| Not accounting for weather conditions there | | | | ball.The dimples on a golf ball have |
| are a few things that influence how high and | | | | everything to do with the areodynamics of the |
| far a golf ball will fly.The first thing is | | | | ball. The dimples create a restless boundry |
| the spin of the ball.A ball must spin to be | | | | of air around the ball, technically called |
| able to fly through the air. The spin rate is | | | | lift. Larger dimples creates more turbulance |
| measured in "rpm" or revolutions per minute.A | | | | which produces less lift. Flatter dimples |
| driver, because of it's lower degree of angle | | | | create a smoother flow of air over the ball |
| on it's face will produce less spin than a | | | | and thus more lift.For example the Maxfli 432 |
| wedge which has a a higher lofted face. A | | | | dimple pattern is made up of 12 pentagons and |
| driver may have a 10 degree loft while a | | | | 20 triangles based on a icosidodecahedron. |
| wedge may have a 60 degree loft. The wedge | | | | Six circles define the pattern and generally |
| will produce much more spin on a ball than a | | | | this pattern stands for distance and control |
| driver will. This is why the ball gets in the | | | | in a ball.The Maxfli 408 dimple pattern |
| air much quicker with a wedge than with a | | | | consists of 6 squares and 8 hexagons based on |
| driver.As the balls spins faster it creates | | | | a octahedron. This is a "crossover" dimple |
| less pressure on top of the ball than under | | | | pattern and some of the patterns have the |
| it. This creates lift. As the balls slows | | | | contour of a ball while others have the |
| down the lift is decreased until the ball | | | | contour of a saucer. This dimple size, |
| eventuallly looses lift and height and | | | | contours and allocation on the ball, |
| gravity takes over. Just like an airplane | | | | contribute to a good distance ball.The Maxfli |
| wing.The spin of the ball has to be | | | | 402 dimple pattern (Noodle), has 20 |
| clockwise. If struck properly, the ball | | | | triangles, 30 squares, and 12 pentagons based |
| actually spins towards you as it flies | | | | on a rhombicosidodecahedron. This pattern |
| through the air. If you top the ball, and | | | | provides excellent flight qualities. Many |
| produce a counter clockwsie spin, or the ball | | | | weekend golfers use the Noodle because it |
| spins away from you, the normal result is | | | | gives them a better trajectory, better |
| that the ball falls to the ground much | | | | lift!Read more articles by this author, about |
| quicker.Another factor are the dimples on the | | | | this and other subjects, here. |