Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf club grip showing a good feeling both at hitting and at waggling. The present invention provides a golf club grip comprising a cylindrical portion for inserting a shaft, wherein the cylindrical portion has a compression strain in a range from 46% to 55% at a compression stress of 20 kg/cm2, and a compression strain in a range from 63% to 69% at a compression stress of 120 kg/cm2.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf club grip having excellent grip performance under a wet condition. The present invention provides a golf club grip having an outermost surface layer, wherein the outermost surface layer contains (A) a crosslinked rubber and (B) a silica, and has, at at least a part thereof, a region where a spherical silica secondary particle with a particle size of 3 ?m or more exists in an amount of at least two particles/mm2. If a spherical silica secondary particle with a particle size of 3 ?m or more exists in a given amount at at least a part of the outermost surface layer, the golf club grip has an improved grip performance under a wet condition.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball showing a great flight distance on driver shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core and at least one cover layer covering the spherical core, wherein when JIS-C hardness of the spherical core is measured at points located at distances of 0% (core center), 37.5%, 75.0% and 100% (core surface) from the core center of the spherical core, a hardness difference (Hs?Ho) between a surface hardness (Hs) thereof and a center hardness (Ho) thereof is 20 or more, a ratio ((H37.5?Ho)/(H75.0?Ho)) of a hardness difference (H37.5?Ho) to a hardness difference (H75.0?Ho) is 0.6 or less, and a compression deformation amount (D (mm)) of the spherical core and the 37.5% point hardness (H37.5) satisfy a relation of H37.5??9×D+95.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf club grip excellent in grip performance in a wet condition. The present invention provides a golf club grip formed from a rubber composition comprising a base rubber and a crosslinking agent, wherein the base rubber comprises a hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber and/or a carboxyl-modified acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a grip for sporting goods containing an acrylonitrile-butadiene based rubber as a base rubber and having an excellent grip performance and sustainability of grip performance under a wet condition. The present invention provides a grip for sporting goods comprising an outermost surface layer formed from a surface layer rubber composition, wherein the surface layer rubber composition contains (A) a base rubber and (B) a resin having a softening point in a range from 5° C. to 120° C., (A) the base rubber contains an acrylonitrile-butadiene based rubber, and (B) the resin is at least one type selected from the group consisting of a hydrogenated rosin ester, a disproportionated rosin ester, an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, a coumarone resin, a phenol resin, a xylene resin and a styrene resin.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a grip for sporting goods excellent in tensile strength and having a light weight. The present invention provides a grip for sporting goods comprising a cylindrical portion composed of a cylindrical inner layer and a cylindrical outer layer covering the cylindrical inner layer, wherein the cylindrical inner layer is a porous rubber layer or a porous resin layer, and the cylindrical outer layer is formed from a rubber composition containing an acrylonitrile-butadiene based rubber.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf club grip comprising a layer containing a polar rubber and a layer containing a nonpolar rubber, and excellent in tensile strength. The present invention provides a golf club grip comprising a polar rubber layer and a nonpolar rubber layer, wherein the polar rubber layer is formed from a rubber composition containing a base rubber including a polar rubber in an amount of 50 mass % or more, the nonpolar rubber layer is formed from a rubber composition containing a base rubber including a nonpolar rubber in an amount of 50 mass % or more, the polar rubber layer and the nonpolar rubber layer are laminated via an interlayer formed from an interlayer composition containing an olefin rubber.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a golf ball showing a great flight distance on driver shots for includes the steps of: preparing a rubber composition containing a base rubber, an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and/or a metal salt thereof as a co-crosslinking agent, a crosslinking initiator and a carboxylic acid and/or a salt thereof; heat pressing the rubber composition at a press temperature ranging from t-40° C. to t-15° C. to mold a spherical core, wherein t ° C. is a one-minute half-life temperature of the crosslinking initiator; and forming at least one cover layer covering the spherical core.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball traveling a great distance on driver shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a constituting member formed from a rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, (b) an ?, ?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and/or a metal salt thereof as a co-crosslinking agent, and (c) an crosslinking initiator, wherein (b) the ?, ?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and/or the metal salt thereof meets the following conditions (1) and (2) in a volume based distribution, when measuring a particle size thereof with a laser diffraction particle size analyzer; (1) a mode particle size is more than 10 ?m and 50 ?m or less, and (2) a volume ratio of particles having a particle size ranging from 6 ?m to 300 ?m is 60% or more.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf club grip having excellent adhesion between the grip body and the grip end thereof, and excellent durability. The present invention provides a golf club grip comprising a cylindrical grip body having a cylindrical inner layer and a cylindrical outer layer covering the cylindrical inner layer, and a grip end provided on an butt side end of the cylindrical grip body, wherein the cylindrical outer layer is interposed in at least a part of a space between a butt side end edge of the cylindrical inner layer and the grip end.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf club grip showing a good feeling both at hitting and at waggling. The present invention provides a golf club grip comprising a cylindrical portion for inserting a shaft, wherein the cylindrical portion has a compression strain in a range from 46% to 55% at a compression stress of 20 kg/cm2, and a compression strain in a range from 63% to 69% at a compression stress of 120 kg/cm2.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a grip for sporting goods excellent in tensile strength and having a light weight. The present invention provides a grip for sporting goods comprising a cylindrical portion composed of a cylindrical inner layer and a cylindrical outer layer covering the cylindrical inner layer, wherein the cylindrical inner layer is a porous rubber layer or a porous resin layer, and the cylindrical outer layer is formed from a rubber composition containing an acrylonitrile-butadiene based rubber.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf club grip comprising a layer containing a polar rubber and a layer containing a nonpolar rubber, and excellent in tensile strength. The present invention provides a golf club grip comprising a polar rubber layer and a nonpolar rubber layer, wherein the polar rubber layer is formed from a rubber composition containing a base rubber including a polar rubber in an amount of 50 mass % or more, the nonpolar rubber layer is formed from a rubber composition containing a base rubber including a nonpolar rubber in an amount of 50 mass % or more, the polar rubber layer and the nonpolar rubber layer are laminated via an interlayer formed from an interlayer composition containing an olefin rubber.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf club grip excellent in grip performance in a wet condition. The present invention provides a golf club grip formed from a rubber composition comprising a base rubber and a crosslinking agent, wherein the base rubber comprises a hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber and/or a carboxyl-modified acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball traveling a great distance on driver shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a constituting member formed from a rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, (b) an ?, ?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and/or a metal salt thereof as a co-crosslinking agent, and (c) an crosslinking initiator, wherein (b) the ?, ?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and/or the metal salt thereof meets the following conditions (1) and (2) in a volume based distribution, when measuring a particle size thereof with a laser diffraction particle size analyzer; (1) a mode particle size is more than 10 ?m and 50 ?m or less, and (2) a volume ratio of particles having a particle size ranging from 6 ?m to 300 ?m is 60% or more.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball showing a great flight distance on driver shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core and at least one cover layer covering the spherical core, wherein when JIS-C hardness of the spherical core is measured at points located at distances of 0% (core center), 37.5%, 75.0% and 100% (core surface) from the core center of the spherical core, a hardness difference (Hs?Ho) between a surface hardness (Hs) thereof and a center hardness (Ho) thereof is 20 or more, a ratio ((H37.5?Ho)/(H75.0?Ho)) of a hardness difference (H37.5?Ho) to a hardness difference (H75.0?Ho) is 0.6 or less, and a compression deformation amount (D (mm)) of the spherical core and the 37.5% point hardness (H37.5) satisfy a relation of H37.5??9×D+95.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a golf ball showing a great flight distance on driver shots for includes the steps of: preparing a rubber composition containing a base rubber, an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and/or a metal salt thereof as a co-crosslinking agent, a crosslinking initiator and a carboxylic acid and/or a salt thereof; heat pressing the rubber composition at a press temperature ranging from t-40° C. to t-15° C. to mold a spherical core, wherein t ° C. is a one-minute half-life temperature of the crosslinking initiator; and forming at least one cover layer covering the spherical core.