High performance golf ball having a reduced-distance

1. A golf ball comprising:

a core;

an inner cover layer;

a cover;

the core having a diameter of from about 1.300 to 1.620 inches,

wherein the golf ball has a weight from 1.30 to 1.620 ounces, a diameter from 1.670 to 1.800 inches and a maximum Coefficient of Restitution from about 0.600 to about 0.790 as measured at 125 ft/sec incoming ball velocity and wherein the ball has a drag to weight ratio of greater than 3.0 at a Reynolds number of about 230,000 and a spin ratio of about 0.085.

2. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the core comprises a natural or synthetic base rubber selected from the group consisting of polydienes, polyethylenes (PE), ethylene-propylene copolymers (EP), ethylene-butylene copolymers, polyisoprenes, polyisoprenes, polybutadienes (PBR), polystyrenebutadienes (SBR), polyethylenebutadienes, styrene-propylene-diene rubbers,ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymers (EPDM), fluorinated polymers thereof (e.g., fluorinated EP and fluorinated EPDM), butyl rubber, halogenated butyl rubber, and blends of one or more thereof.

3. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the core comprises a polybutadiene, a co-reaction agent, a peroxide, and at least one of a butyl rubber, a halogenated butyl rubber, a butyl rubber copolymer, a sulfonated butyl rubber, a polyisobutylene, an ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber, a copolymer of isobutylene and methylstyrene, or a styrene butadiene rubber.

4. The golf ball of claim 3 , wherein the polybutadiene is mixed with an elastomer selected from the group consisting of natural rubbers, polyisoprene rubbers, styrene-butadiene rubbers, synthetic natural rubbers, diene rubbers, saturated rubbers, polyurethane rubbers, polyurea rubbers, metallocene-catalyzed polymers, plastomers, and multi-olefin polymers (homopolymers, copolymers, and terpolymers) in order to modify the properties of the core to create a golf ball with reduced distance.

5. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the cover is comprised of a thermoplastic or thermosetting polyurethane or polyurea.

6. The golf ball of claim 5 , wherein the cover has a Shore D hardness of about 40 to 70.

7. The golf ball of claim 6 , wherein the cover has a Shore D hardness of 45-65.

8. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the Coefficient of Restitution is from about 0.640 to 0.760.

9. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the golf ball weight is from about 1.45 to 1.610 ounces.

10. The golf ball of claim 9 , wherein the golf ball weight is from about 1.500 to 1.600 ounces.

11. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the golf ball is from about 1.675 to about 1.695 inches.

12. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the core is from about 1.400 to about 1.550 inches.

13. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the core is from about 1.450 to about 1.510 inches.

14. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the core is comprised of an inner core and at least one core layer, the inner core having a diameter from about 0.50 to about 1.20 inches.

15. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the inner cover layer and cover comprise a total thickness of about 0.025 to about 0.12 inches.

16. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the inner cover layer and cover layer comprise a total thickness of about 0.040 to about 0.110 inches.

17. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the inner cover layer has a thickness of about 0.070 inch and the cover has a thickness of about 0.040 inch.

18. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the cover includes a dimple pattern covering at least 60% of the ball surface.

19. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the cover includes a dimple pattern covering at least 75% of the ball surface.

20. The golf ball of claim 1 , wherein the golf ball has a lift to weight ratio of greater than about 1.7 at a Reynolds number of about 207,000 and a spin ration of about 0.095.