What's Your Ball Marker?

[Craig Mac]

Usually a quarter of any type or the odyssey marker on my divot tool, if I don't have either on me, I use the one on my glove until I fetch one of the others out of my bag.

[maycam10]

i just use an old silver dollar

[Soup Fan]

I used to use guitar picks...then I switched to a thinner thickness Dunlop Tortex pick that is green and...well...that didn't work out so well.

My little sister got me a bag of neon ball makers for Christmas that I am using for the time being.

[Ben]

I have a few

Heinekin Light bottle cap
$25 chip from The Commerce Casino
500yen coin
Range token from my favorite course, La Purisima
1976 Bicentennial quarter (year I was born)
Ball mark with a pair of dice on it about the size of a nickel

I lost a nickel from 1945 I used to use. If anyone plays at Twin Oaks in San Diego and finds it, please return it! I think it was on the 14th or 15th tee.

[mellojoe]

I just got a new ball marker. $1 Bolivian coins.

They aren't too shiny, a little bigger than a quarter, and much thinner. My wife's family is from Bolivia, so when her brother and sister moved in with us (temporarily, I hope) they brought some coins for me.

[mgoofy24]

I have only marked with a 1976 Bicentennial quarter since I started playing golf, some 15 years ago.

[Kltdefer]

I just got a magnetic ball marker on a divit tool from Chambers Bay. Used it all round.

Before that I got a coin-liker from Yuciapa Valley Golf Club...golf trip with a friend.

[ks8829]

I have a magnetic ball marker that I have been using since December 06. The metal base fits on my hat and it the mini version of my clubs the mp33.

I notice more LPGA player use magnetic ball marker than on the PGA tour. I like the magnetic ball marker because it it very convenient and I don't have to search in my pocket for a ball marker.

[bgsworld]

i like to use a quarter.... i have a button on my glove but i always forget about it!

[chipper2]

Several years ago I attended the Buick Open and was given what looks like a jackknife in a cloth pouch which fits on your belt. It has a brush for cleaning club heads, divot tool, tool for changing cleats, a knife blade and a magnetic ball marker. You just flip open (velcro) cover and slide it out.

[Bogie Hokie]

My dad just found an old token from Discovery Zone that I will start using as my marker. Everyone's birthday parties were at DZ when I was a kid.
I'll use it until I find something better. I previously used a green or orange plastic marker.

[ZTB17]

a 50 cent piece. I like how big and shiny it is.

[catfell]

I use old NYC subway tokens. Either the one with the pentagon shaped hole in the middle, or the smooth centered token. I should polish them a bit, they're very small, and the golden color doesn't stand out as much as something silver .

[Bucsfan]

  dro said:

I use a a coin from Costa Rica, I can't remember the name of it but it's nice.

Same here. I use a 50 colones piece or an FSU standard marker.

[TheGasman]

I use a token they gave me in a gift pack at Ka'anapali. Everyone always say it looks like a bathroom token, so ive stuck with it.

[Tha Fuzzy 1]

I use a 1912 Liberty Head Nickel (also known as the V nickel because it has a V on the back of it) The one I use is not in as good shape as the one pictured below, but its still pretty good:

[Anand]

I usually use any one from a bunch of change I grab as I leave the house.

However I recently bought a Titelist cap with the magnetic ball marker and now I use that. It's fantastic - no more digging amongst tees for that coin ...

[Guest]

First post guys! Looking forward to the discussion.

If I'm not in anyone's line, I use a divot tool or a tee.

If I am in someone's line, I use whatever coin is in my pocket. I need to get a coin that has some "luck" or sentimental value to it and use it, though.