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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2015
Dunlop Sports Co., Ltd., Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Kazuya Kamino, Kobe, JP;
Kosuke Tachibana, Kobe, JP;
SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball traveling a great flight distance on driver shots and an excellent shot feeling. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core, an intermediate layer covering the spherical core, and a cover covering the intermediate layer, wherein a material hardness (Hm) of a resin composition constituting the intermediate layer ranges from 65 to 80 in Shore D hardness, a material hardness (Hc) of a resin composition constituting the cover ranges from 57 to 72 in Shore D hardness, a hardness difference (Hm−Hc) between the material hardness (Hm) and the material hardness (Hc) is more than 0, and the intermediate layer has a surface hardness satisfying a hardness difference (HmsC−HmsD) between a hardness thereof shown in Shore C hardness (HmsC) and a hardness thereof shown in Shore D hardness (HmsD) of 27 or less.