Patent 10183196 was granted and assigned to Bridgestone on January, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A golf ball includes a plurality of dimples on the surface thereof and satisfies the following expression (1):PS7/S/H×100≥6.25 (mm−1) (1),wherein H is a deformation amount, which is expressed by a compressive deformation amount of the golf ball; S is a virtual plane area, which is a surface area of the golf ball determined supposing that no dimple exists on the surface of the golf ball; and PS7 is a pressurized area, which is an area of the golf ball contacting a plane when a load of 6864 N is applied to the golf ball. The bottom of the dimple includes a center protruding portion with a curved shape protruding toward an outside of the golf ball.