Gold Golf Balls (Yellow) vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?
Vice Drip Golf Balls is the clear pick. Pinnacle Gold Golf Balls (Yellow) carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Pinnacle
Gold Golf Balls (Yellow)
PFAS grade
Good 50/100
Overall grade
Poor 32/100
Verdict
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Hazard flags
⚑ 3
Material
Surlyn ionomer cover, rubber/synthetic core
Confidence
35%
PossibleRubber/elastomer core degradation over time
ReportedInhalation risk from damaged or punctured ball
PossiblePFAS in durable surface coatings
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 Rubber/elastomer core degradation over time, Inhalation risk from damaged or punctured ball and PFAS in durable surface coatings on the Pinnacle and not on the Vice Golf.
- The Pinnacle is Surlyn ionomer cover, rubber/synthetic core 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 35 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Vice Golf is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Pinnacle grade, at 35% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.
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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