Golf ball and method of making same

A golf ball comprising a core and a cover, wherein the core has a core center and comprises four first smaller spheres and four second smaller spheres;

• wherein the four first smaller spheres:
• are disposed about the core center without intersecting it;
• are each comprised of a first core composition;
• are each tangent to two other first smaller spheres;
• have diameters D1, D2, D3, and D4, wherein D1=D2=D3=D4;
• are located distances X1, X2, X3, X4, from the core center, wherein:
• X1=X2=X3=X4;
• and
• X1 is greater than ½ D1;
• and
• wherein the four second smaller spheres:
• surround and are disposed between adjacent first smaller spheres;
• are each comprised of a third core composition;
• have diameters D5, D6, D7, and D8, wherein D5=D6=D7=D8;
• are located distances X5, X6, X7, and X8 from the core center, wherein:
• X5=X6=X7=X8;
• D5 is less than D1;
• and
• X5 is greater than X1;
• and
• wherein each of the first smaller spheres and each of the second smaller spheres is surrounded by a second core composition that has at least one different physical property than at least one physical property of the first core composition and the third core composition.