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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2022
Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Watanabe, Saitamaken, JP;
Akira Kimura, Saitamaken, JP;
BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a golf ball for professional golfers and skilled amateurs which has a single-layer core, a cover and at least one intermediate layer therebetween, the sphere obtained by encasing the core with the intermediate layer (intermediate layer-encased sphere) and the ball have a surface hardness relationship which satisfies the condition:(surface hardness of intermediate layer-encased sphere)>(surface hardness of ball).The core has a diameter of from 35.5 to 39.5 mm and a distinctive hardness profile that satisfies specific conditions. The ball is endowed with both an excellent flight performance and excellent durability to repeated impact.