A golf ball comprising at least one thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable material formed from a composition comprising at least one telechelic polycarbonate having a generic structure of: ##STR00001## where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently include hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alicyclic, cycloalkyl, and alkoxy groups; R.sub.3 to R.sub.6 independently include linear, branched, cyclic, aliphatic, alicyclic, araliphatic, aromatic, and ether moieties having 2 60 carbon atoms; x is 1 to 200; and y and z are independently 0 to 200.