3565
Journeyman Pro
The reason for me to pick my ball up is to give a stiff talking to and tell it to go in the jeffing hole........ I can't do that if I keep it on the ground just to keep anti slow brigade happy......
Do you use a line on your ball to aim your putt?
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The reason for me to pick my ball up is to give a stiff talking to and tell it to go in the jeffing hole........ I can't do that if I keep it on the ground just to keep anti slow brigade happy......
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I tend to mark the ball, pick it up to give it a look over for any detritus/damage, then just before it's my turn to putt replace it whilst lining up the putt with the aid of the line.
I'm a pretty quick player (unless I'm looking for wayward shots) so see no need to concern myself too much about the extra few seconds it takes to mark & replace a golf ball.
I'm a pretty quick player (unless I'm looking for wayward shots) so see no need to concern myself too much about the extra few seconds it takes to mark & replace a golf ball.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
The point is that it shouldn't matter what you think about what another player might think.
Besides - if you tell your companion about to putt that you will mark and lift your ball whilst they are prep'ing to putt you will not distract them. They know what you are going to do.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
You are honestly asking me to believe that (excepting when your ball is obviously on anothers line or in their fov) neither you, nor any of your playing companions, mark and lift their ball on the green prior to putting. Really? You just all walk up and putt your ball as it came to rest on the green.
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If someone is faffing about marking and cleaning the ball whilst I'm preparing to putt then I would step away and ask them to stop leave the ball where it is so that I could concentrate on the putt.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
If you knew he was likely to mark and pick up and thought that that might distract you, then you wouldn't be over your ball ready to putt.
ger147
Tour Winner
Or perhaps if you thought marking your ball and picking it up might distract someone already about to putt you wouldn't mark it?
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Why would you be upset if someone marked and picked their ball? That's going to be happening all the time.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Quite...I'm just not getting the argument that says I have to be asked before I mark and lift. And as we don't ask each other on the 1st tee who is going to do what - we surely must as individuals simply assume that all oterhs would prefer me to mark and lift. It doesn't matter one iota what I prefer to do.
Crow
Crow Person
I wouldn't be upset by it but I see it as another ridiculous affectation of the modern game, as I said in my previous post:
"As for the question of always marking, I'm with Hobbit, it's unnecessary unless to clean the ball or you're on or close to someone else's line.
In fact I'd sooner people left their balls unmarked
eek as it's easier to see at a glance where everybody is and you're less likely to accidentally walk over someone's line."And it does waste time however you do it.
ScienceBoy
Money List Winner
I had absolutly not realised this was a thing until this thread kicked off.
I mark and clean probably 90% of the time, unless it will cause undue delay.
Not once have I ever found a ball on a green distracting, maybe because most mark and pick up.
Either way this thread has made me more aware than I ever wanted to be about other peoples balls!
I mark and clean probably 90% of the time, unless it will cause undue delay.
Not once have I ever found a ball on a green distracting, maybe because most mark and pick up.
Either way this thread has made me more aware than I ever wanted to be about other peoples balls!
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Sometimes we do, sometimes we don't.
I'll always mark if I think there might be muck or sand on the ball
A grain of sand between ball and putter does not a good putt make..!!
To be honest, if a ball distracts you and it's more than a few feet from your line then you're not focussing on your ball, line and stroke....
I'll always mark if I think there might be muck or sand on the ball
A grain of sand between ball and putter does not a good putt make..!!
To be honest, if a ball distracts you and it's more than a few feet from your line then you're not focussing on your ball, line and stroke....
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
No - I have made no comment about what others should do - I have talked specifically about me as an individual and how I believe others should do. If it is me to putt I may ask my companion to mark and pick it up, if it doesn't bother me I won't.
If it was my companion to putt first then I would mark and pick mine up.
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
Provided I'm not in his field of vision I might be over my ball ready to putt before his has finished rolling if it's obvious it won't be in my way.
The thought that it would distract me wouldn't enter my head as I'd assume he'd stay out of the way if it looked like I was about to hit my ball.
hovis
Tour Winner
I'm a little strange i think as i only use the line on a left to right put. if i dont i tend to steer the putter towards the hole. weird that i don't do it on right to left putts
Unless I'm not picking up the nuances you start by saying "no comment about what others should do" and then "how I believe others should do." ...
I just find your whole post contradictory, especially when read in conjunction with your earlier posts.
Robobum
Money List Winner
For putts in a kind of 2 - 15ft or so range, getting the line lined up on my starting line is more important. Outside that range, I'm more than happy with the line pointing roughly in the right direction.
As for the other, get it marked and picked up.
As for the other, get it marked and picked up.
Matty
Tour Rookie
I use the alignment aid on the ball for putts beyond about 3-4 feet, shorter than this doesn't need the ball aiming on most greens where I play.
Piece
Tour Winner
Absolutely I use a Sharpie line on my ball to putt. Switched to the line method five years ago or so and never looked back. Takes me a little longer than those that don't, yet whilst they are three putting again, I'm on the next tee...
All the years I've played golf I can't remember one time I've stopped or asked a PP to mark their ball because it's in my way or eyeline. Balls left on the green are irrelevant to me. Its personal preference what you do about marking, as long as it doesn't interfere.
All the years I've played golf I can't remember one time I've stopped or asked a PP to mark their ball because it's in my way or eyeline. Balls left on the green are irrelevant to me. Its personal preference what you do about marking, as long as it doesn't interfere.
Absolutely I use a Sharpie line on my ball to putt. Switched to the line method five years ago or so and never looked back. Takes me a little longer than those that don't, yet whilst they are three putting again, I'm on the next tee...
All the years I've played golf I can't remember one time I've stopped or asked a PP to mark their ball because it's in my way or eyeline. Balls left on the green are irrelevant to me. Its personal preference what you do about marking, as long as it doesn't interfere.
Careful, you're being too inclusive and accepting of other people's preferences... the marking police will be along soon to give you a good leg slapping!!
