Patent ID: 7056234

Claim:
A multi-piece solid golf ball comprising an elastic solid core, an intermediate layer around the core, composed mainly of an ionomer resin, and a resin cover around the intermediate layer, composed mainly of a urethane elastomer and having a plurality of dimples on its surface, wherein the ball has an equator, and those dimples residing in opposite areas disposed adjacent to the equator have a greater depth than the remaining dimples in other areas, there is no great circle on the spherical surface of the ball that does not intersect with dimples, and the total dimple volume given as the sum of the volumes of all dimples is 280 to 370 mm 3 , and wherein said elastic core undergoes a deformation of 2.7 to 4.5 mm when a load applied thereto is increased from 98 N (10 kgf) to 1275 N (130 kgf); a sphere including the elastic core and the intermediate layer undergoes a deformation of 2.5 to 3.5 mm when a load applied thereto is increased from 98 N (10 kgf) to 1275 N (130 kgf); and the solid golf ball comprising the elastic core, the intermediate layer and the cover undergoes a deformation of 2.3 to 3.5 mm when a load applied thereto is increased from 98 N (10 kgf) to 1275 N (130 kgf).