2006-06-19 02:55:24 · 13 answers · asked by Jake M 1 in Sports ➔ Golf
It depends on the brand and model of the golf ball. Most balls range anywhere between 300 and 450 dimples.
2006-06-25 18:50:37 · answer #1 · answered by emogolfer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dimples on the golf ball are used as an aerodynamic device.
Here is a scientific explanaiton:
The number of dimples on a golf ball varies, depending on the manufacturer and may even be different for different models made by the same manufacturer. The dimples are usually the same size as one another, but some golf balls have several different sizes of dimple on the same ball. Any number between 300 and 500 dimples is reasonable, and 336 is a common number. Not just any number will do. Golf balls are usually covered with dimples in a spherically symmetrical way, and for many values of N, it is impossible to cover the golf ball uniformly without gaps. Symmetry is important or the ball will wobble or its flight will depend on which part of the ball is forwards or sideways as the ball spins. You can get an idea of how to space dimples uniformly around a sphere by thinking about the "platonic solids" -- the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron and icosahedron, and placing a dimple at the corners of an inscribed platonic solid. Variations on this theme give the corners of Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes, and also the possible symmetrical locations of dimples on a golf ball.
And we all think it is just about gripping and ripping.
2006-06-19 04:34:33 · answer #2 · answered by SCOTT & ELLIE W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Around, as others have said, 350-430. It used to be that the more dimples the higher the ball would fly, but I'm not sure if that is still the case, since dimples now have differing shapes and sizes--even on the same ball.,
2006-06-19 03:35:23 · answer #3 · answered by Johnnyo26 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
384 to 422
2006-06-20 20:45:54 · answer #4 · answered by Doug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
400
2006-06-20 19:46:17 · answer #5 · answered by Esmeralda Tarzana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the manufacturer. Titleist = 384
See the below for more information
http://www.titleist.com/technology/details.asp?id=21&bhcp=1
2006-06-19 03:01:32 · answer #6 · answered by TeeDawg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3000
2006-06-19 02:58:10 · answer #7 · answered by tweetymay 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the ball, make and model. any where between 300-486
2006-06-19 03:01:47 · answer #8 · answered by IndyMM 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going with 336, but I guess it changes
2006-06-19 03:00:25 · answer #9 · answered by Magi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends. One I know for sure is 382.
2006-06-19 03:00:19 · answer #10 · answered by Gatorz22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋