Patent ID: 8372915

Claim:
A golf ball comprising: a core consisting of a center and a surrounding layer covering the center; at least one intermediate layer covering the core; and a cover covering the intermediate layer; wherein at least one piece or one layer of the intermediate layer is formed from a highly elastic intermediate layer composition that contains (A) a highly elastic resin having a flexural modulus in a range from 700 MPa to 5,000 MPa and (B) an ionomer resin having a flexural modulus in a range from 150 MPa to 1,000 MPa in a content ratio ((A)/(B)) of (A) the highly elastic resin to (B) the ionomer resin (B) being (20 mass % to 80 mass %)/(80 mass % to 20 mass %) (the total is 100 mass %), wherein a surface hardness Hm of the intermediate layer and a surface hardness Hs of the core satisfy an equation: Hm≧Hs, and the cover has a slab hardness Hc of 45 or less in Shore D hardness, and wherein the highly elastic resin (A) is at least one member selected from a group consisting of polybutylene terephthalate, a polymer alloy of polyphenylene ether and polyamide 6, and a polymer alloy of polyphenylene ether and polyamide 66.