Patent ID: 9259623
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: A63B

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: providing a golf ball body having a core and a cover encasing the core; and applying a coating encasing the cover to form a golf ball, wherein the coating includes a resin; wherein the golf ball has a first set of construction specifications; wherein the coating has an exterior surface that exhibits a first micro surface roughness at between about 1.2 μm and about 3.0 μm, wherein the exterior surface of the golf ball is subject to roughening by abrading the exterior surface with an abrasive material to impart deviations in the exterior surface in a sufficient amount such that the golf ball exhibits the first micro surface roughness; wherein the golf ball exhibits an overall average coefficient of lift to coefficient of drag that is at least 99.3% of the largest overall average coefficient of lift to coefficient of drag exhibited by: wherein micro surface roughness include deviations from an ideal surface of 0.25 mm or less and wherein coefficient of lift and coefficient of drag measurements are measured using standard USGA indoor test range testing protocols with balls launched in a pole orientation at an initial launch velocity of 258 ft/s, an initial launch angle of 9.7°, and an initial launch spin of 46 revolutions/s.