Patent ID: 7211610
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf ball, comprising a solid core of at least one layer and a cover of at least one layer enclosing the solid core, wherein an outermost layer of a cover is made of a golf ball material comprising a heated mixture having a melt index of at least 1.0 dg/min, consisting essentially of: (A) 100 parts by weight of a base resin comprising (A1) an olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid random copolymer or an olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid-unsaturated carboxylate random copolymer or both; (B) 5 to 20 parts by weight of a fatty acid or fatty acid derivative having a molecular weight of at least 280; and (C) 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a basic inorganic metal compound capable of neutralizing acidic groups in components (A) and (B), wherein the fatty acid or fatty acid derivative of component (B) is behenic acid.