Ball Markers

[Deleted member 15344]

^^^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.

If you are distracted by a pokerchip marker that says more about your issues than the marker itself

 

[Robobum]

We have pretty small greens at our club - I'd guess at around 6 or 700 square foot on average.........and a 3cm diameter chip is too big!!??

Haha

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I really, really can't believe the OP has received 71 replies. The whole topic is a non-discussion.

Not sure it's a non-discussion - seems more to do with consideration (or lack of) to other players. It's obvious that a poker chip ball marker will be more conspicuous than a traditional one, and therefore potentially more distracting to other players and likely to need moved more often, so why use one? Forget about the 'I like it - me me' mentality and just use a traditional size ball marker and no-one will have anything to worry about.

But I suppose you'd expect me to say that.

 

[garyinderry]

I find poker chips a bit unnecessary but as pointed out to me by my mate, they are easy to see when you have marked your ball and lining up a long putt.

I hate courses that only have poker chip markers left in the shop.

 

[User20205]

^^^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.

But that fits your stereotype. You're always banging on about 'folk who draw attention to themselves' or 'folk who are different'.

As previously stated I use a poker chip sometimes, if the feeling takes me. I don't consider myself ostentatious.

If I was in anyway judgemental, I would suppose that a round with you would be as much fun as root canal surgery, what with the being told where to stand and the being told with what to mark my ball..

It's lucky that I'm not so presumptuous

 

[CheltenhamHacker]

Not sure it's a non-discussion - seems more to do with consideration (or lack of) to other players. It's obvious that a poker chip ball marker will be more conspicuous than a traditional one, and therefore potentially more distracting to other players and likely to need moved more often, so why use one? Forget about the 'I like it - me me' mentality and just use a traditional size ball marker and no-one will have anything to worry about.

But I suppose you'd expect me to say that.

I'm going to bite. What's a traditional ball marking size?

I'm all for poker chips. I realy struggle to see tiny ball markers when walking around a green. With a poker chip, i see it easily and know I won't stand on anyones line. Thatsm: much more considerate to other players than trampling all over their line.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Not sure it's a non-discussion - seems more to do with consideration (or lack of) to other players. It's obvious that a poker chip ball marker will be more conspicuous than a traditional one, and therefore potentially more distracting to other players and likely to need moved more often, so why use one? Forget about the 'I like it - me me' mentality and just use a traditional size ball marker and no-one will have anything to worry about.

But I suppose you'd expect me to say that.

I'm extremely considerate to my FC and not once has anyone ever had an issue with me using my pokerchip

I don't judge you because you want people to stand in a certain position so don't judge me or others who use a pokerchip marker - because none of them I have met fit into the category you have pigeon holed them into

please refrain from acusing people on here.

 

[Markw]

Not sure it's a non-discussion - seems more to do with consideration (or lack of) to other players. It's obvious that a poker chip ball marker will be more conspicuous than a traditional one, and therefore potentially more distracting to other players and likely to need moved more often, so why use one? Forget about the 'I like it - me me' mentality and just use a traditional size ball marker and no-one will have anything to worry about.

But I suppose you'd expect me to say that.

It does seem there are a few inconsiderate golfers on here! like yourself I use a small marker, actually 10p sized and very thin(Saved all the FJ glove ball markers) and pressed down quite firmly you could putt over it but of course if anywhere near some ones line I ask them if it needs to be moved while placing it. You have got to be some kind of tool to place a poker chip on someone's line and casually walk off without saying anything as I've seen happen. A couple of us pointed to the error of his ways and now he is reformed, he was actually quite new to the game so didn't realise the etiquette.

 

[CheltenhamHacker]

It does seem there are a few inconsiderate golfers on here! like yourself I use a small marker, actually 10p sized and very thin(Saved all the FJ glove ball markers) and pressed down quite firmly you could putt over it but of course if anywhere near some ones line I ask them if it needs to be moved while placing it. You have got to be some kind of tool to place a poker chip on someone's line and casually walk off without saying anything as I've seen happen. A couple of us pointed to the error of his ways and now he is reformed, he was actually quite new to the game so didn't realise the etiquette.

So he wouldn't have been a tool if he had put a non poker chip on someones line and walked off?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I'm going to bite. What's a traditional ball marking size?

Not buying that you don't know what a traditional sized ball marker looks like

 

[Deleted member 15344]

If you are pressing down on your coin enough to the point that a ball can roll over it then you are making an indentation in the green and possibly damaging the green by you actions - extremely inconsiderate to the course and your fellow golfers.

And the player you are talking about isn't bejng a tool because he is using a pokerchip - he is being a tool putting a marker on someone's line regardless of the size of his marker.

But I'm sure you will be able to point to anywhere in the lines of etiquette in regards "pokerchip" makers

 

[Robobum]

It does seem there are a few inconsiderate golfers on here! like yourself I use a small marker, actually 10p sized and very thin(Saved all the FJ glove ball markers) and pressed down quite firmly you could putt over it but of course if anywhere near some ones line I ask them if it needs to be moved while placing it. You have got to be some kind of tool to place a poker chip on someone's line and casually walk off without saying anything as I've seen happen. A couple of us pointed to the error of his ways and now he is reformed, he was actually quite new to the game so didn't realise the etiquette.

Tools??!!

Still sure you're calm and easy going out there?!

 

[Markw]

So he wouldn't have been a tool if he had put a non poker chip on someones line and walked off?

Off course he would, but I've not experienced that.

 

[CheltenhamHacker]

Not buying that you don't know what a traditional sized ball marker looks like

I've played with people who use poker chips, coins, little markers from gloves, and various other things. No consensus at all, and that comes from people who have been playing 30 odd years. My question was more a case of : was there a time when everyone used the same. If so, what did they use? If not, how can it be traditional?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I'm extremely considerate to my FC and not once has anyone ever had an issue with me using my pokerchip

I don't judge you because you want people to stand in a certain position so don't judge me or others who use a pokerchip marker - because none of them I have met fit into the category you have pigeon holed them into

please refrain from acusing people on here.

Not accusing anyone - just pointing out that large ball markers can be distracting for some and can waste time having them moved - when they are really just not necessary.

 

[User20205]

It does seem there are a few inconsiderate golfers on here! like yourself I use a small marker, actually 10p sized and very thin(Saved all the FJ glove ball markers) and pressed down quite firmly you could putt over it but of course if anywhere near some ones line I ask them if it needs to be moved while placing it. You have got to be some kind of tool to place a poker chip on someone's line and casually walk off without saying anything as I've seen happen. A couple of us pointed to the error of his ways and now he is reformed, he was actually quite new to the game so didn't realise the etiquette.

There is no breach etiquette

Do you find yourself getting angry at many everyday things ?

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Off course he would, but I've not experienced that.

So only people using "pokerchip" markers will mark and just walk away ?!

 

[Soft hands]

Can someone explain to me, how if the poker chip is not on your line is it distracting?

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Not accusing anyone - just pointing out that large ball markers can be distracting for some and can waste time having them moved - when they are really just not necessary.

And I have never ever witnessed anyone get distracted by a ball marker regardless of size

If someone does then that as I said earlier says more about them.

 

[Robobum]

I also don't really want anyone asking "do you want that moved?"

If I want it moved, I'll politely ask. I don't really want you blurting out the question whilst I'm reading the putt to establish whether the marker is on my line in the first place.