Patent ID: 6913547

Claim:
A golf ball comprising a core and a cover disposed about the core, wherein the core comprises a center and at least one outer core layer adjacent the center, and the cover comprises at least one inner cover layer and an outer cover layer; (a) wherein the center has an outer diameter from about 0.375 in to 1.4 in and deflection of greater than 4.5 mm under a load of 100 Kg; (b) the outer core layer has an outer diameter of from 1.4 in to about 1.62 in; (c) the inner cover layer has an outer diameter of greater than 1.58 in and a material hardness of less than 72 Shore D; and (d) the outer cover layer has a hardness of greater than 56 Shore D; and wherein the center has a first hardness, the outer core layer has a second hardness greater than the first, and the inner cover layer has a third hardness greater than the second.