Tour Preferred Flex Golf Glove vs Vice Drip Golf Balls: which is safer?

Vice Drip Golf Balls is the clear pick. TaylorMade Tour Preferred Flex Golf Glove carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

TaylorMade Tour Preferred Flex Golf Glove

TaylorMade

Tour Preferred Flex Golf Glove

PFAS grade

Poor 40/100

Overall grade

Poor 32/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Leather palm with synthetic backing, water-resistant treatment

Confidence

62%

PossibleWater-resistant treatment composition (PFAS or alternative)

PossibleDegradation of water-resistant coating over time

Our pick

Vice Drip Golf Balls

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 Water-resistant treatment composition (PFAS or alternative) and Degradation of water-resistant coating over time on the TaylorMade and not on the Vice Golf.
  • The TaylorMade is Leather palm with synthetic backing, water-resistant 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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