Science of Golf: Why Golf Balls Have Dimples

Nice, now I am gonna use this information in my Fluid Dynamics final

Awesome. But this still doesn't explain why my ball always ends up in the woods...

Just a correction at 2:00, low pressure does not “suck” the ball, its the high pressure area around the side of the ball thats “pushing backwards” the ball because its trying to go with the low pressure because of the pressure difference

Makes sense. A friend of my father's had an airplane that went through a hail storm. He swore the airplane flew 3 - 4 kts faster after the hail storm.

Very interesting video. Thanks

Can we all just stop and appreciate how smooth that bunker shot at the end was...

This is good golf information. Like taking a science class in school

Some years ago, Boeing used a redundant early 737 to 'golfball dimple' the fuselage. They did not touch wing tail or other lift surfaces. Just by 'dimpling' the fuselage, Boeing noted 3 per cent less drag resulting in a big fuel saving. [ps. This was never implemented on operational aircraft due long parking near maritime and other industrial toxics and related issues.]

lol "put my pink panther ball in there"

will this help me keeping the ball on the fairway? and reducing my 20yd slice:)

This helped me to learn my test question "Why do golf balls have dimples"? thanks I learnt while watching

I don't know anything about golf but my physics prof said we're gonna get questions about this in our test so thanks guys:)

Would this same principle apply to a smaller ball, for example one that is .6840" (17.37mm) with dimples relative to its size moving at 300 to 400fps? Or does it even matter at this size whether it has dimples or not? Thank you for any advice you can share!

Best explanation..

if you increase your overal leanth of serfice to 60ft by 14ft what would the size of dimple and spaced apart at 15mph what would be like

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Looking to learn more on behalf of NP Power Golf.

Turbulent boundary layers vs laminar boundary layers. Turbulent boundary layers can sustain adverse pressure gradient better than it’s counterparts. Turbulent or vortex generated by this rough surface transport kinetic energy for the edge of boundary layers to a low momentum flow at the surface. This will greatly reduce flow separation or reverse flow that will cause drag. Of course you need energy to bend the fluid to create vortex thus creating drag but the result of total drag reduction generated via vortex generator far outweight it’s disadvantages.

i remember having a baseball-sized foam-ball with dimples. it really fell to the ground fast, without spin. with back-spin, it floated forward. the dimples catch air, and let the ball ride. a golfer puts back-spin on the ball. in summary, i find the current understanding of dimples on a golf ball to be seriously flawed...

Might sound weird but I only watched this video trying to do research into combustion chamber efficiency on an engine.