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Why do golf balls have dimples?.....?

Why do golf balls have dimples?.....

Why do tennis balls have fuzz?

Are these the same reasons?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The dimples provide lift for the ball.

    The fuzz slows the ball down.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The dimples and fuzz allow the balls to curve, just like the laces do on a baseball.

    Controlling that curve, is what makes sports stars out of mere men!

  • 1 decade ago

    Non of thee above.

    The dimples grab the air to make the ball go farther as the same reason the fuzz grabs the air to make the ball go a longer distance

  • 1 decade ago

    It helps airflow. Air will flow straight around a smooth ball. this creates a pocket of dead air behind the ball, which slows the ball down.

    see http://www.fi.edu/wright/again/wings.avkids.com/wi...

    The dimples create disruptions in the airflow, which disturb the pocket of dead air, so the ball is no longer slowed down.

    see

    http://www.fi.edu/wright/again/wings.avkids.com/wi...

    Tennis balls have fuzz to slow them down, so that observers can actually see the ball. It has nothing to do with physics

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  • 1 decade ago

    Reduce drag on the surface of the ball to increase the distance hit.

  • 1 decade ago

    Because they are cute =D

    Sorry no idea haha just thought it was funny =P

  • Snuz
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    speed and bounce. I think traction too.

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