Claims
- 1. A golf ball comprising:a center; a wound layer surrounding the center; an inner cover layer surrounding the wound layer and having a first hardness; and an outer cover layer formed of a thermoset castable reactive liquid material surrounding the inner cover layer and having a second hardness less than the first hardness and having a thickness of less than about 0.05 inches.
- 2. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein the inner cover is less than about 0.05 inches.
- 3. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein the inner cover comprises at least one ionomer.
- 4. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein the thermoset castable reactive liquid material comprises a thermoset polyurethane composition.
- 5. The golf ball of claim 4, wherein the thermoset polyurethane composition comprises at least one isocyanate and at least one curing agent.
- 6. The golf ball of claim 5, wherein the curing agent comprises a polyamine curing agent, a polyol curing agent, or a mixture thereof.
- 7. The golf ball of claim 6, wherein the curing agent comprises a polyamine.
- 8. The golf ball of claim 6, wherein the curing agent comprises at least one polyol.
- 9. The golf ball of claim 1, wherein the inner cover and outer cover layer have a combined thickness of less than about 0.07 inches.
- 10. A golf ball comprising:a center comprising a polybutadiene having a molecular weight of greater than about 300,000 and a resilience index of at least about 40; a wound hoop stress layer surrounding the center, having an outer diameter of at least about 1.51 inches, and disposed between the center and the cover, wherein the hoop stress layer comprises a glass, polyamide, aromatic polyamide, carbon, or metal fiber having a tensile strength of at least about 250 kpsi and a modulus of at least about 10,000 kpsi; and a cover having at least one layer disposed around the wound hoop stress layer, the cover comprising a polyurethane composition formed from a prepolymer having less than 7.5 percent by weight unreacted isocyanate groups.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/625,544, filed Jul. 25, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,749,789, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/207,690, filed Dec. 9, 1998, now, U.S. Pat. No. 6,132,324, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/863,788, filed May 27, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,885,172.
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