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Editorial illustration of a golf ball in mid-flight showing its dimpled surface with stylized turbulent airflow and boundary-layer lines trailing behind it against a minimalist sky, rendered in cool blue and white tones with warm accent light.

Why Does a Golf Ball Have Between 300 and 500 Dimples?

 cacophony  10/12/2026

Golf ball dimples trip the boundary layer into turbulence, cutting drag by half — but physics only narrows the dimple count to a range, never a single answer.

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