Patent ID: 8632422

Claim:
A multi-piece solid golf ball comprising a core, a cover of at least one layer encasing the core, and a layer of paint applied to a surface of an outermost layer of the cover, wherein the outermost cover layer is formed of a resin composition comprising: (a) 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin, (b) from 0.003 to 2 parts by weight of a color pigment or dye, and (c) from 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of spherical inorganic fine particles as a reflective material, wherein the spherical inorganic fine particles serving as a reflective material (c) are made of a glass material selected from the group consisting of NaO—CaO—SiO 2 glasses, Al 2 O 3 —B 2 O 3 —SiO 2 glasses, CaO—Al 2 O 3 —SiO 2 glasses and TiO 2 —BaO—SiO 2 glasses.