How do you mark your ball for identification?

[jaragon126]

I used to put my initials on the ball ... but I didn't want people seeing how bad some of my tee shots were in the trees so now I put circles around the numbers on the ball.

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Green diamond

[Saint]

I put a blue cross over the brand name.

i found a pro v1 the other day that had a red dot above the brand about 3 dimples up, and a blue dot below the number in the same area. I thought the colors were pretty neat, so i might start doing the two different colored dots for provisionals.

[DJDuran]

i mark over the number of my Taylormade TP Reds with a 27 in a green sharpie, i also put one green dot on the AIM stamp before the TP-Red on the side

[Nick88]

I tend to put a blue dot above the name on a pro v1x and two red dots either side of the number and a line through the pro v1x line!

[Amused]

I use a Line-M-Up Pro to draw a black line extending the name/alignment of the ball while keeping it visible, e.g.) ------------ ONE VAPOR ------------
I used to fill in 3 dimples below the number with a red sharpie, but I don't bother anymore.

[rjfan91]

Using a red Sharpie I put a 'X' through the number on both sides of the ball (about 1/2 " in size). The red makes it easy to spot even from a distance and I've never even found a ball with that same marking.

I do this with Titleists and Callaways. With Nike's, I make the swoosh an X by putting a line through it. Yes, I'll play about any ball...

[ChiChiIsMe]

GL in purple centered under the alignment aid.

G for Georgia, my 7yo and L or Louis my 3(soon to be 4)yo......

[Diddy]

I black out the number on my ProV1s with a black dot.

I used to be really paranoid about the number ball I used (the lower the number, the better I'd play), but I can't really afford to get a dozen balls and only play the #1 balls! So blotting out the number solves that problem.

[gobluemich]

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Is this supposed to be binary for 54?

I use Callaway tour I balls and they have the 6 deeper dimples that are spaced equally apart across the ball and I put a green dot in each. Makes mine distinguishable no matter how it sits.

[beisenhauer]

I extend the side stamp to make a decent putting line, while still leaving the side stamp visible. I also put a ligature of my initials, "BE" with the "B" turned backwards, to the right of the number on both sides of the ball. All done in blue sharpie.

[kmcray85]

I use a Line-M-Up Pro to draw a black line extending the name/alignment of the ball while keeping it visible, e.g.) ------------ ONE VAPOR ------------

i do the same

[Par Fore]

3 blue dots around the #

[KyGolfer1988]

I usually put my initials. a T on one side and a M on the other. Sometimes I'll draw a line around the straight dimples.

[zeg]

I asked my wife to come up with some clever dot design or something, but she's been putting it off. So I usually either put a couple dots under the stamped number. Usually two for the first ball I'm using and three for the one in my pocket so that I can tell a provisional apart from the first ball without rummaging around to make sure I've got different stamped numbers. If I lose one of them, I'll mark another so I always have two different marks. I'm clearly not the only one who's thought of this, but it's always been enough when I play alone. If I'm playing with a group, I'll usually write "J1" and "J2" on the ball and backup really big to make it as easy as possible for them to help ID my ball if they see it. It's kind of ugly, though...

[pherg]

I used to use three dots in a triangle around the number. Two on top and one underneath. Then I ordered personalised balls from Golfsmith with my initials on them. Too easy.

[Cussin hacker]

Line mark that makes an arrow.

[Rusty Shackleford]

A cross on the side