Mold for manufacturing golf balls and golf balls

A mold for manufacturing golf balls, comprising:

• an upper mold and a lower mold separable from each other having a spherical cavity inside thereof;
• wherein a plurality of convex portions for forming dimples are provided in the inner surface of the cavity;
• at least one of the plurality of convex portions lies over the equator of the cavity;
• a parting line, which corresponds to the boundary between the upper mold and the lower mold, extends along the inner surface of the cavity,
• the parting line comprises first lines extending along the peripheries of the convex portions lying over the equator, and second lines connecting the first lines, and
• the first line is situated on a portion of the periphery at the location most far from the equator on the periphery and/or in the vicinity thereof and is formed apart from the periphery by a distance of 0.1 to 0.5 mm in the rest portion.

A mold for manufacturing golf balls, comprising:

• an upper mold and a lower mold separable from each other having a spherical cavity inside thereof;
• wherein a plurality of convex portions for forming dimples are provided in the inner surface of the cavity;
• at least one of the plurality of convex portions lies over the equator of the cavity;
• a parting line, which corresponds to the boundary between the upper mold and the lower mold, extends along the inner surface of the cavity,
• the parting line comprises first lines extending along the peripheries of the convex portions lying over the equator, and second lines connecting the first lines, and
• the first line is situated on a portion of the periphery at the location between the portion most far from the equator on the periphery and/or in the vicinity thereof and the portion connected to one of the second lines, and is formed apart from the periphery by a distance of 0.1 to 0.5 mm in the rest portion.