Ball Markers

[Deleted member 15717]

Who would have thought something so innocuous could cause such outrage!

I use a large, poker chip style ball marker...it causes no issues whatsoever. If someone wants me to move it, I do. The whole point of marking your ball is to use something you can see. If you are trying to read the line from behind the hole, then you have more chance of seeing a poker chip marker to help. How often, seriously, do you and PP's have a putt over the same line etc that using a large ball marker causes issues?

 

[road2ruin]

Poker chip for me also.....and I actually prefer it when others use them as can easily see where everyone is on the green before I start trampling all over their lines!

 

[Region3]

I don't use a poker chip, i'm not a knob!

I dare you to take a vote on it.

 

[bluewolf]

I'll use whatever I pull out of the bag first.. I have a couple of the small enamel ones that I prefer, but I also have 2/3 poker chip ones that I use on occasion.. Never had any complaints, but there has been some lighthearted mickey taking due to their size..

Bearing in mind that I've seen people use tees and pitch mark repairers, I'm not sure that a poker chip is really a problem...

 

[Slab]

casino chips are just the latest fad (probably aided by a rise in the popularity of poker) and it'll move on to something else sooner or later

although if we are going to be using this size of ball marker for a while I'd much rather it wasn't based on the design of a poker chip... much better would be a flattened golf ball design on the chip

 

[Stuey01]

wow.

It seems there really is nothing in the game of golf that doesn't have the capacity to cause an argument with uptight golfers.

Madness.

 

[Deleted member 15717]

wow.

It seems there really is nothing in the game of golf that doesn't have the capacity to cause an argument with uptight golfers.

Madness.

Don't get me started on putter grips with a ball sucker on the end...

 

[pbrown7582]

I bought 2 poker chip ball markers mementos from royal cinque ports and royal at George's recently. They're really quite clever, with a smaller disk magnetically embedded in the larger.

I just wanted to check at which small minded, judgmental, lack of social nicety pigeon hole I was being put into.

Is it the 'look at me golfer' or the general 'I'm a knob' in all things?

Are these categories distinct, or is there some cross over?

cunning design idea and plan there you can adapt which group you want to be in on a daily basis!

 

[matchrat]

I use whatever I have in my pocket - usually a coin. I sometimes do a bit of gamesmanship by using random objects as my marker in matchplay. Things i've marked with include lighter, fag packet, pocket fluff, leaf, stick, putter, wedge, hat. Would like to use a nice ball marker but I always lose them.

 

[bluewolf]

I use whatever I have in my pocket - usually a coin. I sometimes do a bit of gamesmanship by using random objects as my marker in matchplay. Things i've marked with include lighter, fag packet, pocket fluff, leaf, stick, putter, wedge, hat. Would like to use a nice ball marker but I always lose them.

in all seriousness, how is this gamesmanship? Are people really put off by something as stupid as a ball marker? Are there really people that weak out there? Life is full of surprises eh?

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I am not a fan of the poker chips, too big and clumsy, but they don't bother me if others want to use them. I guess the problem is that they are quite eye catching and may distract in comparison to the standard style of marker which tends to be more subtle. If one is in your line then just ask the person to move it, excessively so if it really catches your eye. Not something I get hett up about though.

 

[Deleted member 15717]

Lets be honest...if a ball marker really distracts you from putting, you have bigger issues

 

[CheltenhamHacker]

in all seriousness, how is this gamesmanship? Are people really put off by something as stupid as a ball marker? Are there really people that weak out there? Life is full of surprises eh?

I think i would find it funny. Especially if teh pocket fluff blew away!

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Lets be honest...if a ball marker really distracts you from putting, you have bigger issues

Can you imagine Montgomery's reaction in his heyday if someone used one? There was very little that didn't distract him when he hit a bad shot. He would have exploded.

 

[BTatHome]

Always good to have something there to nudge a ball back on its intended line on the longer putts

 

[matchrat]

in all seriousness, how is this gamesmanship? Are people really put off by something as stupid as a ball marker? Are there really people that weak out there? Life is full of surprises eh?

Not put off by what it is visually but whether I'm allowed to mark with it in the first place. They start thinking about the weird marker rather their tricky lag put. No idea if it actually works just prefer to call it planned gamesmanship rather than being useless and not having a marker on me

Also wondered if you can mark with anything could you hire an attractive young lady to be your marker? - I imagine I would find that distracting

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Also wondered if you can mark with anything could you hire an attractive young lady to be your marker? - I imagine I would find that distracting

Now that is an entirely different thread. Good one though. Frankly at that point my golf would become irrelevant and I wouldn't care.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

The poker chip markers are a bit ostentatious for me.

^^^This

Besides - I think that when you mark your ball on the green the marker should be as inconspicuous as possible to avoid distracting other players. Poker chips are anything but.

 

[Robobum]

^^^This

Besides - I think that when you mark your ball on the green the marker should be as inconspicuous as possible to avoid distracting other players. Poker chips are anything but.

Conforming to the Historical Marking Protocol?

 

[Pin-seeker]

I usually use a tee or any coin I have in my pocket.
I once marked with a pound coin,one of my PP (not really a golfer) picked it up with a big smile on his face 'nice one I've just found a quid'

True story.