Patent ID: 7915348

Claim:
A method for making a golf ball, comprising: providing an ionomer comprising a reaction product of a monomer, oligomer or polymer having at least one reactive carboxyl group and/or isocyanate group, or functional groups equivalent thereto or derived therefrom, and an amine compound having both an amine and an anionic functional group and a formula [RHN—(R 1 ) m —(X − ) n ] o -M a+ p where R is hydrogen, aliphatic, alicyclic, arylaliphatic or aromatic, R 1 is a linking group that links the amine and salt functional groups and is aliphatic, alicyclic, arylaliphatic or aromatic, X is an anionic species produced from an oxo acid of carbon, an oxo acid of sulfur, or combinations thereof, M is a positively charged species other than a proton, a is 1-4, m is 0-1, n is 1-4, o is 1-4 and p is 1-4; and making a cover layer of a golf ball comprising the ionomer and an intermediate layer of the golf ball comprising a polyalkenamer.