2024 Golf Ball Guide: 48 golf balls reviewed and recommended for your game
Jeffrey Westbrook; Styling: Miako Kato
There’s a good chance you’ve heard it before, but it still bears repeating: The golf ball is the only piece of equipment in your bag — save for your grips — that sees action on every shot you take. Think about that for a second.
In a world where golfers are spending more time (and money) than ever before on clubfittings to optimize their setup, the golf ball remains the forgotten piece of the gear puzzle — an all-important aspect that some leave up to chance.
If you’re a high-spin golfer blindly playing a ball designed to induce more rpm, you’re likely sacrificing distance and consistency on the course. It’s akin to grabbing a suit off the rack and expecting it to fit like a well-tailored Cesare Attolini.
It’s time to change how you look at the golf ball. With a myriad of models, colors and visual tech options available, we can guarantee there’s a ball for your game. Continued improvements in technology and materials have made it easier than ever to decouple launch and spin and find a winning offering that truly does it all from tee to green.
With the help of our 2024 Golf Ball Guide, our goal is to make you smarter and better informed about the options in the marketplace as well as the materials used to bring these high-tech offerings to life. As you’ll quickly notice, a lot goes into crafting the materials and models offered by leading equipment manufacturers. We also give leading gear experts in the industry the opportunity to answer some of your most pressing golf ball questions. Consider this your guide to the ultimate golf ball.
But first, here are 48 of the best new golf balls available for purchase and the essential info you need to know about each model, including how they’re categorized:
Premium: These golf balls use top-of-the-line materials to offer distance and maximum short game control.
Premium value: The golf balls offer high-end materials and technology but at a lower price point.
Distance value: These are golf balls designed to deliver maximum distance and reduced shot dispersion off the tee.
Soft spin value: Golf balls are designed to offer a soft feel and more short game zip than distance focused golf balls.
BEST GOLF BALLS OF 2024
BRIDGESTONE GOLF BALLS
PREMIUM MODELS
Bridgestone Tour B X
Bridgestone Tour B X 2024 Golf Balls
$49.99
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The Bridgestone Tour B X generates greater initial velocity thanks to a firmer compression Reactiv X core system and Xclrnt mid-layer for improved distance off the tee and hit and sit performance into the greens. The X model is specifically tuned for golfers who swing over 105 mph and prioritize distance.
Bridgestone Tour B XS
Bridgestone Tour B XS 2024 Golf Balls
$49.99
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The Bridgestone Tour B XS generates higher initial velocity thanks to a firmer compression Reactiv X core and Xclrnt mid-layer for improved distance but without losing spin on approach shots. The X model is specifically tuned for golfers who swing over 105 mph and want extra spin around the greens.
Bridgestone Tour B RX
Bridgestone Tour B RX 2024 Golf Balls
$49.99
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The Bridgestone Tour B RX combines a new Reactiv X core system and Xclrnt mid-layer to generate greater initial velocity for improved distance off the tee and tour-level spin around the greens. The RX model is specifically tuned for golfers who swing under 105 mph and want to prioritize distance.
Bridgestone Tour B RXS
Bridgestone Tour B RXS 2024 Golf Balls
$49.99
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The Bridgestone Tour B RXS combines a new Reactiv X core system and Xclrnt mid-layer to generate greater initial velocity for improved distance off the tee and tour-level spin around the greens. The RXS is the ideal ball for golfers who swing under 105 mph and are looking for extra short-game spin.
SOFT SPIN MODELS
Bridgestone e12 Contact
Bridgestone e12 Contact 2023 Golf Balls
$34.99
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The e12 Contact’s Flexativ cover and Contact Force dimple design offer more surface contact at impact to generate a more efficient energy transfer. The cover also helps to create greater friction on shots hit with higher lofted clubs to increase spin and control.
Bridgestone Lady Precept
Bridgestone Lady Precept Golf Balls
With a soft core and cover design, the Lady Precept is engineered to produce a soft feel and less impact vibration feedback. The unique 330-dimple pattern creates maximum lift for a higher ballflight, resulting in longer drives that carry farther.
Bridgestone e9 Long Drive
Bridgestone e9 Long Drive Golf Balls
The e9 Long Drive was developed in conjunction with the World Long Drive Association and features an extreme gradient core to create faster rebound while maintaining an overall softer feel. The cover also features an aerodynamically optimized 330-dimple cover for reduced drag and maximum carry.
Bridgestone e6
Bridgestone e6 Golf Balls
Designed to create the ideal blend of speed, distance and soft feel, the e6 utilizes a large soft core as part of its two-piece construction to provide distance off the tee by reducing spin. Seamless cover technology also helps add stability through the air on all shots.
CALLAWAY GOLF BALLS
PREMIUM MODELS
Callaway Chrome Soft
Callaway 2024 Chrome Soft Golf Balls
$54.99
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A new Hyper Fast core is engineered to produce maximum ball speed and distance, while the seamless tour aero dimple design produces an extremely stable ballflight that maintains down-range accuracy. The urethane cover generates increased tour-level greenside spin and control.
Callaway Chrome Tour
Callaway 2024 Chrome Tour Triple Track Golf Balls
$54.99
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The Chrome Tour is engineered to provide better players with the ideal combination of distance off the tee and short-game control. The tour urethane cover allows golfers to be aggressive on approach shots thanks to the added shot-stopping spin and trajectory control.
Callaway Chrome Tour X
Callaway 2024 Chrome Tour X TruTrack Golf Balls
$54.99
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Designed to deliver maximum ball speed and distance off the driver, the Chrome Tour X utilizes Callaway’s Hyper Fast core technology along with a new dimple design to generate a penetrating ballflight allowing for precise control with short irons and wedges into greens.
Callaway ERC Soft
Callaway ERC Soft Triple Track Golf Balls
$39.99
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Featuring a three-piece construction that is designed to offer all-around performance, the ERC Soft offers low driver spin, increased control and durability. A specially formulated high-elongation paint adds to the short-game performance by providing extra control on short and approach shots.
DISTANCE MODELS
Callaway Superfast
Callaway Superfast Golf Balls
With a high-speed core, cover and aerodynamic dimple pattern designed to create longer distances with every club in the bag, the Superfast is built for speed and durability. A Paraloid Impact Modifier in the cover helps to maximize launch while still providing a soft feel on touch shots.
Callaway Reva
Callaway Reva Golf Balls
The Reva golf ball has been engineered to help moderate swing speed women improve their distance and add forgiveness with the help of a slightly oversize design built to increase launch while maintaining lower spin. It also inspires confidence to hit shots easier from any lie.
Callaway Warbird
Callaway Warbird Golf Balls
The Warbird is singularly designed to offer maximum distance and ball speed with the help of its high-energy two-piece construction. The cover features Callaway’s HEX dimple design to promote a higher ballflight for extra carry and more stability in any conditions.
SOFT SPIN MODELS
Callaway Supersoft
Callaway Supersoft Golf Balls
With a HyperElastic soft fast core, the Callaway Supersoft provides exceptional distance in a low compression and soft-feeling golf ball. The hybrid cover offers great wedge control on approach shots and around the greens, plus it comes in a multitude of colors.
DISTANCE VALUE MODELS
Callaway Supersoft Max
Callaway Supersoft Max Golf Balls
This slightly oversize golf ball is engineered for maximum distance and forgiveness and utilizes a specialized cover design to help encourage higher launch and lower spin. The dimple design also makes it Callaway’s longest golf ball for lower-speed players.
MIZUNO GOLF BALLS
PREMIUM MODELS
Mizuno RB Tour X
Mizuno RB Tour X Tour Golf Balls
$42.99
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The RB Tour X is designed to offer a soft feel at impact, along with a lower spinning ballflight off the driver. When paired with the AXIALFLOW dimple pattern, it helps create a high yet penetrating flight for better control through the bag and greater trajectory control into the scoring clubs.
Mizuno RB Tour
Mizuno RB Tour Golf Balls
$42.99
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Designed to offer a softer feel than the RB Tour X, the RB Tour offers all of the benefits of the lower spinning and higher ballflight design but in a package that provides some extra short-game feel and spin.
Mizuno RB Max
Mizuno RB Max Golf Balls
The RB Max has been engineered to offer the speed and ballflight of the RB Tour golf balls but in a two-piece package to create greater durability. The ionomer cover offers a softer impact feel for those who still like to experience a softer touch around the greens.
PINNACLE
DISTANCE VALUE MODELS
Pinnacle Rush
Pinnacle Rush
SOFT SPIN VALUE MODELS
Pinnacle Soft
Pinnacle Soft
SRIXON GOLF BALLS
PREMIUM MODELS
Srixon Z-Star
Srixon Z-STAR 8 2023 Golf Balls
$47.99
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The Z-Star golf ball offers top-of-the-line distance and premium feel thanks to a newly designed FastLayer DG core that is softer in the middle and firmer toward the outside for quicker rebounding. Spin Skin+ provides increased control thanks to a micronic layer of specialized urethane.
Srixon Z-Star XV
Srixon Z-STAR XV 8 2023 Golf Balls
$47.99
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The Z-Star XV delivers maximum ball speed, distance and control thanks to a newly designed FastLayer DG core that is softer in the middle and firmer toward the outside for quicker rebounding. Spin Skin+ provides increased control thanks to a micronic layer of specialized urethane.
Srixon Z-Star Diamond
Srixon Z-STAR DIAMOND 2023 Golf Balls
$47.99
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Featuring all the technology of the Z-Star ball line including the FastLayer DG Core and Spin Skin+ cover technology, the Z-Star Diamond differentiates itself by delivering increased spin on long and mid-iron shots for extra stopping power on longer approach shots without sacrificing distance.
Srixon Q-Star Tour
Srixon Q-Star Tour 5 Golf Balls
$39.99
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The Srixon Q-Star Tour is a urethane-covered golf ball designed to offer moderate swing speed golfers a tour-level performance ball and distance. The FastLayer core and 338-speed dimple pattern provide a flatter and straighter ballflight that stays in the air longer for extra carry.
SOFT SPIN MODELS
Srixon Q-Star
Srixon Q-Star Divide Golf Balls
$34.99
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The Srixon Q-Star is a premium, low-compression ball intended to deliver a balance of distance, feel and control around the green. The soft ionomer cover features Spin Skin with SeRM to help the cover grab iron and wedge grooves at impact for more spin and stopping power.
DISTANCE MODELS
Srixon Soft Feel
Srixon Soft Feel Golf Balls
With a FastLayer low-compression core and soft ionomer cover, the Srixon Soft Feel provides low-spin driver performance and a mid-high trajectory to help golfers add distance without losing precious carry or touch around the greens. It also comes in four bright color options to stand out from the crowd.
TAYLORMADE GOLF BALLS
PREMIUM MODELS
TaylorMade TP5
TaylorMade 2024 TP5 Golf Balls
$54.99
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With a new speed-layer system that incorporates what TaylorMade calls High-Flex Material (HFM) into the mantle, the TP5 provides a combination of a softer feel and acoustics with faster speeds to prevent sacrificing distance. The new dimple design provides a mid-trajectory ballflight.
TaylorMade TP5x
TaylorMade 2024 TP5x Golf Balls
$54.99
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The TP5x offers the same new speed-layer system with High-Flex Material as the TP5 but with a firmer feel and adjusted dimple pattern to create a higher trajectory off the driver but a lower and more controlled flight with the irons and wedges for added distance for better gapping.
TaylorMade Tour Response
TaylorMade Tour Response Golf Balls
$42.99
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The TaylorMade Tour Response is a cast urethane tour-level ball designed to combine high performance at a lower price and even includes the same tour flight dimple pattern as the TP5 and TP5x. Plus, with the choice of 360-degree ClearPath Alignment, golfers can find more consistency on the greens.
DISTANCE MODELS
TaylorMade Speed Soft
TaylorMade Speed Soft Golf Balls
The Speed Soft line of balls has been designed to deliver the softest feel through the bag, without sacrificing precious distance off the tee. The golf ball engineers at TaylorMade were able to achieve this rare blend with the help of a new PWRCORE that kicks the construction up a notch.
TaylorMade Speed Soft Ink
TaylorMade Speed Soft Ink Golf Balls
The Speed Soft Ink balls offer all the same performance and PWRCORE technology as the standard Speed Soft but with the added benefit of a unique high-contrast paint splatter design to let you showcase your personality on the course.
TaylorMade Kalea
TaylorMade Kalea Golf Balls
The Kalea balls have been designed with moderate swing speed women in mind and feature a large low-compression core to help offer added distance while still producing a soft feel around the greens. The dimple pattern has also been engineered to create extra lift for longer carry.
TaylorMade Distance+
TaylorMade Distance+ Golf Balls
The Distance+ golf balls offer a low-compression core and a high-speed low-drag aerodynamic dimple pattern to create more speed off the tee, leading to added distance. The ball also has a plus alignment design to help you easily set up your intended line and make sure your putter face is square.
TITLEIST GOLF BALLS
PREMIUM MODELS
Titleist Pro V1
Titleist Pro V1 Golf Balls
The Titleist Pro V1 offers a premium, soft feel around the green thanks to its soft cast urethane cover to help shots drop and stop. Its multilayer design, which includes a high-gradient core and new dimple pattern, provides added speed off the longer clubs and a flatter trajectory for those looking to lower their peak height.
Titleist Pro V1x
Titleist Pro V1x Golf Balls
The Titleist Pro V1x offers a premium soft yet firmer feel around the greens thanks to its soft cast urethane cover to help shots drop and stop. Its multilayer design includes a high-gradient dual core that produces lower, long-game spin and a dimple design to help produce a higher peak height.
Titleist Pro V1x Left Dash
Titleist Pro V1x Left Dash Golf Balls
$54.99
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The Titleist Pro V1x Left Dash offers the firmest feel in the Pro V1 line and is designed to offer more ball speed, distance and low spin, which is achieved by its large dual-core design. The dimple design is optimized specifically for the core properties of the Left Dash to offer a higher yet stable flight window.
Titleist AVX
Titleist 2024 AVX Golf Balls
$49.99
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The Titleist AVX is designed as a lower-flying and lower-spinning ball option that still offers a soft feel and premium short-game control around the greens. A new, thin casting layer between the cover and the core helps provide distance and lower spin with longer clubs to help golfers gain distance.
PREMIUM VALUE MODELS
Titleist Tour Soft
Titleist Tour Soft Golf Balls
For golfers who prioritize soft feel and all-around performance, the Tour Soft and its reformulated thin Fusablend cover offers short-game control with speed off the tee. For golfers who also want more help on the greens, the side alignment aid makes it easy to make sure your putterface is square to the target.
DISTANCE MODELS
Titleist Velocity
Titleist Velocity Golf Balls
With a large LSX core and fast NaZ+ cover design, the Titleist Velocity is designed to achieve exactly what you would expect from a ball with a name like Velocity—maximum distance. Its low, long-game spin can help reduce shot curvature while the unique dimple pattern provides a consistent trajectory.
SOFT SPIN MODELS
Titleist TruFeel
Titleist TruFeel Golf Balls
For golfers who prioritize a ball that offers a soft feel with some extra greenside control, the Titleist TruFeel delivers, thanks to its TruTouch core and improved 3.0 TruFlex cover. The unique dimple pattern also provides a flatter and more penetrating trajectory to help lower peak height.
VICE GOLF BALLS
PREMIUM MODELS
Vice Pro
Vice Pro Golf Balls
The Vice Pro is a three-piece cast urethane ball designed to maximize spin around the greens and feel through the bag. Its high-energy speed core helps elevate ball speeds while still providing solid feedback in the short game.
Vice Pro Plus
Vice Pro Plus Golf Balls
The Vice Pro Plus is a four-piece cast urethane ball with dual mantle layers and a higher compression core to better optimize performance for golfers with higher swing speeds. The construction offers low driver launch and spin with elevated short-game control.
SOFT SPIN MODELS
Vice Tour
Vice Tour Golf Balls
The Vice Tour is a three-piece Surlyn-covered ball designed to provide durability, ballflight control and a softer feel. The core and cover construction has been engineered for golfers of all skill levels and swing speeds.
DISTANCE MODELS
Vice Drive
Vice Drive Golf Balls
This two-piece distance-focused ball is equipped with a soft energy speed core to provide distance off the tee and a softer feel on full shots. The long line side stamp also makes it easy to line up putts for better accuracy on the greens.
VOLVIK GOLF BALLS
PREMIUM MODELS
Volvik Condor
Volvik Condor Golf Balls
With its soft cast urethane cover and Hyper W-Carbonic Power Core, the Volvik Condor is designed to offer tour-level performance and a soft feel. With the help of its symmetrical 336-dimple pattern, it provides a stable ballflight through the entire golf bag on every shot.
Volvik XT Soft
Volvik XT Soft Golf Balls
This three-piece urethane-covered ball is designed to offer tour-level performance for golfers with average swing speeds. The softer core construction is engineered to offer added distance throughout the bag, and the dimple pattern is designed for added stability through the air.
DISTANCE MODELS
Volvik Vista3 Prism 360
Volvik Vista3 Prism 360 Golf Balls
The Vista3 Prism 360 is designed to create maximum distance with the help of a Nano-Bi core that features a 90 compression. A new Z-III cover with a 332-dimple design provides stable ballflight and extra short-game feel and control.
SOFT SPIN MODELS
Volvik Vivid
Volvik Vivid Golf Balls
With an 85-compression energy core, the Volvik Vivid delivers speed off the tee and extra short-game feel and control. The newly formulated matte cover finish makes it easy to spot, and it comes in many color options beyond white.