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A dimpled configuration for a golf ball wherein, in the first embodiment, the dimples are arranged in a geometrical lattice configuration so as to form a perfect icosahedral pattern which inlcudes twenty indentical triangles with a predetermined number of dimples lying along the lines forming the la

A dimpled configuration for a golf ball wherein, in the first embodiment, the dimples are arranged in a geometrical lattice configuration so as to form a perfect icosahedral pattern which inlcudes twenty indentical triangles with a predetermined number of dimples lying along the lines forming the lattice. These dimples are a first diameter, while the dimples within the lattices are of a second diameter greater than the first diameter. In the second embodiment, the five adjacent triangles having common polar vertices are retained on either side of the equatorial line of the ball. Five smaller triangles on either side of the equator include vertices common with each adjacent set of the five triangles, with the legs opposite such vertices being substantially parallel with but terminating short of the equatorial line of the ball. The legs parallel with the equator extend about the ball so as to form five trapezoids which have common sides with the alternate with the five small triangles. In the preferred embodiment, the edge radius of the dimples is greater than the standard edge radius.

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A golf ball having two poles and an equator and having a preselected number of diplomas arranged in a geometrical lattice configuration, said configuration comprising a first plurality of dimples having a predetermined diameter, D1, lying along the lattice lines of said configuration, said diameter,

A golf ball having two poles and an equator and having a preselected number of diplomas arranged in a geometrical lattice configuration, said configuration comprising a first plurality of dimples having a predetermined diameter, D1, lying along the lattice lines of said configuration, said diameter, D1, being between 0.150 and 0.160 inch; a second plurality of dimples lying within said geometrical lattice, substantially all of said second plurality of dimples having a predetermined diameter, D2 between 0.160 and 0.170 inch; and the edge radius, R, of said first and second plurality of dimples being between 0.090 and 0.110 inch.