why does a golf ball have dimples? - mocomi kids

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Why does a golf ball have dimples?

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Why does a golf ball

have dimples?

Small hollows which are present on the surface of a

golf ball are called 'dimples'. These dimples allow the

ball to travel much faster through the air and alsohelps in the accuracy of a shot.

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Inside the golf ball is a small rubber sac filled with a

liquid. Tightly wrapped around this is a rubber

thread. On top of that is a thin rubber-like cover with

dimples in it. The depth and arrangement of dimples

differ with different kinds of balls. These factorsaffect how far and high a ball can go.


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Liquid-filledrubber sac

Cover

INSIDE A GOLF BALL

Rubber thread

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When a golf ball is hit, it forces the air out of its way

as it moves. The dimples help the air to move quickly

behind the ball, so it travels faster.

With no dimples, the ball does not go very far as air

doesn't move behind the ball fast enough.

Those who play golf use different types of clubs to

make the ball go further or highger.



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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The modern day golf ball was developed in Scotland.

However, some historians have traced the sport backto the Roman game of 'paganica' in which players

used a bent stick to hit a stuffed leather ball. Early

golfers used wooden balls, but these were replaced

in the early 17th century by stitched leather ballsstuffed with boiled feathers. Then in 1842 balls were

made from gutta-percha. Since the early 20th

century golfers started using balls made from

rubber which greatly increased golf's popularitybecause it was easier to hit into the air and traveled

much faster than the gutta-percha ball.

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Who invented the gutta-percha ball?

Gutta-percha comes from the name of a plant. Which

plant is that?

Try and make your own gutta-percha ball.


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