Golfnut1957
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Why not? It only takes 5 seconds.Do you also announce the make and colour of your underwear on the tee?
Why not? It only takes 5 seconds.Do you also announce the make and colour of your underwear on the tee?
Why not? It only takes 5 seconds.
Yeah, exactly. I've had groups where everyone says what balls they're using before - then as soon as someone puts one in the cabbage and we start looking for it, the first thing you hear is "What ball are you playing again??" Every time.I'm another who pays no attention whatsoever when PPs announce their ball ID.
And even if I did listen I'm certainly not going to write it down, which is what I'd have to do in order to remember beyond 5 seconds.
Yeah, exactly. I've had groups where everyone says what balls they're using before - then as soon as someone puts one in the cabbage and we start looking for it, the first thing you hear is "What ball are you playing again??" Every time.
Thinking about this I can see an opening for a trip to Dragon's Den:
Small printed cards with your ball make and number plus the identifying marks that you've added, these to hand out to your playing partners on the first tee and then returned to you at the conclusion of the round.
Cheaper laminated paper versions for the golfer on a budget to high-end metal versions tastefully engraved with ball details for the golfer who has everything.
You could even have two; one for your ball in play and one for your provisional should you need to play one, saves having to call out the make, number and ID marks a second time.
My fortune is made!
Like I’ve ever kept a ball long enough to need a laminated version.Thinking about this I can see an opening for a trip to Dragon's Den:
Small printed cards with your ball make and number plus the identifying marks that you've added, these to hand out to your playing partners on the first tee and then returned to you at the conclusion of the round.
Cheaper laminated paper versions for the golfer on a budget to high-end metal versions tastefully engraved with ball details for the golfer who has everything.
You could even have two; one for your ball in play and one for your provisional should you need to play one, saves having to call out the make, number and ID marks a second time.
My fortune is made!
I'll give you £75,000 for a 60% share of your businessThinking about this I can see an opening for a trip to Dragon's Den:
Small printed cards with your ball make and number plus the identifying marks that you've added, these to hand out to your playing partners on the first tee and then returned to you at the conclusion of the round.
Cheaper laminated paper versions for the golfer on a budget to high-end metal versions tastefully engraved with ball details for the golfer who has everything.
You could even have two; one for your ball in play and one for your provisional should you need to play one, saves having to call out the make, number and ID marks a second time.
My fortune is made!
I'm out and I'l tell you why... I've just built a free app that sends pics of the actual ball-in-play to every smartphone within bluetooth range and auto-updates during the round when I put a new ball in play
I agree with your mate. I wouldn't carry a spare ball in my pocket. Mostly because I don't like having things in my pockets when playing. So having a spare ball in my pocket would be annoying.
I don't always announce what type of ball I'm using, but I always put my own I D markings on it.I'm another who pays no attention whatsoever when PPs announce their ball ID.
And even if I did listen I'm certainly not going to write it down, which is what I'd have to do in order to remember beyond 5 seconds.
Or you could borrow the one I have in my pocket.
(ii) As long as it isn't a comp.
Tin CupOnly applies in a comp where the one make of ball rule is in force and the balls you use are not the same make and type as the other player.
Thinking about this I can see an opening for a trip to Dragon's Den:
Small printed cards with your ball make and number plus the identifying marks that you've added, these to hand out to your playing partners on the first tee and then returned to you at the conclusion of the round.
Cheaper laminated paper versions for the golfer on a budget to high-end metal versions tastefully engraved with ball details for the golfer who has everything.
You could even have two; one for your ball in play and one for your provisional should you need to play one, saves having to call out the make, number and ID marks a second time.
My fortune is made!
I don't always announce what type of ball I'm using, but I always put my own I D markings on it.
Why not? It only takes 5 seconds.
Very AptAbsolutely, I wouldn't want to enter into an argument over proving a non marked ball was definitely mine just for the sake of putting CAD on my ball
I always thought that a player had to play with his own equipment, not that of a PP or fellow competitor. Hence, John Daly walking off the course and not borrowing one off Craig Parry.Only applies in a comp where the one make of ball rule is in force and the balls you use are not the same make and type as the other player.
I always thought that a player had to play with his own equipment, not that of a PP or fellow competitor. Hence, John Daly walking off the course and not borrowing one off Craig Parry.