Vice Golf it just fell Vice Pro Cosmic Collection and while I won’t go so far as to say it’s unlike anything we’ve ever seen before, it’s definitely unlike anything we’ve seen in a urethane ball from a company with any measurable market share.
of Vice Pro Cosmic Collection features what Vice describes as the first transparent urethane cover. The company says the design maintains full transparency without compromising performance, opening up new possibilities for ball design in the future.
On the surface (and, I suppose, just underneath), the Vice Cosmic balls are reminiscent of the Chromax or Volvik Crystal designs, though neither comes with what’s generally described as Tour Construction—both lack a urethane cover, clear or otherwise.
An initiative of Vice Labs
of Cosmic Collection falls under the Vice Labs initiative which the company describes as:
“Vice Labs is Vice Golf’s innovation engine focused on exploring new materials, unconventional constructions and new design directions. Its goal is simple: challenge old golf ball conventions and turn experimental ideas into performance-ready products.”
This is not just a fancy name for our R&D team, this is a specialized and secretive unit charged with pushing the boundaries of what high performance golf equipment can be.”
Cold.
That’s all well and good, but I think it’s fair to say that what we’re looking at doesn’t have much to do with performance advances. And that’s good. 2025 has been the year of limited edition and other one-offs in the golf ball category, and admittedly there have been plenty that aren’t half as nice as what Vice has done with Cosmic Collection.
As with many limited edition items, getting Vice for cool comes at a cost. Cosmic Collection The golf balls are a unit priced at $20 more than the standard Vice Pro offering. This trumps the Pro V1, putting the Vice on the wrong side of the value line. According to Vice, that’s the cost of investing R&D dollars into things like pure urethane, gloss coats, limited production and advanced materials research.
performance
of Cosmic Vice Collection it’s just launched, so we haven’t tested it, but given what we’ve seen of the different color models, it’s reasonable to expect there will be differences. In the golf ball world, paint isn’t just a splash of color, it’s the chemistry in multiple layers of the ball, and given the seemingly radical nature of what Vice is doing, changes are to be expected.
Given the departure from standard materials, I’m also very curious about the spin holding up in wet conditions.
That said, this really isn’t a performance story. Vice’s premium balls are generally strong performers, but Cosmic Collection it’s more about creating something different, undeniably cool. And so, whatever performance difference there might be, probably won’t matter to the intended gamer—even at $60 a pop.
A word of caution
A quick note for the serious/competitive gamers among you; THE Vice Pro Cosmic Collection Golf Ball is currently not listed in the USGA conforming listso technically, it’s not legal to play in the tournament. I suppose that could change, but given the limited nature of production, it might never be. And again, this wouldn’t be unreasonable given that the initial incarnation is limited. Who knows if Vice will continue down this path, but this could end up being as collectible as it is a serious ball for serious players.
of The Vice Cosmic Collection is available now while supplies last (limited).
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