Superstitions During a Round

[Lionstar]

Do you have any?If so,,what and why?

I know we all have them.Whenever I am on the green I always place my putter cover OFF the green,,with the open flap skyward.If I don't follow this compulsive routine I am sure to miss the putt,,at least in my mind.

[mohacker]

I think we all do . I have 1 tee and a ball marker in right pocket with divot tool and 1 ball and 3 tees in my left. Just have always carried just that and no more.

[DaveyH]

One thing i never do is have more than one ball in my pocket.Never use a ball without any markings.Tee up so i cant see the brand sign,For example Bridgestone.When putting i must line up the logo with the hole. Pretty weird.

[Lionstar]

I forgot,,I have to have one ball [spare] in my back right pocket at all times.

[WildcatCoach]

I personally never have a spare ball on me when I play. I keep one in the cart, but that's it. My thinking was - If I keep one on me, it just makes me want to take a mulligan. I keep my divot tool (Titleist) in my left pocket and a tee in the right one. I also have big thighs, so I like to keep as little as possible in my pockets. :drinks:

[evensorodds]

I only have one ball at a time, takes away the thought of a mulligan. If I start putting bad I flip the coin over or get a different one, because it is probably the coins fault :drinks:. One day I was putting good and accidently spent the quarter at the turn getting some food and didn't make another good putt the rest of the day.

[jdhallissey]

Divot tool- 3 tees in my right pocket and a sharpie in my left- I am pretty weird i can feel the difference when i have more weight in my right pocket it doesn't feel right. I never keep a ball on me. It always gets uncomfortable.

[martinIII]

I dont keep anything in my left pocket but i keep tees, pencil and ball marker in my right. Never an extra ball. I keep the headcover in my back right pocket. No superstitions with my ball markers. But i know of a few who do. Vijay for example. He uses a quarter and he starts off with tales up i believe. He wont flip it to heads unless he misses. He goes back and forth, i thought it was cool and tried it. I couldnt keep trck of what i had it on the last hole so i felt like i was jinxing myself whenever i forgot and wasnt sure if i had it right.

[drewspin]

I'm not superstitious, but I always light incense in my locker and tap two chicken bones three times against a ram's horn before lacing up my spikes (okay, softspikes).

[raehtz10]

Three tees in my right pocket. No real reason, I just want to be able to reach and grab one w/o fishing around. And I use pesos from my honeymoon as a ball marker.

[soberguy16]

no superstitions here...i do like to putt w/o seeing the logo or a line-just a plain white ball. thats it

[scottyallanb]

Ok guys I started this last year and it has got pretty bad. I fix 3 ball marks on par 3's 4 ball marks on par 4's and 5 ball marks on Par 5's. EVERY GREEN. I guess its a great habit but sometimes I hear it from the group behind me when the round is over. Asking me if I was a former grounds keeper. LOL

[nchladek]

I don't have many, but I never keep a spare ball and I always use a US drummer boy quarter and I mark it drummer boy up (I play drums)

[rufus mangler]

I mark the ball with a Canadian "Toonie" heads up. I think it was Chi Chi that said to always mark heads up because it was very positive. Also, when I move my mark, I flip it over so I remember to move it back.

 

That's a routine.

 

If I pull the Toonie out of my pocket to mark, and it's heads up, I feel I can make it easier. If it's tails, I'll have to work harder over the putt.

 

THAT'S a superstition.

[drewspin]

Fred Couples never changes to a new ball for a tee shot on a par 3, and always changes to a new ball for a tee shot on a par 5.

[MGB]

no superstitions here...i do like to putt w/o seeing the logo or a line-just a plain white ball. thats it

 

Me too! :drinks:

[Omen]

no superstitions.... I tried to adapt a few on the green so that it would improve my putting but it actually got worse so i quit.....

 

so i guess birdie on the first is a black cat....bogey is a 4 leaf clover.

[dubbie]

Superstitions, Nah.....

 

I do have routines however.

1. I always mark my ball "head's up" unless I move it and then switch to tails (I never forget to replace the mark that way)

2. I never take a practice swing unless it is with a wedge or I am chipping

3. 3 tees(3"), repair tool and dime in right pocket

4. I practice swing putting

5. Lamp black under my eyes

6. Relieve myself downwind

[bradkv]

When our daughter was born, my wife got me 5 pewter ball markers with my daughter's name on them. I have them in a black velvet pouch, and keep the pouch in my back left pocket for the entire 18 holes. I also HAVE to have Caolina blue on me somewhere, even if it's a ball marker on my hat, there just HAS to be some Carolina Blue somewhere (Go Heels!). I also write, in silver sharpie on every putter cover I own, my wife's initials and our wedding anniversary, and my daughter's initials and birth date. Call me crazy, but I have putted better since my daughter was born than I ever did, and if I think it's working, then it's working!!

[kblakeney35]

When I get inside say, 75 yds from the hole, I take off my glove, fold it in half, and put it in my left pocket, which has nothing in it. I keep everything else, tees, ball marker, divot tool, in my right pocket.

 

Thats about it.

 

-Kyle

[gburgs]

Golf is hard enough to complicate it with superstitions....I used to be like that but it just slowed down the round. The less thought I put into it, the better I play.

[sleepy_augusto]

can't believe i read this...

now i'll have 200 freakin' superstitions next year!

[Konklifer]

The one thing I always do is mark my ball with a Rhode Island state quarter, tails side up.

[Fernand]

Spare ball in left pocket

2 tees, marker and pivot tool in right pocket :drinks:

 

Thomas

[502 to Right]

divot tool left front pocket

long tee, short tee, and a penny in my right front

ballzee ball cleaner in right rear

golf glove in left rear pocket when putting

 

no extra ball

no wallet

no rings

no watch

 

I used to mark my ball with a dime because it's small, but then I thought, why am I marking my ball with Democrat? So I switched to the Lincoln penny.

[sfdoddsy]

I try to avoid having any more than two putts a hole.

[chubbs]

I like to have the logo of the ball up on all tee shots. Helps me focus on the ball better. I also have the basic preshot routine, but I don't think thats a superstitions.

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[RobotDoctor]

I never step on the foul line. I always set on the base when going back to the dugout.

 

Um ... er ... that's Baseball, not Golf. I have no superstitions for Golf. :drinks:

[Night train]

Can't putt with another ball already in the cup. It drives me CRAZY when someone makes a putt and wants to just leave it there........expecting you to finish.

 

And I never want someone else to mark my ball on the green......I know they are trying to be helpful at times when you are out of position, but don't touch my golf ball on the green.

[pt73]

I always carry two ball markers (dimes) and only use white tees.

 

 

PT