[Brentco]

Originally Posted by Half-Inch Stud

So, with dimples, there is a detached layer created that allows the goldball to fly/travel rather straighter.

It sounds like the dimples have some straightening effect, but the main purpose is to reduce wake and make the ball fly farther. That article says a golf ball with dimples will fly twice as far as one without. That’s pretty nuts. Again, no relevance to automotive applications (unless you’re dimpling your body panels like Sirrotica suggested), but still nuts.