Why Are Dimples Made In Golf Balls? Engineer Babu Changed The Design 117 Years Ago

If you look at the history of golf balls, then centuries ago they used to be smooth. The reason for this was that they could move easily from one place to another.

Jul 16, 2022 - 20:26
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Why Are Dimples Made In Golf Balls? Engineer Babu Changed The Design 117 Years Ago
Why Are Dimples Made In Golf Balls? Engineer Babu Changed The Design 117 Years Ago

Till today you must have read about the dimples lying on the faces of the people. By the way, they make people's face and their smiles attractive. But if we go in medical terms then it is a kind of disease. However, today we are not going to talk about the dimples on the face, but the dimples present on the golf balls. If you look at golf balls, there are many small pits in them. But have you ever wondered why there are pits in these? It is not that such dimples have been made in these balls by mistake. There is a special reason behind this, which is very helpful.

If you look at the history of golf balls, then centuries ago they used to be smooth. The reason for this was that they could move easily from one place to another. This would have made it easier to play golf, then it was found that this logic was wrong. Yes, it had nothing to do with the ball being smooth. Golf was very much liked in the 1900s. At the same time, its design was changed, which is still considered. This was to make small pits in the ball. These pits revolutionized golf.

engineer's brain
The idea of ​​making a pit in a golf ball first came to the mind of an engineer. He saw that even those who get old in a smooth ball, go far. The reason behind this was understood that there are pits in the old balls. This allows them to go further. Because of this, British engineer William Taylor started making golf balls that have dimples. These balls immediately became the first choice of golfers. People started buying it a lot.

Various designs coming
Once pits began to form in golf balls after that many of its designs came to the fore. Golf balls of different patterns started coming. Due to this, the ball started moving for a longer distance. Most golf balls made today have about three to five hundred pits. At the same time, there are also a thousand pits in any ball. The ball which holds the record for most pits has one thousand and seventy dimples.

Pooja Padiyar Journalist & Wirter