Does a golf ball with more dimples fly farther or shorter?

Question

Does a golf ball with more dimples fly farther or shorter?

Answer 1

It's all a matter of how much turbulence is created by the dimples. It's turbulence that keeps the ball in the air. There are a lot of ways to achieve the turbulence ... more dimples,less dimples, bigger, smaller, more shalllow, deeper, even raised hex patterns.

if it were simply a matter of more, manufacturers would just cram a thousand on every ball.

I've got an explanation of the function of dimples here:

http://www.golfblogger.com/index.php/gol...

Answer 2

Happy Gilmore.

Answer 3

Number of dimples alone doesn't control distance.  The number will have an impact on how high the ball flies, but higher doesn't always mean longer. It has more to do with the depth of the dimples and their pattern on the ball.

Answer 4

It doesn't work that way, the dimples don't affect that factor.

Answer 5

The number of dimples doesn't favor one ball over another. The  depth of dimples may have an affect on the ball flight when the player can hit a fade or draw at will. As for the average player, he wouldn't notice any difference in the ball flight .

Answer 6

By now, all golf ball manufacturers would have known (through research and tests) and have reached the optimum number of dimples to be put on each golf ball for maximum flight. They now only experiment of the content of the core of the golf ball, either making it 'soft' or 'hard' to suit different clubhead speeds.

Too much dimples would make putting on the greens very difficult, especially for downhill putts. I have noticed though, some manufacturers have put a mixture of different-sized dimples on their golf balls, and their positions are not symmetrical. I wonder why.