Hold The Phone: Those New Kirkland Signature Gen 3 Forged Wedges Are Now Available

The long-rumored and much-promised Kirkland Signature Gen 3 Forged Wedge set is now available.

If I were you, I’d hurry.

Three forged wedges for $199.99 is one of those deals that’s too good to pass up, even if you don’t need new wedges.

Hell, it’s too good to pass up even if you don’t play golf.

Here’s what we know…

Kirkland Signature Gen 3 – online and in-store

The Kirkland Signature Gen 3 Forged wedges landed on the USGA Conforming List in April. At the time it was expected they’d hit retail anytime between eight and 20 weeks later. It would be pretty much eight weeks on the button. We found the Kirkland Signature Gen 3 wedges on Costco’s website this morning. We can only presume that means they’re either in stores now or will be shortly. Some early adopters have already posted reviews and, as you can guess, they’re positive ones.

Despite the imagery originally provided to the USGA, it appears this initial offering is available in right-handed only.

If you want nuanced lofts or game specific sole grinds, you won’t find it at Costco. What you will find is a three-piece forged wedge set with standard lofts: a 52-degree gap wedge, a 56-degree sand wedge and a 60-degree lob wedge. Kirkland says the wedges are forged from carbon steel, but are unspecific on the blend, so we don’t know if it’s 1020, 1025 or even 8620 (yes, you can forge that too, sort of).

Each wedge features a raw, sandblasted face. Raw faces tend to enhance spin due to the lack of an actual plating or finish, but they will oxidize (aka rust) over time, which does not enhance spin. The Kirkland Signature Gen 3 wedge set also features a progressive center of gravity. That means as the lofts go up, so does the CG. That’s to improve trajectory control for lower flighted, higher spinning wedge shots.

The line also includes a “Kirkland Signature Wedge Flex shaft,” which we don’t know much about, and a Lamkin Crossline 360 grip.

For more information, you can hit up the Costco website.