A nuclear engineer at Sandia National Laboratories has confirmed a forehead-smackingly obvious idea - dimpling things from rockets to cars can improve aerodynamics. Dimples on a golf ball may seem like a small detail, but they play a crucial role in how the ball performs when struck by a club. A golf ball is arguably the most important aspect of your game; it's the only point of contact with the club face.
Players simply found that older golf balls, with damaged surfaces, had more consistent flights than perfectly round new ones, so golf ball manufacturers began experimenting with adding dimples to the surface. In today's edition of Play Smart, we look at the fascinating way Bryon DeChambeau uses the dimples on his ball to make short putts. 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' actor, Tom Holland, posted an image of his head injury to his Instagram Stories, May 6.
These guys tested a golf ball without dimples to see how far it can go and whether or not it can be controllable. Bridgestone's e12 Contact ball stays on the clubface longer and flies straighter thanks to its quirky dimple design that ramps up energy. But while 'ball spin contributes about one half of a golf ball's lift,' continue Veilleux and Simonds, 'the other half is provided by the...