Patent ID: 8721474

Claim:
A golf ball comprising: a core, an inner cover positioned outside the core, and an outer cover positioned outside the inner cover having a thickness equal to or greater than 0.15 mm and less than 0.8 mm, wherein: the core has a center and a mid layer positioned outside the center, the mid layer has a thickness equal to or greater than 12.0 mm, the center has a diameter of 1 mm or greater and 15 mm or less, a difference (H4−H3) between a JIS-C hardness H4 of a surface of the core and a JIS-C hardness H3 of an innermost part of the mid layer is equal to or greater than 14, the hardness H4 is equal to or greater than 75 and equal to or less than 95, the hardness H4 is greater than a JIS-C hardness H2 of a surface of the center, a JIS-C hardness H6 of a surface of a spherical body including the core and the inner cover is greater than the hardness H4, a Shore D hardness H7 of the outer cover is equal to or less than 32, the center comprises a crosslinked rubber composition, and an amount of compressive deformation of the center is equal to or greater than 0.5 mm and equal to or less than 2.5 mm in which an initial load is 0.3 N and a final load is 29.4.