I'm not a materials engineer but have studied the basics and feel fairly certain the the plastic used in the shell of the golf ball will experience 'plastic' deformation -- ie the material will not return to it's original shape after it's deformed. I'm also of the opinion that the plastic would be quite brittle and would fail before changing shape that much.
I'm not a materials engineer but have studied the basics and feel fairly certain the the plastic used in the shell of the golf ball will experience 'plastic' deformation -- ie the material will not return to it's original shape after it's deformed. I'm also of the opinion that the plastic would be quite brittle and would fail before changing shape that much.