Declaring make and model of ball

[guest100718]

played today in a nine holer, PP smashed his drive on a dogleg right. It looked iffy, he played a provisional and said what the previous ball was and what his provisional was. Proceeded to smash it within 20 ft of his first ball. Both were found.
continued playing the hole and when he putted put, he stopped, swore at himself and said " I finished the hole with my provisional". Doh.
He told us his balls, no one got upset, he told us so we knew what we were looking for. Any found balls we pocketed.
He called the foul on himself as we did not check what ball he was playing with.
I told him that his credibility has gone through the roof coz he called the foul on himself. Cannot understand why you would not want to declare what ball you play.

So Tashboys mate tells Tashboy what ball he is playing and his provo. Then proceeds to play the wrong ball anyway.. whats the moral of the story?

Its not about whether I want to announce to all and sundry what ball I am playing, its just that I never have, nor do the people in my regualr 4 ball, nor do most of the guys i get drawn with in comps..

My ball is clearly marked so I can easily identify it, thats enough for me.

 

[Tashyboy]

So Tashboys mate tells Tashboy what ball he is playing and his provo. Then proceeds to play the wrong ball anyway.. whats the moral of the story?

Its not about whether I want to announce to all and sundry what ball I am playing, its just that I never have, nor do the people in my regualr 4 ball, nor do most of the guys i get drawn with in comps..

My ball is clearly marked so I can easily identify it, thats enough for me.

The moral of the story is honesty.

Out of interest, if you lose your ball how do your PPs know which ball they are looking for.

 

[Green Bay Hacker]

Out of habit we announce who's playing what on the first tee. By the time everyone has played their tee shots and we are walking in the rough looking for at least one of those shots no one can remember what the other players were playing anyway and have to ask again.

 

[guest100718]

The moral of the story is honesty.

Out of interest, if you lose your ball how do your PPs know which ball they are looking for.

ok... not sure what has to do with anything.

As for my ball, welltheyre used to the way i mark it so no need to ask, but otherwise same as me if I dont know, if I find a ball i'll ask if its the ball theyre looking for.

 

[Crow]

Have to say, I can see where guest100718 is coming from, I don't generally declare my ball make or how I've marked it and more to the point, neither do I listen to others when they declare theirs so there seems little point in the exercise. (Do some people actually make a mental note of their playing partners ball markings, or write it on their cards for later reference during the round?)

I trust the people I play with not to cheat and I hope they trust me the same way.

I can understand why in a major competition a starter might ask players if their ball is marked such that they can identify it and would have no issue in showing my balls to him eek but for run of the mill play I don't see the need.

 

[Slab]

All mine are marked with my usual identifier (as are all the ones still in sleeves in the cupboard)

In a match I'll probably tell my opponent on 1st tee

Other than that I'll only mention it on 1st tee if someone else does (which isn't common)

Obviously I know what ball I'm playing and if I'm looking for theirs then i'll ask what i'm looking for at that time

Works fine


edit: yeah I would probably forget what others in the 4-ball have so would need to ask when looking anyway (more likely to remember if they turned up with manky shoes than what ball they are playing)

 

[TheJezster]

I don't announce my ball on the tee, but if I'm in a group and the first player does, and then the others follow I would do probably.

Seems a bit petty to not if everyone else is.

If I play a provisional, I'll obviously announce what that is and when looking for balls if someone asks I'll clearly tell them what Im playing with then too.

I get that you don't HAVE to, but if the rest are, why would you not follow in?

I think some people like to be contraire on here just for the hell of it.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I don't announce my ball on the tee, but if I'm in a group and the first player does, and then the others follow I would do probably.

Seems a bit petty to not if everyone else is.

If I play a provisional, I'll obviously announce what that is and when looking for balls if someone asks I'll clearly tell them what Im playing with then too.

I get that you don't HAVE to, but if the rest are, why would you not follow in?

I think some people like to be contraire on here just for the hell of it.

au contraire (sorry couldn't resist)

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

I think some people like to be contraire on here just for the hell of it.

Ain't that the truth!

 

[guest100718]

Ain't that the truth!

Yeah thats right, all of us in this thread who dont feel the need to declare (and its not just me.. there are many. maybe more than do, not that you'd notice) are just doing it to annoy you.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

The bottom line is - why would you not declare your ball if you knew that there are many others who would expect you to and that one or more of your group may of that mind? It costs nothing.

But hey, each to his own seems to be the watchword for many folks these days - in golf as in life.

 

[guest100718]

The bottom line is - why would you not declare your ball if you knew that there are many others who would expect you to and that one or more of your group may of that mind? It costs nothing.

But hey, each to his own seems to be the watchword for many folks these days - in golf as in life.

ive created a poll.

 

[FairwayDodger]

I think it useful to state ball and markings on first tee. Several times I've played in groups where there was a clash and this allowed players to avoid potential problems during the round.

 

[Fish]

If I'm looking for someone's ball in the rough, when I eventually come across a ball, I simply ask, what you playing, he then describes the ball and I say, nope, thanks another Pro V1 for the shag bag :smirk:

 

[guest100718]

If I'm looking for someone's ball in the rough, when I eventually come across a ball, I simply ask, what you playing, he then describes the ball and I say, nope, thanks another Pro V1 for the shag bag :smirk:

i like it when you ask what they're playing and they say titleist and you reply ok. this is callaway to which they reply ah yes that's it i mean a callaway.......

 

[TheJezster]

The bottom line is - why would you not declare your ball if you knew that there are many others who would expect you to and that one or more of your group may of that mind? It costs nothing.

But hey, each to his own seems to be the watchword for many folks these days - in golf as in life.

Personally I think the bottom line is you don't have to declare your ball so why would you? Unless you're playing with someone who does and goes off first and declares his or hers. At that point whoever's next can decide whether they want to follow suit or not. Then I think it would be petty not to but you still don't have to.

Above all else it's a game and you should have fun in the 4 hours you're out there with other people. That's the bottom line.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

i like it when you ask what they're playing and they say titleist and you reply ok. this is callaway to which they reply ah yes that's it i mean a callaway.......

Yeah happens from time to time. Wonder how you can prevent it happening?

Maybe declaring what ball you are using on the tee?

 

[guest100718]

Yeah happens from time to time. Wonder how you can prevent it happening?

Maybe declaring what ball you are using on the tee?

i think you'll find a cheat is a cheat

 

[pogle]

i like it when you ask what they're playing and they say titleist and you reply ok. this is callaway to which they reply ah yes that's it i mean a callaway.......

At which point you say, "Oh sorry, this is actually a Srixon"