How do you mark your ball?

There have been quite a few contentious threads over the last few days so here is a quick and easy one to lighten the mood.

How do you mark your ball and have you changed your method much over the years? What influenced you to mark it how you do?

I mark mine with a black blob over the number. Have done this for years, never seen anyone else use the same marking. Found out recently RMac (sic) marks his ball the same way. The good thing about this method is I don't have to remember what number of ball I'm playing

A small pink dot above the right of the logo and the same below the bottom left of the logo, repaeatd on the other side of the ball

I take it then d4s that you have never had to play a provisional?...

Two black dots below the number, same the other side of the ball for me...always marked like that, where do you think Lee got the idea from?

I draw a picture of Mac on my ball, and line it up towards the club face.

two red dots and horizontal line underneath - like a straight-lipped smilie

Use one red dot next to right side of the number on each side of the ball.

Also have a smiley somewhere on the ball in same red. Started this on my wife's golf balls as it helped cheer her up during a particularly bad period on the course (sad but true) and it somehow leaked onto my golf balls (even sadder I know)
Have been known to leave it off if playing in outside Opens though!

BlueCoverman wrote:I take it then d4s that you have never had to play a provisional?...

Two black dots below the number, same the other side of the ball for me...always marked like that, where do you think Lee got the idea from?

My moniker should provide the answer to your question Blue

A dot between the number and the titleist. Usually black but depends which sharpie comes out the bag on some occasions.

I used to draw a on my ball, until I discovered golfdotz.

Now I just press on a small green shamrock onto my ball, and I have a permanent mark.

Simples....

I wonder how Mac marks his Penfold Hearts or Dunlop 65, with a quill pen perhaps?

drive4show wrote:

BlueCoverman wrote:I take it then d4s that you have never had to play a provisional?...

Two black dots below the number, same the other side of the ball for me...always marked like that, where do you think Lee got the idea from?

My moniker should provide the answer to your question Blue

On that basis my moniker should be 'driveitinthecabbage'

I will mark my ball in the way that turns out to be the most popular so I have more chance of claiming another ball is mine when I go into the cabbage.


At the moment I mark it with my initials in small writing just to the right of the number on each side.

McLaren wrote:I will mark my ball in the way that turns out to be the most popular so I have more chance of claiming another ball is mine when I go into the cabbage.

Wish I'd thought of that.......

A circle round the number - only seen one other person do that in the last 10 years

It depends, normally 1 or 2 blue dots around the number or logo and then a cheater line.

If I am playing a Nike I place the dots around the swoosh so it looks like a %

If the logo has an i in it such as Titleist or Srixon I then dot the i

After writing this I have to come to the conclusion that I have sad ball marking tendencies.

Small blue triangle - above the manufacturer's name on one side and below it on the other.

I use a purple circle round the number and if/when hitting a provisional I fill in the middle of the ring in black.

With a coin.Usually a 5 pence piece.

A circle round the logo and a line around the circumference of the ball

dont at the moment- but thinking about buying a load online whith a custom work logo, say they are promotional items and get the vat and tax back on my purchase! - which will mean i can get a dozen prov's theoritically for about 26 quid but have to buy bulk lol

With 2 big dirty initials all over it.

mystiroakey wrote:dont at the moment- but thinking about buying a load online whith a custom work logo, say they are promotional items and get the vat and tax back on my purchase! - which will mean i can get a dozen prov's theoritically for about 26 quid but have to buy bulk lol

It's coming up to Xmas, you could buy a dozen each for all your forum buddies

drive4show wrote:

mystiroakey wrote:dont at the moment- but thinking about buying a load online whith a custom work logo, say they are promotional items and get the vat and tax back on my purchase! - which will mean i can get a dozen prov's theoritically for about 26 quid but have to buy bulk lol

It's coming up to Xmas, you could buy a dozen each for all your forum buddies

id love to but i am trying to save myself money!

the amount of balls i loose - just hit a course i have plyed recently and you will be well off

2 Orange dots above the Number, 3 below the name

A green stripe covering the line that Titleist put on to help line up putts - which I never make use of. I like to look at a white ball with no markings showing when I putt. And the green stripe always faces towards the hole. Ritualistic or what!

Red dot filling in the nearest dimple to the number, on either side.

I take a line on a prominent feature on the course, usually a tree, and then walk towards it, not veering from the line and trying to keep an eye on the line I have marked. If I have marked correctly, somewhere along that line in the umbalah will be my ball...............probably showing 2 black dots above the name