I would normally have, Im normally a very low spin player.
Short irons might be slightly shorter than a Prov1, again spin related.
Around the green they felt very similar to a prov, similar spin and feel.
After 80 strokes, the ball is very clean, no real marks at all.

All in all, I think I would be happy to play these full-time.
Also, I think they are made in China, branded as Seed and sold through the Irish company, I also have a very funny feeling they go by other names and I've hit them before.

tbayers

Senna wrote: »

Very quick review, playedy first round with the SD-05, it was very windy and the course was a bit softer after the rain, so not the best conditions to test anything.
I always play with a Prov1, swing speed is mid 80's and normally hover around the 8-10 handicap.

Off the tee I think the Seed maybe slightly longer than  a Prov1, the compression would help there.
Longer clubs seemed to generate a bit more spin that I would normally have, Im normally a very low spin player.
Short irons might be slightly shorter than a Prov1, again  spin related.
Around the green they felt very similar to a prov, similar spin and feel.
After 80 strokes, the ball is very clean, no real marks at all.

All in all, I think I would be happy to play these full-time.  
Also, I think they are made in China, branded as Seed and sold through the Irish company, I also have a very funny feeling they go by other names and I've hit them before.

The fact that Carlow IT are involved I doubt that. Genuine researched ball I would imagine. I ordered the SD-01 a few days ago, not released yet so not too sure when I will get them.

tbayers

Dayor Knight wrote: »

Had a look at the review there and decided to order a dozen of the SD 05 too. Quite impressive that Finch was rating them very well against the Pro V1, so could be very good value at €25 per dozen. Looking forward to trying them.

Finch reviewed the SD-01 not the SD-05, big difference I imagine because SD-05 is more suited to lower swing speeds

Senna

tbayers wrote: »

The fact that Carlow IT are involved I doubt that. Genuine researched ball I would imagine. I ordered the SD-01 a few days ago, not released yet so not too sure when I will get them.

Yeah could be completely wrong on that, just wondering are they designed or manufactured here.

First Up

tbayers wrote:

The fact that Carlow IT are involved I doubt that. Genuine researched ball I would imagine.

The R&D may be done in Carlow but if there is a golf ball production facility in Ireland, I think we would know about it.

Seve OB

First Up wrote: »

The R&D may be done in Carlow but if there is a golf ball production facility in Ireland, I think we would know about it.

I may be going a bit mad here but wasn't the Kmart golf ball made here? I certainly remember something Irish about it

edit.
this thread, it was actually CostCo, the Kirkland Signature Ball.

Not Irish, an Irish retailer... my bad

Dayor Knight

Got my box of SD05. Tried one out yesterday. Really liked it. Great feel off the tee, does seem to fly off the face of the driver. A few shots I hit seemed to have gone further than I expected (??) Definitely would play this ball at €25 a dozen (plus postage). I'm comfortable with that price point for balls, as I'd probably be losing them quite regularly! (don't think I'd go to €40 a dozen, but that's no reflection on the ball).

Also a very well behaved ball as it refused to get lost in spite of some of my best efforts at times!

Any down side? Well, the Seed name and logo on it look a bit dull imo, but that's hardly an issue if the ball plays well. I really do wish the guys at CIT well with this and hope they keep the price competitive. Would like to support them at that price range.

Seve OB

yea I mean it wouldn't be difficult to design something that looks a bit better.

it will turn people away from playing the ball

wolfyboy555

Anyone know where you can get printed logos or text on golf balls? Looking for about a dozen.

Bottle

Dayor Knight wrote:

Any down side? Well, the Seed name and logo on it look a bit dull imo, but that's hardly an issue if the ball plays well. I really do wish the guys at CIT well with this and hope they keep the price competitive. Would like to support them at that price range.

I got mine during the week, nice golf ball, branding could be better. Assume the production one will be better than the prototype.

Beaulieu

My delivery arrived today - will be interested to see how they do. Zero branding on the packaging. Dullish design -even if they had the seed in green to denote Irish RnD it would look better.

Bottle

Played St Margarets yesterday with the SD-05 prototype. Feels much much harder than a Pro V1/V1x off the driver or longer irons. Distance was pretty good. Decent enough around the green. Comes off the putter (2 ball with metal inset) a bit hotter than a Pro V, so a bit similar to a Srixon AD333 Tour. Jury is still out, but at this point the Pro V is still ahead except for the price....

Seve OB

Yea but what about the 01?

tbayers

Seve OB wrote: »

Yea but what about the 01?

Won't be shipping until the end of August is what I got from them on Friday.

e.r

Placed an order for the seed-01 18th August, set up monthly order through PayPal.

Have not heard a thing no email confirmation, delivery dates etc.

Then emailed them through their contact form last week still no reply.

Anyone else having this?

mike12

e.r wrote: »

Placed an order for the seed-01 18th August, set up monthly order through PayPal.

Have not heard a thing no email confirmation, delivery dates etc.

Then emailed them through their contact form last week still no reply.

Anyone else having this?

Emailed them twice, got a reply twice. Balls cleared customs yesterday so all back orders will be cleared inside a week.

iwillhtfu

Error code on the SD-05 can't order.

A good price point if they're as described in this thread

e.r

mike12 wrote: »

Emailed them twice, got a reply twice. Balls cleared customs yesterday so all back orders will be cleared inside a week.

Hopefully

Thanks for the reply

PARlance

I haven't heard or seen anything to suggest that these guys have researched or designed the balls themself. Is this a case of them putting their logo on a Chinese copy of a premium ball?

PARlance

First Up wrote: »

The R&D may be done in Carlow but if there is a golf ball production facility in Ireland, I think we would know about it.

The Carlow IT link may be misleading. A lot of IT's have enterprise and innovation centre's attached to them. They are fairly independent to the IT in day to day running. They basically just office space to start ups. You don't need to be doing any real R&D either.

Senna

I've played 5+ rounds with the SD-05 and I'm giving up on them, but will try the SD-01 first.
The SD-05 just lacks compared to the Prov1, which probably isn't a fair comparison.

I think it spins more off the driver, it may fly further but there is much less role. Very noticeable on our first hole, the landing area is on a slope and my ball will always roll onto the flat at the bottom, with the seed it's always still stuck on the hill, first couple of times I put it down to swing or wind, but now I know it's the ball.

Second reason is a contradiction to above, no spin around the green, if you need the ball to check, it just won't. I didn't some comparisons shots with the Prov1 and the difference is huge, on a 20 yard pitch, the Seed would run out 12-15ft further on a similar strike.

mike12

Balls are in the post.
The SD 05 are for slower swing speeds so won't compare well to the Pro v1.
Will be interested to see for myself when they get here.
Can't expect them to be a equal but it will be a question is the price difference worth a loss in performance.

e.r

Finally got confirmation email today.

Not playing good enough at the minute to give them a proper review.

Unless they float

mike12

So balls arrived last week and used them over the 2 days last weekend.
Very windy so hard to judge distances, managed to get thru the 2 rounds with the one ball so happy with the way it holds up no markings or scuffs.
Feels nice off the putter and wedge and generally didn't notice any loss of spin.
As I said distance were hard to judge but no real noticeable difference.
I did win the comp Sunday so judgement maybe a bit clouded.

Dayor Knight

mike12 wrote: »

So balls arrived last week and used them over the 2 days last weekend.
Very windy so hard to judge distances, managed to get thru the 2 rounds with the one ball so happy with the way it holds up no markings or scuffs.
Feels nice off the putter and wedge and generally didn't notice any loss of spin.
As I said distance were hard to judge but no real noticeable difference.
I did win the comp Sunday so judgement maybe a bit clouded.

Has to be a lucky ball so!