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Golf Ball Dimples and Aerodynamics

Quick fact

A smooth golf ball would travel about half the distance of a dimpled one when hit with the same force.

Why this is interesting

You know that golf ball with all those tiny dimples? It would actually fly worse if it were perfectly smooth. Why would a bumpy surface make the ball go farther?