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Golf ball having visible non-spherical insert

  • US 7,211,007 B2
  • Filed: 04/07/2005
  • Issued: 05/01/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/23/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A golf ball comprising:

  • a pre-formed selectively-weighted inner core insert comprised of a hub having a specific gravity of greater than 1.2 and a plurality of outer elements connected to the hub and having a specific gravity of less than 0.9;

    an outer core molded about the insert to form a sphere having an outer surface; and

    a cover disposed around the outer core, the cover having an outer dimpled surface;

    wherein the outer core and cover are optically transparent or translucent and wherein the outer core has a first refractive index and the cover has a second refractive index that differs from the first by less than 0.01.

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