A golf ball including an inner core layer having an Atti compression of 30 or less and formed from a first rubber composition and having a first surface hardness; an outer core layer including a second rubber composition; a thermoplastic layer having a second surface hardness, an inner surface hardness, and comprising a copolymer of ethylene and an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid, and sufficient amount of an organic acid or a salt of the organic acid and a cation source to neutralize the acid groups of the copolymer by about 80% or greater; an inner cover layer having a hardness of about 40 Shore D to 70 Shore D; and an outer cover layer. The first surface hardness is less than the second surface hardness by at least 5 Shore C.