text: how many dimples has a golf ball got?   most balls on sale today have about 300 to 450 dimples. there were a few balls having over 500 dimples before. the record holder was a ball with 1,070 dimples -- 414 larger ones (in four different sizes) and 656 pinhead-sized ones. all brands of balls, except one, have even-numbered dimples. the only odd-numbered ball on market is a ball with 333 dimples.