marking your golf ball

[Eec55]

what do you use?

i have heard of people using "paint pens" to mark thier ball. has anyone used these? do they affect performance of the ball? what is a good marking device to use that will not smear and come off!!

[oregongolf]

i have heard of people using "paint pens" to mark thier ball. has anyone used these? do they affect performance of the ball? what is a good marking device to use that will not smear and come off!!

What's wrong with a sharpie?

[mrb]

I use either a sharpie, or a golf ball stamp that my wife got me from

 

www.golfballstamp.net

 

Either way seems to work well.

[mhj202]

i have heard of people using "paint pens" to mark thier ball. has anyone used these? do they affect performance of the ball? what is a good marking device to use that will not smear and come off!!

What's wrong with a sharpie?

 

+1 for a sharpie.

[Fore_Man]

i put an X over the number with a sharpie.

 

i find that marking in advance works best... not seconds before teeing off

[Pinehurst1999]

I only mark mine with marks from the cart path!

[sweeet]

Sharpie.

[VA_Astra]

I mark with a red sharpie a full line around the ball. It still comes off of the ball, but it is nice to see where you hit the ball with your clubs as it will leave a little red mark on the club.

[Titleist Striker]

Nice and easy with a sharpie. :lol:

[jrsharp21]

I am one who uses a regular black sharpie along with a sharpie permanent paint pen. I use the black sharpie to draw a line on the ball for putting alignment. My personal mark is a black line on top of a vegas gold line underneath the number. Those used to be my baseball team colors. I saw one of the pro's do something like this about 2 years ago and it sparked that idea. I have done that every since. The gold paint stays on the ball unless you are playing in very wet conditions. Then I end up with just the black line.

[Terpman]

I use a red sharpie and, on occasion, a tree will also make a mark on my ball. The tree uses bark.

[is76550]

metallic sharpie looks cool

[SaltytheSlicer]

I use a line-em-up and make a line halfway around the ball with an orange sharpie. It will come off eventually, but it's easy enough to refresh in about 10 seconds. I used the line for lining up tee shots and putts.

[jaskanski]

I usually get Callaway balls and mark them with "Titleist" with a black sharpie.

I've tried marking pro V's with "Callaway", but they just don't feel the same.

[Ham Solo]

I usually get Callaway balls and mark them with "Titleist" with a black sharpie.

I've tried marking pro V's with "Callaway", but they just don't feel the same.

 

:cheesy:

[funkyfedora]

I usually get Callaway balls and mark them with "Titleist" with a black sharpie.

I've tried marking pro V's with "Callaway", but they just don't feel the same.

 

Wow.

[sgawron]

I have tried spin balancing and floating golf balls in an epsom salt solution.

 

For putting, I prefer a salt solution since the high spot (lightest part) from a balance point comes to the top.

I then draw a dot at the high spot and a line on either side of the high spot. The ball seems to putt truer along the line.

 

For on course balls, the spinn balancer finds a gyro-scopic equator for the ball. I seem to hit the ball straighter when I drive withn the equator perdendicular to the ground.

 

It is likely that the "part between the ears" has more to do it than any thing.

 

The rules of golf says any identifying mark is acceptable and asking someone if the golf ball has been balanced usually eliminates any questions about whose ball it is.

[Hux]

I have tried spin balancing and floating golf balls in an epsom salt solution.

 

For putting, I prefer a salt solution since the high spot (lightest part) from a balance point comes to the top.

I then draw a dot at the high spot and a line on either side of the high spot. The ball seems to putt truer along the line.

 

For on course balls, the spinn balancer finds a gyro-scopic equator for the ball. I seem to hit the ball straighter when I drive withn the equator perdendicular to the ground.

 

It is likely that the "part between the ears" has more to do it than any thing.

 

The rules of golf says any identifying mark is acceptable and asking someone if the golf ball has been balanced usually eliminates any questions about whose ball it is.

 

 

I have yet to find a ball that floats in the water hazards for me and the ones that spin sideways usually get lost OOB.

For me it means that the ones I don't lose are the perfectly balanced and spin tuned balls that fly perfectly straight etc.

Sadly they seem to get out of balance regularly. :russian_roulette:

[Critter]

What do I use? Nothing.

The factories do this for us!!! :clapping: The balls come pre-marked with a single digit number, that's the purpose of it... This ball marking thing is America at it's worst! :russian_roulette:

[DaveLeeNC]

What do I use? Nothing.

The factories do this for us!!! :clapping: The balls come pre-marked with a single digit number, that's the purpose of it... This ball marking thing is America at it's worst! :russian_roulette:

 

It isn't at all unusal for me to be in a foursome where 3 of us (including me) are playing Pro-V1's. IMHO not marking your ball, if you play a very common golf ball, is a poor choice requiring you to coordinate ball numbers with your playing partners, etc. And even if you are careful there is no guarantee that your playing partners are.

 

I mark my balls with either the Greek letter Psi (looks like a pitchfork) or an "H-bar" (letter h with a line through the top). Psi is the typical variable defining the quantum mechanics state variable and h-bar is Planck's constant (reduced). These are both fundamental to the Heisenburg Uncertainty Principle which states that you cannot know exactly the momentum and position of a quantum particle at the same time.

 

The Rules of Golf require that you only hit a golf ball when it is at rest (zero momentum). The Heisenburg Uncertainty Principle would then state that, in this case, you cannot know the position of the ball. So obviously in that case you can't then hit the ball accurately so when I hit a bad shot it clearly isn't my fault - hence the choice of markings :-)

 

dave

[Dill Pickleson]

i use pee, i pee on my golf ball

[Yardbeatles]

What do I use? Nothing.

The factories do this for us!!! :clapping: The balls come pre-marked with a single digit number, that's the purpose of it... This ball marking thing is America at it's worst! :russian_roulette:

 

It isn't at all unusal for me to be in a foursome where 3 of us (including me) are playing Pro-V1's. IMHO not marking your ball, if you play a very common golf ball, is a poor choice requiring you to coordinate ball numbers with your playing partners, etc. And even if you are careful there is no guarantee that your playing partners are.

 

I mark my balls with either the Greek letter Psi (looks like a pitchfork) or an "H-bar" (letter h with a line through the top). Psi is the typical variable defining the quantum mechanics state variable and h-bar is Planck's constant (reduced). These are both fundamental to the Heisenburg Uncertainty Principle which states that you cannot know exactly the momentum and position of a quantum particle at the same time.

 

The Rules of Golf require that you only hit a golf ball when it is at rest (zero momentum). The Heisenburg Uncertainty Principle would then state that, in this case, you cannot know the position of the ball. So obviously in that case you can't then hit the ball accurately so when I hit a bad shot it clearly isn't my fault - hence the choice of markings :-)

 

dave

 

Dude, although i've taken quantum mechanics, i can tell you that most of the people here are going to read this and respond how they do on "Bones" When Dr. Brennan makes a joke.... Silence.

 

I understand, and it's kinda funnny, and interesting, but also wierd.

 

Albert Einstien once called certin properties and predictions of Quantum Mechanics "Spooky action at a distance" which certinally describes some of my golf shots!! Ha ha!

[SoCalTitleist]

I mark mine when i bounce it off a tree and cart path, i also like to change the color by soaking them in the pond for a few weeks.

[mitchleary]

mini sharpie, initials by the brand name. If your friends play the same ball you do, comes in handy.

[Orlimar1]

Here's mine!! Like I'm gonna "go low." :rolleyes:

 

 

[LeafsFanNL]

I usually get Callaway balls and mark them with "Titleist" with a black sharpie.

I've tried marking pro V's with "Callaway", but they just don't feel the same.

 

I just spit coffee over my monitor.

 

HB

[Callaway Girl]

I use a black sharpie and an orange sharpie. I mark a solid black line around the equator of the ball. I finish my marking with three orange trinity rings above the word Callaway.

[OldSkoolTexan]

Black mini-Sharpie and I draw a small circle around the #

[benster]

Add another for the 'Line em up' tool and a red sharpie. It's helped me more off the tee than on putts!

[mat562]

I mark my balls with either the Greek letter Psi (looks like a pitchfork) or an "H-bar" (letter h with a line through the top). Psi is the typical variable defining the quantum mechanics state variable and h-bar is Planck's constant (reduced). These are both fundamental to the Heisenburg Uncertainty Principle which states that you cannot know exactly the momentum and position of a quantum particle at the same time.

 

The Rules of Golf require that you only hit a golf ball when it is at rest (zero momentum). The Heisenburg Uncertainty Principle would then state that, in this case, you cannot know the position of the ball. So obviously in that case you can't then hit the ball accurately so when I hit a bad shot it clearly isn't my fault - hence the choice of markings :-)

 

dave

 

I draw a picture of Schrodinger's cat on my ball.