Numbers on the ball - mean anything to you ??

[Kaizer_Soze]

Right all, does using a certain number on a ball mean anything to you ? I know a lot of golfers are superstitious and will only use certain numbers on their ball.

For example I will only buy my pro v1 if they have the numbers 1-4, couldn't bring myself to use anything higher than a 4, also for competition play I always try and use a number 2 on the ball. The recent exeption being my midweek medal round on Tuesday, I used a number 3 ball and promptly 3 putted the 1st from about 3 feet . Said titleist was immediately launched into some nearby water and I vowed never to use a number 3 again.

Also I will only ever use a white wooden tee.

Anyone else have any quirks about ball numbers or superstitions in general.

 

[TonyN]

I thought they only went upto number 4.

Dont realy have any superstitions, do like to use the same balls and tee's though for consistency!

 

[Kaizer_Soze]

Dont know about the rest but you can get titleist in a box with the numbers 5 - 8 on them.

 

[Page]

personally i'm not fussed. it's all in the mind.

 

[HTL]

Couldn’t care less about the numbers on a golf ball but I have to have music, TV etc all on a odd number? Very odd I know H.I.D finds it hilarious.

I have never seen a ball higher than a 3?

 

[bernix]

My provisional ball always has a different number from the first one - just to distinguish should I manage to find them both in similar spots

 

[Gasp]

Only use odd numbered balls in compotition. Ridiculous superstition but the only one I have.

 

[Parmo]

Doesnt bother me to be honest, but when I ever think "oo I havent lost a ball today" the next hole I will lose one, strange or what?

 

[Glenfish]

The amount of balls I get through I can't afford to be so choosey , Have 4 lakes on my course

 

[medwayjon]

Numbers??? Dont pay any attention to them.

As for the tee thing, I like the pinkies but not a superstition.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

This means nothing to me (Oh Vienna). Not bothered as the way I'm playing I'm not hitting it far enough to worry about losing it

 

[OldWindy]

I will use whatever number comes out of the bag.

 

[Nico]

Numbers dont matter cos I put a dot over them.

White wooden tees for me too.

 

[pjaz]

Other than knowing what it is for identification purposes I don't care - though am getting more fussy about playing better quality, but thats not a superstition thing.

 

[mick]

i'm like nico,i mark over the number so it doesn't bother me.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Number doesn't matter but I only use long, white, wooden tees.

 

[Smudge]

Numbers dont really matter to me, but the other day i hit one so hard that it was a 3 on the tee but when i got to it in the rough it had changed to a 2!!!

 

[simplyme]

I never use a number 4 ball anymore. A bad weekend with my Pro V1's killed me.

 

[haplesshacker]

Other than knowing what it is for identification purposes I don't care - though am getting more fussy about playing better quality, but thats not a superstition thing.

Likewise, but I don't know why I want to use better balls. Part of me thinks that I play better with better quality balls, part of me thinks ahh that's another £2 lost in the trees, water etc. But the more expensive the ball, the better I'll generally play. Is it the ball making the difference or my head?

 

[Atticus_Finch]

Don't usually have a favourite, but I remember once having a storming round with a ProV1 No.8. Haven't seen any for sale since then, so I just buy any number. If they happen to have 8s then I would definitly buy them above the others.