How Does the Number of Dimples Affect a Golf Ball?
History jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/4673047/91923_Full.jpg’); }); Image of a modern two piece golf ball. The first golf balls consisted of leather pouch filled with goose feathers while the leather was wet. At the time, conventional wisdom held that the smoother the golf ball, the further it would fly because drag was created with minimal surface area distortion. In the mid-1800s a new ball, called the gutta-percha ball, was introduced. These balls were produced from the gum of a Malaysian Sapodilla tree and also had very smooth surfaces. By the time of the Great Depression, golf ball design evolved to the point of what is used today with dimples as the standard design. Today, a ball is composed of rubber thread that is wound about a rubber golf ball core, and then subsequently coated with the dimpled enamel. Golf Ball Dimples The dimples on today’s balls are the result of tri
History jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a04/ej/gn/number-dimples-affect-golf-ball-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); Image of a modern two piece golf ball. The first golf balls consisted of leather pouch filled with goose feathers while the leather was wet. At the time, conventional wisdom held that the smoother the golf ball, the further it would fly because drag was created with minimal surface area distortion. In the mid-1800s a new ball, called the gutta-percha ball, was introduced. These balls were produced from the gum of a Malaysian Sapodilla tree and also had very smooth surfaces. By the time of the Great Depression, golf ball design evolved to the point of what is used today with dimples as the standard design. Today, a ball is composed of rubber thread that is wound about a rubber golf ball core, and then subsequently coated with the dimpled enamel. Golf Ball Dimples The dimples on today’s balls are the
