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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2015
Dunlop Sports Co., Ltd., Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Ryota Sakamine, Kobe, JP;
Katsumi Terakawa, Kobe, JP;
DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD., Kobe-shi, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball excellent in shot feeling, flight distance and durability. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core and at least one cover layer covering the spherical core, wherein the spherical core is formed from a core rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, (b) a co-crosslinking agent, (c) a crosslinking initiator, and (x) a crosslinked rubber powder; (x) the crosslinked rubber powder contains (x1) soft particles with a hardness difference (Hs−Hp)between a particle hardness (Hp) of the soft particles and a surface hardness (Hs) of the spherical core being 20 or more in JIS-C hardness, and a hardness difference (Hs5−Hp) between the particle hardness (Hp) of the soft particles and a hardness (Hs5) at 5 mm point inside the surface of the spherical core being 15 or more in JIS-C hardness; and the core rubber composition contains (x1) the soft particles in an amount of 1.0 mass % or more.