Ball Markers

I'm done with this post, like I said earlier poker chips belong on a table.

next subject Jonnydee......
 
3565 said:
I'm done with this post, like I said earlier poker chips belong on a table.

next subject Jonnydee......
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I'll get right on it.

Thinking of starting a thread about on-course drinking fountains or post-round shoe and trolley-cleaning air compressors. Both, I'm sure we all agree, are pretty hot topics. Anyone?
 
KenL said:
I have 2 in my pocket. Use a big Un when far away but only use a small one when close to the hole or anywhere near someone's line.
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A man after my own heart - right pocket for the ickle one, left pocket for the poker chip.:thup:

BTW I went into my local casino tonight and put my Porthmadog ball marker on no.9, they wouldn't pay out the sods!
 
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3565 said:
We've found it out already, your a bigot.
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Would politely request you don't throw insults at me or anyone else on this thread.

Yes I play golf for fun and have strong opinions at times over things just like we all do but that doesn't give you or any other faceless keyboard warrior the right to throw insults or disparaging remarks towards me or in fact anyone

Every time you post you do it with a lack of respect for anyone else - you turn your nose up at anyone who dares to use clubs that are popular or who just play the game for enjoyment. I mainly ignore anything you post so I politely request you do the same
 
garyinderry said:
Sometimes, you mark your ball then tend the flag.whilst doing this you might look for a read from behind the flag. A bigger marker can assist in this case. I tend to use coin type markers but do see the advantage of a bigger markers.
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Casino chips are a massive dis-advantage in matchplay.

Apparently, Las Vegas university did a study on it and bright casino chips actually look closer to the hole, than normal sized ball markers. This has a big say, on who is next to putt, with them looking on average 12% nearer than their competitors.
 
:rofl:Faceless Keyboard warriors?
I wouldn't politely ignore you, I'd just ignore you.

Strange how someone called you an inconsiderate bigot, but said nothing? But hey ho. Get on with it.
 
Robobum said:
Name calling over the use of a plastic disc?

Wow! Just wow.
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I'm pretty shocked too, I'm easy going so I just let things wash.

I could not tell you about a single marker from anyone I have played with, well I think one was green once from which much hilarity ensued.

Someone could use a beer coaster and it wouldn't bother me, just don't use your Audi as a ball marker, no matter how fancy your reversing camera is! That's going too far!

I am actually for bigger ball markers, most are too small and it does waste time when people cannot find them! Ball sized, like a poker chip, is probably ideal.
 
Rarely post on this forum, but couldn't resist this thread.
Can't believe how uptight some people get about such a little thing and actually go on and on trying to prove that a ball marker can really have any bearing on a game of golf.
If someone's ball marker is too bright for you, you have far bigger issues going on and should probably seek help.
Personally wouldn't mind someone using a rat in a hat, eating a pickled onion, provided it wasn't on my line.
Please don't close the thread, I love this madness.
 
seteefeet said:
Rarely post on this forum, but couldn't resist this thread.
Can't believe how uptight some people get about such a little thing and actually go on and on trying to prove that a ball marker can really have any bearing on a game of golf.
If someone's ball marker is too bright for you, you have far bigger issues going on and should probably seek help.
Personally wouldn't mind someone using a rat in a hat, eating a pickled onion, provided it wasn't on my line.
Please don't close the thread, I love this madness.
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So rarely that this is the first time.... Welcome... do not feed the madness....
 
Alex1975 said:
So rarely that this is the first time.... Welcome... do not feed the madness....
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Madness? I have had an idea while trying to buff the scratches out of my lads Xbox game. I am going to use an old DVD. perfect size and shape, plus in the right light will dazzle my opponents!! Is this taking gamesmanship too far??
 
Rooter said:
Madness? I have had an idea while trying to buff the scratches out of my lads Xbox game. I am going to use an old DVD. perfect size and shape, plus in the right light will dazzle my opponents!! Is this taking gamesmanship too far??
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Gamesmanship is the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win or gain a serious advantage in a game or sport. It has been described as "Pushing the rules to the limit without getting caught, using whatever dubious methods possible to achieve the desired end" (Lumpkin, Stoll and Beller, 1994:92). It may be inferred that the term derives from the idea of playing for the game (i.e., to win at any cost) as opposed to sportsmanship, which derives from the idea of playing for sport. The term originates from Stephen Potter's humorous 1947 book, The Theory and Practice of Gamesmanship (or the Art of Winning Games without Actually Cheating).


No specific mention of the use of CDs to mark your ball in the rules of gamesmanship...
 
I know Liverbirdie likes to get an unusual word or two into his prose, but is there a competition to say the b word as often as possible. Personally find it an objectionable word.
 
Alex1975 said:
Gamesmanship is the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win or gain a serious advantage in a game or sport. It has been described as "Pushing the rules to the limit without getting caught, using whatever dubious methods possible to achieve the desired end" (Lumpkin, Stoll and Beller, 1994:92). It may be inferred that the term derives from the idea of playing for the game (i.e., to win at any cost) as opposed to sportsmanship, which derives from the idea of playing for sport. The term originates from Stephen Potter's humorous 1947 book, The Theory and Practice of Gamesmanship (or the Art of Winning Games without Actually Cheating).


No specific mention of the use of CDs to mark your ball in the rules of gamesmanship...
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Cool! Thinking if i cut a 1/6th section out in a cheese wedge shape, i could actually use it as an alignment aid. It should slow play down too much and is much cheaper than that 100 quid plus scotty cameron thingy!!

Watch this space, Dragons Den here i come! (again!)
 
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