. . . "When preparing a multi-piece golf ball or a three-piece golf ball, a material for the intermediate layer includes, for example, a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer such as an ionomer resin, a polystyrene elastomer, a polyolefin elastomer, a polyurethane elastomer, a polyester elastomer, a polyamide elastomer and the like, more preferably the ionomer resin." . . . .