Dimples

[Mikey]

These performance differences stem from the balls’ composition. The Pro V1 is a three-piece design with a soft compression core and 352 dimples. The Pro V1x is a four-piece with 328 dimples.
is a ball better with less or more dimples and why,is a three piece ball better than a four piece ball and why

 

[guest100718]

wel a ball with no dimples wont fly. it'll nose dive about 100 yards from the tee

 

[duncan mackie]

They have different characteristics with different number, size, depth and shape of dimples.

The more components in a ball the more you can tune it's compression characteristics- but the more it can cost. I say can because there are also different costs to different materials as well and a 1 pice from the most expensive might overtake the increased manufacturing costs. I think 5 is the current max being used. All sorts of materials have been included in cores from liquids to metal balls over the years!

Then you have the skin material and thickness variables.

No such thing as better for everybody.

 

[anotherdouble]

Hi Mikey please forgive me for asking but I am just curious. Do you by any chance work in the spherical object industry. The reason for asking is that in 3 or 4 new threads that you have started they have all been about balls

 

[Mikey]

Hi Mikey please forgive me for asking but I am just curious. Do you by any chance work in the spherical object industry. The reason for asking is that in 3 or 4 new threads that you have started they have all been about balls

No I don't work spherical object industry lol.i just have a obsession with golf balls and collecting them.i thought it was time to start learning about them more (hope there is nothing wrong with that)

 

[anotherdouble]

No I don't work spherical object industry lol.i just have a obsession with golf balls and collecting them.i thought it was time to start learning about them more (hope there is nothing wrong with that)

Nowt wrong with that at all Mikey. Best of luck with your collection. A lot of knowledgeable folk on here. Unfortunately I am not one of them. Good luck

 

[Mikey]

wel a ball with no dimples wont fly. it'll nose dive about 100 yards from the tee

My understanding is that dimples give lift then,and the more dimples a ball has the more lift you will get,And I take it more distance?

 

[duncan mackie]

My understanding is that dimples give lift then,and the more dimples a ball has the more lift you will get,And I take it more distance?

1. More dimples doesn't mean more lift, even if all the other relevant elements remain constant.
2. More lift doesn't mean more distance - there will be a different set of optimum conditions (launch angle, spin, 'lift') for different ball speeds to deliver the maximum carry. Then you overlay the conditions to get the overall distance the ball travels. Obviously objectives will differ across clubs and shots but you only have the one ball to deliver to all these aspects!

 

[CliveW]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcjaxC-e8oY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D-mo8qBeGA

 

[Mikey]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcjaxC-e8oY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D-mo8qBeGA

very interesting

 

[williamalex1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcjaxC-e8oY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D-mo8qBeGA

HIDs wouldn't be too pleased me chopping balls up in the kitchen , quite dangerous too.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Google is your friend.

 

[Foxholer]

My understanding is that dimples give lift then,and the more dimples a ball has the more lift you will get,And I take it more distance?

More dimples does NOT mean more lift! More lift does not (always) mean more distance. If a drive appears to be 'ballooning' then the lift effect is too great and distance will be reduced!

It's not the dimples that give the lift, though that's how the effect is magnified/optimised!

Here's an explanation https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-dimples-in-golf-ba/

 

[dewsweeper]

More dimples does NOT mean more lift!

It's not the dimples that give the lift, though that's how the effect is magnified/optimised!

Here's an explanation https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-dimples-in-golf-ba/

I think our forefathers found on golf courses that with the gutta percha balls they flew better as they got older and scuffed.
No,I never played them myself.

 

[Foxholer]

I think our forefathers found on golf courses that with the gutta percha balls they flew better as they got older and scuffed.
No,I never played them myself.

Correct!

The feathery didn't need 'adjustment' as both the stitching and 'less than perfect' shape created the same effect!

Aerodynamics wasn't quite as developed back then!

 

[Farmergeddon]

What amuses me is that in the old days of balata when you needed a long drive you took out a hard ball! now Soft is the new hard soft balls go further, but balatas were soft and spun like a spinning thing but now soft balls dont spin..