A golf ball is disclosed herein that has at least one modified aerodynamic characteristic or performance trait. More specifically, the golf ball disclosed herein can include a dimple pattern having a specific drag coefficient and/or specific integrated drag area.

Golf balls disclosed herein have a combination of aerodynamic properties and construction parameters providing a desired set of performance characteristics.

Provided is a golf ball including a core, an intermediate layer, a cover, and dimples, in which letting a Shore C hardness of a core surface be H100, Shore C hardnesses at an 87.5% outer position, a 75% outer position, a 62.5% outer position, a 50% outer position, a 37.5% outer position, a 25% outer position, and a 12.5% outer position of a core radius from a core center be H87.5, H75, H62.5, H50, H37.5, H25, and H12.5, respectively, and a Shore C hardness at the core center be H0, the following two conditions are satisfied:

[00001]$0\left(H62.5-H50\right)<\left(H100-H87.5\right)<\left(H87.5-H75\right)<\left(H75-H62.5\right)7.\mathrm{and}\left(H100-H50\right)/\left(H50-H0\right)2.7$ and the golf ball has a specific dimple volume occupancy ratio.