Golf ball and method of making same

Details Golf ball and method of making same Golf ball and method of making same

1996-04-10

1998-09-08

Marlo, George J.

Games using tangible projectile

Golf

Ball

473373, 473377, 473378, 273DIG22, A63B 3706, A63B 3712

Patent

active

058038310

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed herein is a multi-layer golf ball having a soft outer cover. The golf ball has a thermoplastic inner cover layer which preferably has a Shore D hardness of at least 65, and an outer cover with a Shore D hardness of 55 or less, and more preferably 48 or less. In a particularly preferred form of the invention, the outer cover comprises at least 75% of a soft ionomeric neutralized copolymer formed from a polyolefin, an unsaturated carboxylic acid, and a monomer of the acrylate ester class. The golf ball of the invention has exceptionally soft feel and high spin rates on short shots of 80 yards or less and, particularly, 40 yards or less, while maintaining good distance and average spin on full shots.

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