Golf ball
AssigneeDunlop Sports Co. Ltd.
InventorsKazuhiko Isogawa, Kosuke Tachibana
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Abstract
Provided is a golf ball is excellent in flight distance performance, approach performance, and feel at impact. A ball 2 includes a core 4, a mid layer 6, and a cover 8. The core 4 includes an inner core 10 and an outer core 12. The cover 8 includes an inner layer cover 10 and an outer layer cover 12. An inner core volume Vc, a mid layer volume Vm, a mid layer hardness Hm, an inner layer cover volume Vinc, an inner layer cover hardness Hinc, an outer layer cover volume Vouc, an outer layer cover hardness Houc, and a ball volume V meet the following relational expressions (a) to (g): (a) Vc/V<0.07, (b) Hm>Hinc>Houc, (c) Hm−Houc>25, (d) Vm>Vinc>Vouc, (e) (Vm+Vinc+Vouc)/V<0.30, (f) Vm/Vouc>1.50, and (g) (Vm*Hm)/(Vouc*Houc)>3.0.
Claims9
A golf ball comprising a core, a mid layer positioned outside the core, and a cover positioned outside the mid layer, wherein
- the golf ball diameter is equal to or greater than 40 mm but equal to or less than 45 mm,
- the core includes an inner core and an outer core positioned outside the inner core,
- the core diameter is equal to or greater than 37.0 mm but equal to or less than 42.0 mm,
- the outer core volume Vr is equal to or greater than 25,500 mm3 but equal to or less than 30,000 mm3,
- the outer core is formed from a crosslinked rubber composition that includes 100 parts by weight of a base rubber and 30 parts by weight or greater but 50 parts by weight or less of a co-crosslinking agent, the inner core is formed from a crosslinked rubber composition that includes 100 parts by weight of a base rubber and 23 parts by weight or greater but 45 parts by weight of less of a co-crosslinking agent, with the inner core co-crosslinking agent amount being at least 5 parts by weight less than that of the outer core,
- the cover includes an inner layer cover and an outer layer cover positioned outside the inner layer cover, and
- when:
- a volume (mm3) of the inner core is defined as Vc;
- a volume (mm3) of the mid layer is defined as Vm;
- a Shore D hardness of the mid layer is defined as Hm;
- a volume (mm3) of the inner layer cover is defined as Vinc;
- a Shore D hardness of the inner layer cover is defined as Hinc;
- a volume (mm3) of the outer layer cover is defined as Vouc;
- a Shore D hardness of the outer layer cover is defined as Houc;
- and
- a volume of the entire ball is defined as V,
- the golf ball meets the following relational expressions (a) to (g):
- 0.02≦Vc/V<0.07, (a)
- Hm>Hinc>Houc, (b)
- Hm−Houc>25, (c)
- Vm>Vine>Vouc, (d)
- (Vm+Vinc+Vouc)/V<0.30, (e)
- Vm/Vouc>1.50, (f)
- and
- (Vm*Hm)/(Vouc*Houc)>3.0. (g)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.