Tour Premium Golf Glove vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?
Vice Drip Golf Balls is the clear pick. Bridgestone Tour Premium Golf Glove carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Bridgestone
Tour Premium Golf Glove
PFAS grade
Poor 40/100
Overall grade
Poor 28/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Leather palm with synthetic back; moisture-wicking treatment
Confidence
55%
PossibleHeavy metals in leather tanning residues
PossibleFormaldehyde-releasing resins in synthetic back or coatings
PossibleDegradation and microfiber shedding from synthetic back
Our pick
Vice Golf
Vice Drip Golf Balls
PFAS grade
Excellent 85/100
Overall grade
Excellent 85/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
none flagged
Material
synthetic polymer core with urethane/elastomer cover
Confidence
72%
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Heavy metals in leather tanning residues, Formaldehyde-releasing resins in synthetic back or coatings and Degradation and microfiber shedding from synthetic back on the Bridgestone and not on the Vice Golf.
- The Bridgestone is Leather palm with synthetic back; moisture-wicking treatment where the Vice Golf is synthetic polymer core with urethane/elastomer cover, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Vice Golf is the one to buy.
Both products run through the same public rubric: materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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