Patent ID: 7357732

Claim:
A solid golf ball, comprising a solid core and a cover of one or more layers which encloses the core and has on a surface thereof numerous dimples, wherein the solid core has a JIS-C hardness at the surface thereof of 78 to 85, a JIS-C hardness at the center thereof of 60 to 68, and a difference therebetween of at least 10 but not more than 19, the cover has a Shore D hardness of 59 to 70 and has 313 to 371 dimples formed thereon, and the ball has an initial velocity of at least 76.8 m/s, a coefficient of lift (CL) when hit of at least 0.165 at a Reynolds number of 70,000 and a spin rate of 2,000 rpm, and a coefficient of drag (CD) when hit of not more than 0.230 at a Reynolds number of 180,000 and a spin rate of 2,520 rpm.