Marking your golf ball.........

[Dave2512]

Since I don't play Bridgestone or Titleist no reason to.

[Beachcomber]

Originally Posted by B-Con

Five black dots in the shape of the hacker logo:

Easy to do, very distinct, and it has some meaning.

What's the meaning B-Con?

[meenman]

No need to mark mine - my avatar is my ball. Even when I get them plain, I am still the only yellow ball in any group I play with.

[NuclearMike]

The Top Flite Gamer V2 isn't very popular, but I won some Golf Dotz from TST and they work extrementl well.  Mine look like rifle sights.

[xmanhockey7]

My current Pro V1 balls say "PIF" on them. I think my next one's will say "Carpe Diem" meaning seize the moment.

[Alvin Tsang]

I mark it with my initials AT. That way, my ball is unmistakable.

[DoglegJoe]

BRIGHT YELLOW BALLS

[gloomis29]

I color over the number with a red circle on both sides no matter what brand ball I am playing

[Roblar]

Four dimples filled in in a line - morse code for "H"  (the initial for my last name).

[TexasVine]

I live on a course and find about 200 months plus a month which I give most of them to the First Tee Program. In the past 6 months I probably have sent around 1500 balls to the program. Of course I keep the grade A Pro V balls as well as a few others. The most common marking is a single to multiple dots. Occasionally you see some great art work that most likely was done my a young son, daughter or grandchild. I love seeing those. Not so frequently I find some with initials. Since I use a lot of used balls, I have to remember what mark was on the ball before I hit.

[sebsmash]

I have a friend named Jay.

Jay has the best face to draw exaggerated caricatures of, we have been drawing Jay's since freshman year of High school and I draw a Jay on all my golf balls.

Today I drowned Jay twice but aside from that he did me good.

After I hit my best round ever with a Jay ball I vowed to put him on all of them.

[BuckeyeNut]

Originally Posted by Beachcomber

Why do guys say there is no need to mark?  Just because you play with a unique golf ball - that 99% of the population would not use... Doesn't mean that just because you found what you believe to be your ball - is indeed your ball.  If you put a unique marking on the ball - then yes - I would agree it is your ball.  Without that marking... Well, there is a chance it isn't your ball.

PS.  I mark my ball with my initials (first and last) and 3 dots (triangle formation) on both sides of the ball.  Typically with a black, blue or red sharpie (whichever I grab).

Exactly

......as if "said golfer" is the only player to lose a yellow ball in the general area?  .........................OK, so you lost your Pro-V1x  marked with a 1 from the factory.   I'm sure nobody ever lost one of those before............LOL...........just because you find one, doesn't mean it's yours!!

[Pakoh]

Sometimes i underline this...

[BuckeyeNut]

"not yours" ....Hahahaha

[dude6989]

I play Callaway hex black. The ppl i play with are to cheap to play those. So i never have a problem identifying my ball in the group

[VoidOfEnigmas]

With my beard at its epicness i've been told I look like a viking. So i mark my golfballs THOR on both sides.

[Mattplusness]

I don't mark my balls. The odds of someone else, being in the same position, with the same ball, in the past day or two are astronomical and I'll take my chances.

[Shorty]

I don't mark my balls. The odds of someone else, being in the same position, with the same ball, in the past day or two are astronomical and I'll take my chances.

As long as you understand that if you and your partner tee off on a blind hole and go over the hill and the two balls are 20 feet apart and they're both Titleist 1s, you and your partner are both heading back to the tee to play your third shots.