An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having excellent durability and flight distance. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising: a core consisting of a center and one or more intermediate layers covering the center; and a cover covering the core, wherein, at least one piece or one layer of said intermediate layers is formed from a highly elastic intermediate layer composition that contains a highly elastic resin (A) having a flexural modulus in a range from 700 MPa to 5000 MPa and an ionomer resin (B) having a flexural modulus in a range from 150 MPa to 1000 MPa in an amount ratio ((A)/(B)) of the highly elastic resin (A) to the ionomer resin (B) being (20 mass % to 80 mass %)/(80 mass % to 20 mass %) (the total is 100 mass %).
1. A golf ball comprising:
a core consisting of a center and one or more intermediate layers covering the center; and
a cover covering the core, wherein,
at least one piece or one layer of said intermediate layers is formed from a intermediate layer composition that contains a resin (A) having a flexural modulus in a range from 700 MPa to 5000 MPa and an ionomer resin (B) having a flexural modulus in a range from 150 MPa to 1000 MPa in an amount ratio ((A)/(B)) of the highly elastic resin (A) to the ionomer resin (B) being (20 mass % to 80 mass %)/(80 mass % to 20 mass %) (the total is 100 mass %), and
wherein the highly elastic resin (A) is a polymer alloy of polyphenylene ether and polyamide 6 or a polymer alloy of polyphenylene ether and polyamide 66.
2. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate layer composition further contains a resin (C) having a polar functional group in an amount of 0.1 part by mass to 30 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the sum of the highly elastic resin (A) and the ionomer resin (B).
3. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein regarding slab properties, the intermediate layer composition has a hardness in a range from 65 to 75 in Shore D hardness, a flexural modulus in a range from 300 MPa to 1000 MPa, and a tensile modulus in a range from 400 MPa to 1500 MPa.
4. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate layer composition contains the ionomer resin (B) in a content of 20 mass % or more and 80 mass % or less in a resin component constituting the intermediate layer composition.
5. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the resin (C) having a polar functional group is at least one selected from a group consisting of an ethylene-glycidyl methacrylate copolymer, an ethylene-acrylic acid-glycidyl methacrylate copolymer, and a methyl methacrylate-glycidyl methacrylate copolymer.
6. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the cover is formed from a cover composition that contains a polyurethane resin as a main component of a resin component.
7. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the resin (A) has a flexural modulus in a range from 800 MPa to 4000 MPa.
8. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the ionomer resin (B) has a flexural modulus in a range from 200 MPa to 600 MPa.
9. The golf ball according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate layer composition contains the resin (A) in a content of 20 mass % or more and 80 mass % or less in a resin component constituting the highly elastic intermediate layer composition.