Golf Ball Dimples – What Are They?
How many times have you scrutinized the golf ball and wondered why there are dimples all over it? This article will discuss how golf ball dimples control the balls flight and its importance to the success of your game. The balls that were used for golf were initially smooth. Were you surprised? Yes, these spheres back then were as smooth as glass. Now here’s the catch. Eventually golf players began to notice that their spheres travel longer distances after many months of use – when it’s surrounded by bruises, cuts and other imperfections! It turns out that the cuts and scratches on the ball is responsible for making it travel farther down the fairway, which is more useful to the player compared to a brand new ball. More and more golfers started to notice, so they rummaged through they old golf stuff and took out their old balls. This discovery has lead some aerodynamicist to examine the mystery behind the beat up ball and they concluded that the ball’s imperfections acted as turbulator
