Srixon’s newest line of golf balls are yellow and white on the outside and pure gold on the inside.

Golf Digest has awarded gold medals to eight models of Srixon’s Z-Star and Q-Star line of balls in the magazine’s annual “Hot List.” The list rates golf balls, clubs and accessories on a variety of parameters including performance, innovation, quality and feel.

The Omen is the world's first golf ball with a metal core.  Its patented hollow metal core design implements the same principles as hollow metal heads on drivers to produce high moment of inertia that allows the Omen to perform better than conventional golf balls.

For the past three decades, Polara has manufactured asymmetrical golf balls that fly straight even if you shank your stroke. This is a result of the row of deep-set dimples through the equator of the ball and shallow-set dimples everywhere else. Dubbed “Self-Correcting Technology” by the ball manufacturer, the Polara balls will reduce hooks and slices by up to 75 percent. Just line up the arrow on the ball in the direction you want it to go, and let rip. The ball will do the rest. This begs the question: what’s the point of even hitting your ball in the first place?

Hitting your local golf club can really dent your wallet: green fees, cart rentals, that new driver you just picked up, fancy new threads to impress your friends, and let’s not forget gassing up your car to get there. But with all the costs that have forced you to sign a second mortgage on your house, you don’t have to break the bank when it comes to golf balls. Here are the top five balls that won’t make your bank account weep.

A research team at the University of Maine found a new outlet to utilize the waste from the state’s booming lobster industry: biodegradable golf balls made from ground lobster shells. The balls were designed to combat the large amount of waste created by the lobster industry, which catches 90 million lobsters each year with the shells finding their way into landfills.