Ct. Not to...argue the point with you, but, i'm...going to argue this point with you here mate.

If you take a sphere, and you cut little dimples in it, it then losses its spherical shape, you might actually have a sphere on the outer most arc of the object, Yet still even the profile will not look spherical, from any angle, due to the way that the dimples are cutting into the outer spheres edge flow.

I guarentee if you take a sphere the same side, and look at it in an ortho view, top or side or front, and lay the sphere over the top of the golf ball mesh, you'll see that the parts of the ball that arnt dimpled, will line up with the circumference of the sphere.

i will try that out in a bit and see if it proves or disproves my point when i have a bit of time here shortly,

g-man