Golf ball

Abstract

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a golf ball that rolls in a lowered distance on fairway wood shots. The present disclosure provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core, an intermediate layer covering the spherical core, and an outermost cover positioned outside the intermediate layer and having a plurality of dimples formed thereon, wherein the spherical core is formed from a rubber composition containing a base rubber, a co-crosslinking agent, and a crosslinking initiator, the base rubber contains a natural rubber, and an occupation ratio of a total area of the plurality of dimples in a surface area of a virtual sphere that is assumed to have no dimples on the outermost cover is 45% or more and less than 75%.

1 . A golf ball comprising a spherical core, an intermediate layer covering the spherical core, and an outermost cover positioned outside the intermediate layer and having a plurality of dimples formed thereon, wherein
 the spherical core is formed from a rubber composition containing a base rubber, a co-crosslinking agent, and a crosslinking initiator,   the base rubber contains a natural rubber, and   an occupation ratio of a total area of the plurality of dimples in a surface area of a virtual sphere that is assumed to have no dimples on the outermost cover is 45% or more and less than 75%.   
     
     
         2 . The golf ball according to  claim 1 , wherein a center hardness (H0) of the spherical core, a hardness (H 2.5 ) at a point having a radial distance of 2.5 mm from a center of the spherical core, a hardness (H 5.0 ) at a point having a radial distance of 5.0 mm from the center of the spherical core, a hardness (H 7.5 ) at a point having a radial distance of 7.5 mm from the center of the spherical core, a hardness (H 10 ) at a point having a radial distance of 10 mm from the center of the spherical core, a hardness (H 12.5 ) at a point having a radial distance of 12.5 mm from the center of the spherical core, a hardness (H 15 ) at a point having a radial distance of 15 mm from the center of the spherical core, and a surface hardness (Hs) of the spherical core satisfy a relationship of H0<H 2.5 <H 5.0 <H 7.5 <H 10 <H 12.5 <H 15 <Hs, and
 the center hardness (H0) of the spherical core is 70 or less in Shore C hardness.   
     
     
         3 . The golf ball according to  claim 1 , wherein a center hardness (H0) of the spherical core, a hardness (H 2.5 ) at a point having a radial distance of 2.5 mm from a center of the spherical core, a hardness (H 10 ) at a point having a radial distance of 10 mm from the center of the spherical core, a hardness (H 12.5 ) at a point having a radial distance of 12.5 mm from the center of the spherical core, and a hardness (H 15 ) at a point having a radial distance of 15 mm from the center of the spherical core satisfy relationships of H 2.5 −H0≥3.0, H 12.5 −H 10 ≥3.0 and H 15 −H 12.5 ≥3.0 in Shore C hardness. 
     
     
         4 . The golf ball according to  claim 1 , wherein a hardness (H 5.0 ) at a point having a radial distance of 5.0 mm from a center of the spherical core, a hardness (H 7.5 ) at a point having a radial distance of 7.5 mm from the center of the spherical core, and a hardness (H 10 ) at a point having a radial distance of 10 mm from the center of the spherical core satisfy relationships of H 7.5 −H 5.0 <3.0 and H 10 −H 7.5 <3.0 in Shore C hardness. 
     
     
         5 . The golf ball according to  claim 1 , wherein a hardness difference (Hs−H0) between a center hardness (H0) of the spherical core and a surface hardness (Hs) of the spherical core is 20 or more in Shore C hardness. 
     
     
         6 . The golf ball according to  claim 1 , wherein an amount of the natural rubber ranges from 20 mass % to 100 mass % in 100 mass % of the base rubber. 
     
     
         7 . The golf ball according to  claim 1 , wherein a slab hardness of an intermediate layer composition forming the intermediate layer is greater than a slab hardness of a cover composition forming the outermost cover. 
     
     
         8 . The golf ball according to  claim 1 , wherein a cover composition forming the outermost cover is a resin composition containing a urethane resin as a base resin, and
 a slab hardness of the cover composition forming the outermost cover is 40 or less in Shore D hardness.   
     
     
         9 . The golf ball according to  claim 1 , wherein an intermediate layer composition forming the intermediate layer is a resin composition containing an ionomer resin as a base resin, and
 a slab hardness of the intermediate layer composition forming the intermediate layer is 50 or more in Shore D hardness.   
     
     
         10 . The golf ball according to  claim 2 , wherein the center hardness (H0) of the spherical core ranges from 42 to 70 in Shore C hardness. 
     
     
         11 . The golf ball according to  claim 2 , wherein the surface hardness (Hs) of the spherical core ranges from 70 to 90 in Shore C hardness. 
     
     
         12 . The golf ball according to  claim 3 , wherein the center hardness (H0), the hardness (H 2.5 ), the hardness (H 10 ), the hardness (H 12.5 ), and the hardness (H 15 ) satisfy relationships of 3.0≤H 2.5 −H0≤12.0, 3.0≤H 12.5 −H 10 ≤11.0, and 3.0≤H 15 −H 12.5 ≤10.0 in Shore C hardness. 
     
     
         13 . The golf ball according to  claim 4 , wherein the hardness (H 5 ), the hardness (H 7.5 ), and the hardness (H 10 ) satisfy relationships of 0.2≤H 7.5 −H 5 <3.0, and 0.1≤H 10 −H 7.5 <3.0 in Shore C hardness. 
     
     
         14 . The golf ball according to  claim 5 , wherein the hardness difference (Hs−H0) ranges from 20 to 40 in Shore C hardness. 
     
     
         15 . The golf ball according to  claim 8 , wherein the slab hardness of the cover composition forming the outermost cover ranges from 20 to 40 in Shore D hardness. 
     
     
         16 . The golf ball according to  claim 9 , wherein the slab hardness of the intermediate layer composition forming the intermediate layer ranges from 50 to 74 in Shore D hardness.