Patent ID: 7621826

Claim:
A golf ball, comprising: a core comprising a high cis-polybutadiene having a Mooney viscosity of from about 20 to about 70 and an Instron compression of greater than 0.0880, wherein the core further comprises pentachlorothiophenol in an amount of 0.2 to 1.0 parts by weight per one hundred parts by weight of cis-polybutiadene and disodium hexamethylene thiosulfate dehydrate in an amount of 0.5 to 1.5 parts by weight per one hundred parts by weight of cis-polybutiadene, wherein the core has a COR of from about 0.600 to about 0.850, and the core has a diameter ranging from 1.40 inches to 1.60 inches; a mantle layer molded over the core, the mantle layer having a Shore D hardness of from about 30 to about 85; and a cover molded over the mantle layer; wherein the golf ball has a diameter of at least 1.68 inches.