How do you know it’s yours?

[Neilds]

After you have spent roughly 3 minutes looking for your ball, you eventually find one and try to identify it. How do you mark your ball and is there any reason for the markings?
Personally, I mark mine with a spider logo - usually using a tin cup ball marker but just made use of the cheap personalisation service from Vice and got them printed. The reason I use a spider is because we have a pet tarantula and thought it would be something different that made it easy to identify my ball.

 

[Orikoru]

My initials are OC which are both round letters, so I write them small inside two of the dimples (near the logo), in purple sharpie.

 

[Hobbit]

I put a red dot either side of the number, and with a second ball put a line under the number. Both are declared before they are put in play. If a 3rd ball is needed in the round I revert back to the 2 dots, unless its on the same hole as the first ball was lost.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

A nice big 2 dots and big curved line to create a smiley face, in red permanent marker. Usually about 1 cm in total
If you're silly enough to draw that on your balls......

 

[patricks148]

a line around the ball and black dots around the ball number... and what ever else the prev owner put on it

 

[Jensen]

3 green dots either end of the manufactures name.
Don't know why 🤔

 

[Deleted member 1147]

A putting line on the ball and my name printed on it from Titleists Xmas offer last year

 

[rulefan]

There seem to be a lot of players who work on the principle that as everyone else marks their ball, they don't need to as it will be unique.

 

[robinthehood]

I write a few obscenities on it.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

There seem to be a lot of players who work on the principle that as everyone else marks their ball, they don't need to as it will be unique.

And also don't see a need to declare what ball they are playing......

 

[robinthehood]

And also don't see a need to declare what ball they are playing......

Is there a fishing emoji?

 

[Lord Tyrion]

A nice big 2 dots and big curved line to create a smiley face, in red permanent marker. Usually about 1 cm in total
If you're silly enough to draw that on your balls......

I do the same but with a blue marker, probably smaller face. Silly but it makes me smile when I see it.

 

[sam85]

And also don't see a need to declare what ball they are playing......

I always thought that was a myth rather than a rule?

 

[sam85]

I'm pretty useless when it comes to marking my ball, but i do predominantly play with a truvis though so not so pretty easy to spot

 

[robinthehood]

I always thought that was a myth rather than a rule?

You'd be right.

 

[sam85]

Is there a fishing emoji?

If it was it didn't take long to get a bite 🤦‍♂🤣

 

[PJ87]

I stamp mine with a bat logo , however I normally say before hand playing a snell ball.. never seen another one on the course to date so it does help 😂

 

[arnieboy]

I have Spurs cockerel logo stamp thingy.

 

[Tashyboy]

A Tash either side of the ball

 

[chrisd]

I get Virtuocity from the forum to mark mine 😉