Golf Ball Fittling

Golf Ball Covers Chart

Learn the Basics of Golf Ball Covers

Golf ball term “Cover”: The golf ball’s outer most layer. Typically made from urethane or a material called Surlyn, the cover is dimpled and has a major effect on the ball’s performance characteristics. Play a round or two with each ‘contender’ with different covers until you have decided which golf ball cover provides you with the correct performance characteristics.

The nice thing about purchasing golf balls, as opposed to a set of golf clubs, is that you don’t have to invest hundreds of dollars to put them into use in your game. If you settle on a specific golf ball, only to later decide that it isn’t quite right for your game, you can always make a switch the next time you need to buy a box. Also, you can always compare and test out golf balls that you find on the course to see which cover might work for best your game.

Category key Golf Ball Cover

Urethane Golf Ball Cover: Urethane is widely used as a cover material in Tour/Advanced/Performance balls. Softer and less durable than Surlyn, urethane enhances spin while providing a feel preferred by highly skilled players.

Surlyn Golf Ball Cover: An ionomer manufactured by DuPont, Surlyn is a popular cover material found on many golf balls. Surlyn is extremely durable and resilient. Balls made with Surlyn typically spin less than those made from urethane.

Ionomer Golf Ball Cover: A specific type of plastic (polymer) that is very durable and resilient. Surlyn is the best known and most widely used golf ball ionomer.

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Golf Ball Model Cover Category Model Review
Bridgestone Tour B330 Urethane
Bridgestone Tour B330-S Urethane
Bridgestone Laddie Extreme Touch N’ Control Ionomer
Bridgestones New e6 Lady surlyn
Bridgestone TOUR B RX Urethane
Bridgestone TOUR B RXS Urethane
Bridgestone Series e6 & e6 Ladies Surlyn Cover
Bridgestone e12 Speed Golf Ball Surlyn Cover
Bridgestone e12 Soft Golf Ball Surlyn Cover
Bridgestone Tour B330-RX Urethane
Bridgestone Tour B330-RXS Urethane
Bridgestone e5 Urethane
Bridgestone e6 Ionomer
Bridgestone TOUR B XS Urethane
Bridgestone TOUR B X Urethane
Bridgestone e6 SPEED Surlyn
Bridgestone e6 Soft Surlyn
Bridgestone e7 Surlyn
Bridgestone Lady Precept Ionomer
Bridgestone xFIXx Ionomer
Bridgestone Extra Soft Ionomer
Bridgestone Precept Powerdrive Golf Ball lonomer Cover
Bridgestone Laddie X Ionomer
Callaway HEX Black Tour Urethane
Callaway HEX Chrome+ Urethane
Callaway HEX Chrome Urethane
Callaway HEX Diablo Trionomer
Callaway Limited Edition Chrome Soft “58” Urethane
Callaway Superhot 70 Ionomer
Callaway HEX Hot Trionomer
Callaway HEX Hot Pro Trionomer
Callaway HEX Solaire Trionomer
Callaway HEX Warbird Surlyn
Callaway Speed Regime 1 Urethane
Callaway Speed Regime 2 Urethane
Callaway Chrome Soft X Urethane
Callaway Supersoft Magna Trionomer Cover
Callaways New ERC Soft Hybrid multi-material HEX Aerodynamics
Callaway Speed Regime 3 Urethane
Callaway Chrome Soft Urethane
Callaway Warbird and Warbird Yellow Surlyn
Callaway ERC Soft Hybrid
Callaway ERC Soft New 2022 Hybrid
Callaway HEX Soft Trionomer
Callaway Supersoft Yellow Trionomer
Callaway New Chrome Soft with Truvis Technology Urethane
Callaway New Chrome Soft Truvis Yellow and Black Urethane
Callaway New Chrome Soft Yellow Urethane
Callaway Strata Tour Advanced Ionomer
Callaway Supersoft Pink Trionomer
Callaway Solaire and Pink Surlyn
Callaway Superhot 55 Yellow Trionomer
Callaway Supersoft Surlyn
Callaway Superhot 55 Trionomer
Cut Blue DC Urethane Cover
Maxfli Revolution Low Compression Surlyn
Maxfli Revolution Spin Ionomer
Maxfli U/2 Model Ionomer
Maxfli U/3 Urethane
Maxfli U/4 Urethane
Maxfli U/4x Urethane
Maxfli U/6 Urethane
Mizuno RB566 Durable Ionomer
Mizuno RB566V Durable Ionomer
Mizuno RB Tour, RB Tour X Urethane Cover
Nike 20XI-X Urethane
Nike 20XI Urethane
Nike One RZN X Urethane
Nike One RZN Ionomer
Nike One Vapor Speed Ionomer
Nike Power Distance Long Ionomer
Nike Power Distance Soft Ionomer
Nike RZN Black Ionomer
Nike RZN Platinum Urethane
Nike RZN Red Urethane
Nike RZN White Urethane
Nike RZN Tour ball Ionomer
Nike RZN Speed ball Ionomer
Pinnacle Rush Urethane
Pinnacle Soft Urethane
Pinnacle Bling Ionomer
Pinnacle Gold Distance Ionomer
Slazenger RAW Distance Feel Surlyn
Slazenger RAW Distance Surlyn
Snell Golf MTB Red urethane Cover
Snell Golf MTB Black urethane Cover
Snell MTB-X Urethane thin cast
Srixon Soft Feel Brite Ionomer Cover
Srixon Revamped Q-Star Ionomer Urethane Coating SeRM
Srixon Q-STAR Ionomer
Srixon New Q-Star Tour Golf Ball Urethane Cover
Srixon Soft Feel Ionomer
Srixon Q-Star 5th Gen Urethane Compound Cover Coating
Srixon Z-STAR PURE WHITE and TOUR YELLOW Ionomer
Srixon Z-STAR XV PURE WHITE and TOUR YELLOW Ionomer
Srixon Q-STAR XV PURE WHITE and TOUR YELLOW Ionomer
Srixon SOFT FEEL SOFT WHITE and TOUR YELLOW Urethane
Srixon SOFT FEEL LADY SOFT WHITE Urethane
Srixon Soft Feel Ionomer
Srixon Z-Star Spin Skin Urethane
Srixon Z-Star XV Urethane
Srixon Soft Feel Lady Ionomer
Srixon Trispeed Tour Ionomer
Srixon Trispeed Ionomer
Srixon Z-STAR SL Urethane
Srixon Z-STAR XV Urethane
Srixon Z-STAR Urethane
TaylorMade Burner Iothane
Taylormade Kalea Iothane
Taylormade Distance + Iothane
Taylormade AeroBurner-Pro Iothane
Taylormade AeroBurner-Soft Iothane
TaylorMade Lethal Iothane
TaylorMade TP5 & TP5x Urethane
TaylorMade New Tour Response urethane
TaylorMade Soft Response ionomere
TaylorMade TP5 & TP5x Urethane Cover
TaylorMade TP5, TP5 X, TP5 Pix Urethane Cover Dual Spin Cover
TaylorMade RocketBallz Urethane Urethane
TaylorMade RocketBallz Iothane
TaylorMade SuperDeep Iothane
TaylorMade Project (a) Urethane
TaylorMade New Tour Preferred Soft Tech
TaylorMade New Tour Preferred X Soft Tech
TaylorMade Project (s) ionomer cover
TaylorMade Noodle Neon Matte Red/Lime Green Surlyn Cover
TaylorMade Noodle Long and Soft Surlyn Cover
TaylorMade Noodle Easy Distance Surlyn Cover
Titleist AVX GRN41 cast thermoset urethane cover
Titleist DT TruSoft TruFlex Cover
Titleist Tour Soft New Ionomer
TITLEIST TOUR SPEED Urethane Cover
Titleist DT SoLo Surlyn
Titleist’s 2020 TruFeel TruFlex Cover
Titleist EXP-01 Urethane MTR Cover System
Titleist NXT Tour Fusablend
Titleist NXT Tour S Fusablend
Titleist ProV1 Urethane
Titleist ProV1 RCT Soft Cast Urethane Elastomer Cover
Titleist ProV1x Urethane
Titleist ProV1x RCT Urethane
Titleist TruFeel TruFlex Cover
Titleist Velocity Surlyn
Titleist DT Trusoft Ionomer
Top-Flite D2+ Distance Ionomer
Top-Flite D2+ Feel Ionomer
Top-Flite D2+ Straight Ionomer
Top-Flite Gamer Tour Urethane
Top-Flite Gamer Ionomer
Top-Flite XL Distance Ionomer
Top Flite Bomb Ionomer
Top Flite Gamer Soft Ionomer
Union Green Pindrop ionomer covers
Union Green Teebird ionomer covers
Vice Pro Soft Golf Ball Urethane Cover
Vice Pro Golf Ball Urethane Cover
Vice Pro Plus Golf Ball Cast urethane Cover
Vice Tour Golf Ball Surlyn Cover
Volvik Vivid Golf Ball Ionomer Cover
Volvik Crystal Surlyn
Volvik Pro Bismuth Surlyn
Volvik Vista iV Surlyn
Volvik S4 Urethane
Volvik S3 Urethane
Volvik Vista iS Surlyn
Volvik Vista DS 77 Urethane
Wilson Duo Soft+ & Duo Optic Ionomer
Wilson Staff Duo Professional Urethane Cover
Wilson Staff C:25 Ionomer
Wilson Staff FG Tour Urethane Urethane
Wilson Staff Duo Soft Spin Ionomer
Wilson Staff DUO Ionomer
Wilson Staff FG Tour X Urethane
Wilson Staff FG Tour Urethane
Wilson Staff Fifty Elite Ionomer
Wilson Staff Zip Ionomer
WILSON STAFF DUO URETHANE Urethane
WILSON STAFF DUO SPIN Ionomer
Wilson Staff Duo Spin Ionomer
WILSON STAFF DX3 URETHANE Urethane
WILSON STAFF DX3 SPIN Ionomer
WILSON STAFF DX2 SOFT Ionomer