The Vice Tour is a $29.99 ionomer golf ball that offers an entry point into the Vice lineup without the premium price of their urethane options. It’s one of the more affordable balls we’ve tested in this series and the ionomer cover sets it apart from most of the competition in Ball Lab. What Ball Lab can tell you is what’s happening inside the box. We measured weight, diameter, compression, roundness and balance across 36 balls and three boxes to give you the manufacturing side of that picture.
Here’s what the 2024 Vice Tour looks like under the microscope.
Vice Tour
Pros
Pros - Perfect quality control — 100% good ball rate across all 36 balls, zero defects
- Compression consistency graded B+ and diameter consistency graded B+ — strong across both physical dimensions
Cons
Cons - Compression symmetry graded C- — the weakest category on the card and the one that drags the profile down
- Ionomer cover rather than urethane
Our Verdict
Our Verdict The 2024 Vice Tour earns a Quality Score of 90 and an A- grade: Recommended. Good Ball Rate came in at a perfect 100 percent with zero defects across all 36 balls. Compression consistency and diameter consistency are both bright spots, grading at B+ and pulling the profile up. The one category that holds the score back is compression symmetry, which graded at C- and is the primary drag on what is otherwise a strong manufacturing card for a ball at this price point.
Product details
- Price: $29.99/dozen
- Construction: 3-piece ionomer
- Compression: 91 (Firm)
- Diameter: 1.6841 in.
- Weight: 1.6129 oz.
- Bad Balls: 0 of 36
Test results
The 2024 Vice Tour scored 90 and earned an A- grade. The score is built on a clean defect record and strong physical consistency with one category pulling the profile back from a higher finish.
Good Ball Rate came in at a perfect 100 percent. All 36 balls passed inspection with zero flagged defects across cores, layers and covers.
Compression consistency graded at B+ with a delta of 5.8 points and a spread running from 89.4 to 95.2. The tight window means ball-to-ball performance variation is minimal. Where the profile gives ground is compression symmetry which graded at C- with a median of 2.5 points against a field average of 1.9. That means individual balls show more internal compression variation than we’d like to see.
Diameter consistency graded at B+, one of the stronger results on the card. The sample showed no consistent pole-versus-seam pattern and the range of just 0.0020 inches is among the tighter results in the database. Weight consistency graded at B.
For an ionomer ball at $34.99 per dozen, the Vice Tour delivers a manufacturing profile that punches above its price point in most categories. With a score of 90, the 2024 Vice Tour earns a quality recommendation.
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Compression
Compression is a measure of how much force is required to deform a golf ball; the higher the number, the firmer the ball. Consistency matters because a ball that compresses differently from shot to shot produces different results from shot to shot. Ball Lab measures every ball individually and tracks both the average and the spread across the sample.
The 2024 Vice Tour averaged 91, in the firm range of our database and unusually firm for the ionomer set. Compression consistency graded at B+ with a delta of 5.8 points and a spread running from 89.4 to 95.2. The compression consistency was well below the database average of 9.7 and one of the tighter results in this test series. Ball to ball, what you pull out of the box is going to be a consistent product.
Ball Lab also measures compression symmetry which tracks how evenly compression is distributed across three points on each individual ball. Is each ball consistent within itself? The Vice Tour averaged 2.5 points of deviation, above the field average of 1.9. This is the one category where the profile shows a weakness. Individual balls carry more internal compression variation than we see from the stronger performers in the database.
The charts below detail the compression measurements in our sample.
Weight
Weight consistency is another metric Ball Lab tracks. Even small differences across a dozen balls can translate to inconsistent ball flight. Ball Lab weighs every ball to four decimal places.
The 2024 Vice Tour averaged 1.6129 ounces across 36 balls, on the heavier end of the database. Every ball cleared the USGA maximum of 1.6205 ounces with a range running from 1.6092 to 1.6167 and a standard deviation of 0.0019. No outliers and no violations.
Weight consistency grades out at B.
The charts below detail the weight measurements in our sample.
Diameter
A ball that isn’t uniform in shape can track offline on the putting green or produce inconsistent flight in the air. Ball Lab measures each ball across multiple axes to get a true picture of its shape.
The 2024 Vice Tour averaged 1.6841 inches, above the USGA minimum of 1.680, with a roundness deviation of 0.0004 inches. Every ball cleared the minimum and the sample showed no consistent pole-versus-seam pattern. It had a clean result across all three boxes.
Diameter consistency graded out at B+, one of the two strongest categories on the card alongside compression consistency.
The charts below detail the diameter measurements in our sample.
Ball Lab report card
Each Quality Score is a weighted average of five grades: good ball rate, compression consistency, compression symmetry, diameter consistency, weight consistency. Our scoring system punishes defective balls more severely while giving greater weight to compression metrics than to weight and diameter.
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