DUAL CORE GOLF BALL HAVING A SHALLOW 'POSITIVE HARDNESS GRADIENT' THERMOPLASTIC INNER CORE AND A STEEP 'POSITIVE HARDNESS GRADIENT' THERMOSET OUTER CORE LAYER

摘要

A golf ball including a highly-neutralized thermoplastic inner core layer having a geometric center hardness less than a surface hardness to define a first hardness gradient, an outer core layer formed from a homogenous thermoset composition and having an interior hardness substantially less than an outer surface hardness to define a second hardness gradient, an inner cover layer, and an outer cover layer. Both the first and second hardness gradients are positive and a slope of the second hardness gradient is greater than a slope of the first hardness gradient to define a shallow hardness gradient inner core and a steep hardness gradient outer core layer.