Abstract: A golf club head with a hollow therein includes a face portion and a main body portion including a crown portion and a sole portion extending rearward from the face portion. The main body portion is provided with a slit penetrating the main body portion to the hollow, and a surrounding area of the slit is at least partially provided with a thick portion. The slit is arranged so that at least part of the slit is visible in a front view of the golf club head under its reference state, where the reference state is such that the head is placed on a horizontal plane at a lie angle and a loft angle specified for the head, while keeping a shaft axis center line of the head on a reference vertical plane.

Abstract: A pointing device operating sleeve includes a palm cover, an arm cover, and a band. The palm cover covers a heel of a palm of a player. The arm cover is continuous with the palm cover. The arm cover covers a forearm of the player. A band is sewed on the palm cover. The band suppresses displacement of the palm cover from the palm.

Abstract: A correlated set of golf club heads comprises a first and second golf club head. Each club head has a striking face, a rear surface, a top portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, and a loft. The striking face has a first plurality of scorelines defining a scoreline heel-ward extent and a scoreline toe-ward extent. The plurality of scorelines comprises a scoreline length LS1 being the lateral distance between the heel-ward extent and the toe-ward extent. The loft of the second golf club head is greater than that of the first golf club head. The scoreline length LS2 of the second golf club head differs from that of the first scoreline length LS1.

Abstract: A tire includes a first middle land portion having circumferentially extending first and second longitudinal edges. The first middle land portion is provided with middle lateral grooves. At least one of the middle lateral grooves includes a first groove portion extending in the tire axial direction from the first longitudinal edge, and a second groove portion extending in the tire axial direction from the second longitudinal edge. The first groove portion and the second groove portion are offset in the tire circumferential direction to form a pair of circumferential groove edges between a pair of groove edges of the first groove portion and a pair of groove edges of the second groove portion. A maximum groove depth of the first groove portion is different from a maximum groove depth of the second groove portion.

Abstract: A tire has a sidewall portion provided with a protrusion which includes a radially outer design portion, a mark portion and a radially inner design portion. The radially outer design portion has a radially inward contour portion comprising radially inward peak points protruding radially inward. The radially inner design portion is spaced apart from the mark portion in the tire circumferential direction. The radially inner design portion includes a radially outward contour portion having radially outward peak points protruding outward in the tire radial direction. Each of the radially inward peak points is provided at a different position in the tire radial direction than each of the radially outward peak points.

Abstract: A tire includes a pair of sidewall portions. An outer surface of at least one of the sidewall portions includes at least one concave mark recessed from a reference surface. The or each concave mark includes a bottom surface and an inner wall surface. The bottom surface includes a peripheral region and a main region. The peripheral region includes a shadow region and a non-shadow region. The shadow region and the non-shadow region are each formed with an uneven surface provided with minute protuberances. A width of the uneven surface of the non-shadow region measured in a direction perpendicular to a contour of the or each concave mark is smaller than a width of the uneven surface of the shadow region measured in a direction perpendicular to the contour.

Abstract: To provide a pneumatic tire excellent in steering stability and fuel efficiency at high-speed driving, it is provided a pneumatic tire having a tread portion with a circumferential groove and a belt layer, wherein a monofilament cord is used as a reinforcing cord for the belt layer; the number of arrangements e (lines/5 cm) of the monofilament cords arranged per 5 cm in the tire width direction in the tire radial cross section of the belt layer is 50/5 cm or more; and the distance G (mm) from the surface of the land portion closest to the equatorial plane among land portions separated by the circumferential groove to the monofilament cord, and the loss tangent (30° C. tan ?) when the rubber composition constituting the surface of the tread portion is measured under conditions of temperature: 30° C., initial strain: 5%, dynamic strain: ±1%, frequency: 10 Hz, and deformation mode: tensile, satisfy 30° C. tan ?×G<1.5.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises: a tread portion having a ground contacting surface; a sidewall portions having an outer surface; a bead portions; a carcass extending between the bead portions; and an inner rubber extending between bead portions. The inner rubber comprises a first portion extending through the tread portion with a first thickness t1, and a second portion extending through the sidewall portion with a second thickness t2. The first thickness t1 is more than the second thickness t2. In a meridian cross section of the tire under its normal state, when a first reference point (Pb1), a second reference point (Pb2), a shoulder reference point (Ps), a reference line segment (Lb), and a shoulder line segment (Ls) are defined, then a length (L1) of the shoulder line segment (Ls) is 85.9% to 89.3% of a length (L2) of the reference line segment (Lb).

Abstract: A sole-tape includes a base material having adhesive on a first surface and corresponding to an area of a sole of a club head. A second surface of the base material includes grind-indicia corresponding to different sole grinds. A method of using a sole-tape includes affixing the sole-tape to a sole of a club head such that a longitudinal edge of the sole-tape is substantially parallel to a striking face. A width classification is determined for a mark formed on the sole-tape with the width of the mark measured in a longitudinal direction of the sole-tape. The determined width classification corresponds to a recommended sole grind. In another aspect, a mark is identified in an image or scan of a sole-tape. A width and relative location of the mark are determined, and a sole grind recommendation is determined for a golfer based on the determined width and relative location.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a golf ball having good shot feeling and excellent durability while having non-lowered resilience. The present disclosure provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core and one or more cover layers disposed outside the spherical core, wherein at least one layer of the cover layers contains (A) a base resin and (B) a polyethylene oxide.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a golf ball having improved controllability on iron shots. The present disclosure provides a golf ball 2 comprising a spherical core 4, an intermediate layer 6 and an outermost cover 8 having a plurality of dimples 10 formed thereon, wherein the spherical core 4 is formed from a rubber composition containing a polybutadiene rubber and a butyl rubber in a predetermined amount, a slab hardness of an intermediate layer composition forming the intermediate layer 6 is greater than a slab hardness of a cover composition forming the outermost cover 8, a total lower volume of the plurality of dimples 10 is 365 mm3 or more, and an occupation ratio of a total area of the plurality of dimples 10 in a surface area of a virtual sphere that is assumed to have no dimples on the outermost cover 8 is 75% or more.

Abstract: Provided is a highly accurate method for evaluating the abrasion resistance of rubber compositions. The present disclosure relates to a method for evaluating abrasion resistance of a rubber composition by X-ray scattering measurement or neutron scattering measurement, the method including performing X-ray scattering measurement or neutron scattering measurement in a region q expressed by the following Formula 1 to obtain a scattering intensity curve I(q), fitting the following Formula 2 to the scattering intensity curve I(q) to obtain a mass fractal dimension D, and evaluating the abrasion resistance of the rubber composition based on the mass fractal dimension D, q = 4 ? ? ? sin ? ( ? / 2 ) ? ( Formula ? 1 ) ( e : scattering ? angle , ? : wavelength ? of ? x - rays ? or ? neutrons ) I ( q ) ? q - D ( Formula ? 2 ) ( D : mass ? fractal ? dimension ) .

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a golf ball that shows a low initial velocity on approach shots, has excellent controllability, and has a good shot feeling on approach shots. The present disclosure provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core, an intermediate layer and a cover, wherein the spherical core is formed from a rubber composition containing a rubber component, a co-crosslinking agent, and a crosslinking initiator, the co-crosslinking agent contains methacrylic acid and/or a metal salt thereof, and when a center hardness (Shore C hardness) of the spherical core, a hardness (Shore C hardness) at each point of 2.5 mm, 5 mm, 7.5 mm, 10 mm, 12.5 mm and 15 mm from a center of the spherical core toward a surface of the spherical core, and a surface hardness (Shore C hardness) of the spherical core are represented by H0, H2.5, H5, H7.5, H10, H12.5, H15, HS respectively, the following relationship is satisfied: H0<H2.5<H5<H7.5<H10<H12.5<H15<HS.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a golf ball having improved controllability on iron shots. The present disclosure provides a golf ball 2 comprising a spherical core 4, an intermediate layer 6 and an outermost cover 8, wherein the spherical core 4 is formed from a rubber composition containing a polybutadiene rubber and a butyl rubber in a predetermined amount, a center hardness (H0) of the spherical core 4 and hardnesses (H2.5, H5.0, H7.5, H10, H12.5, H15) at points having a radial distance of 2.5 mm, 5.0 mm, 7.5 mm, 10 mm, 12.5 mm, 15 mm from a center of the spherical core satisfy a relationship of H0<H2.5<H5.0<H7.5<H10<H12.5<H15, a hardness difference (H10?H0) is 10 or more in Shore C hardness, and a slab hardness of an intermediate layer composition forming the intermediate layer 6 is greater than a slab hardness of a cover composition forming the outermost cover 8.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a golf ball that has a low maximum flying height on driver shots by an average golfer. The present disclosure provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core, an intermediate layer and an outermost cover, wherein the spherical core is formed from a rubber composition containing a rubber component, a co-crosslinking agent, and a crosslinking initiator, the co-crosslinking agent contains methacrylic acid and/or a metal salt thereof, a total lower volume Vi (mm3) of the plurality of dimples is 365 mm3 or more, and an occupation ratio of the dimples is 75% or more.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tire having a good balance of fuel efficiency, chipping resistance, and steering stability.

Abstract: A tread portion includes a crown land portion including first and second longitudinal edges extending in the tire circumferential direction. The crown land portion is provided with first, second and third crown sipes. The first, second and third crown sipes open at the ground contact surface via respective chamfer portions. The first and third crown sipes extend from the first longitudinal edge and have closed ends in the ground contact surface. The second crown sipes extend from the second longitudinal edge and have closed ends in the ground contact surface. Each first crown sipe has a constant opening width in a longitudinal direction of the sipe. Each second crown sipe has a constant opening width in a longitudinal direction of the sipe. Each third crown sipe has an opening width which decreases continuously from the first longitudinal edge toward the closed end thereof.