Patent ID: 8202176

Claim:
A golf ball comprising: a core; and a cover disposed adjacent the core, the cover comprising: a thermoplastic inner cover layer disposed about the core and having a hardness between 55 Shore D and 60 Shore D; an outer cover layer having a hardness between 55 Shore D and 60 Shore D; and a stiff intermediate cover layer disposed between the inner and outer cover layers and having a hardness greater than the inner cover layer and the outer cover layer, the hardness being from 70 Shore D to 90 Shore D; wherein the inner cover layer comprises a non-ionomeric composition formed from a non-ionomeric stiffening polymer and at least one E/Y copolymer or E/X/Y terpolymer, where E is an olefin, Y is a carboxylic acid, and X is a softening comonomer, the intermediate cover layer comprises a stiff thermoplastic polyurethane or polyurea composition, and the cover outer cover layer comprises a thermoset polyurethane, a polyurea, or a urethane-urea blend.