How Do you mark your golf ball?

No need to mark your ball when your Maxfli stands out in a sea of ProV1's.

Purple dot above the logo

When I use a yellow ball it's handy alright knowing the ball especially on blind drives, playing partners usually using white so it's speeds things a tiny bit in terms of figuring out next shot before even reaching ball

I just stick my initials on it. Incase someone finds it in a ditch somewhere, they'll know it belongs to me and can give it back ;)

Don't need to. Nobody else out there plays Bridgestones so my ball never gets confused.

Can't for the life of me figure out why. The vast majority of amateur golfers swing under 100 mph and the Bridgestones have been proven on the robot to beat every other ball in existence at lower swing speeds. Maybe it's a marketing thing. People want to play the Pro V1's I guess.

Why couldn't you retort with a 'but I know this is mine' ha

In a comp don't you have to announce a change of ball on the tee? Did he do that at the time?

That's an interesting situation alright. Could easily just be both of you insisting it's yours

I'd have been questioning that he didn't mention he changed to this ball (if he didn't previously). And if he did mention, what the hell was he doing not putting a unique mark on it when you said you had the exact same ball!

Ya it's brutal when it ruins a comp

The Bridgestones generally scored very well in ratings a couple of years ago, but the more recent years they appear to be slipping.

I bought them years ago based on the MyGolfSpy testing where they were coming out on top in a number of categories. Their ball rating analysis in the last year hasn't been that great though, so not sure if there QC has dropped in their factories, or if the analysis they complete is now a but more detailed and missed prior issues

Is there any onus on the other fella to declare his new ball? Surely blue note would’ve said he’s using same ball then

What are the good bridgestone balls I can never tell if there good or cheap ones as have found a few.

I mark my ball in a particular way with dots and lines have often found my balls a year or so later on my course as I change it up each year.. This year I have shamrock and dots on them. I have often found my golf balls on other local courses that I play a couple of times in the summer. I even once called into an auld lad who sells golf balls beside my old course. He brought me out to his shed where he had 1000's of balls in baskets all separated and I spotted a ball of mine! mad 😂

Thats why you should always mark it. It doesnt need to be your playing partners ball in the above scenario, it can be any other ball.

Hell if you accidentally dropped an identical ball out of your bag beside your own ball and couldnt prove which was which => lost ball.

What a load of crap. How can it not be identified? The balls would have had to all be the same manufacture, model, number and condition to not be able to identify it. Secondly unless the hole has a blind tee shot then you would assume at least one of the team would have seen it land on the middle of the fairway.

It's not a rule of golf to have a unique mark on a ball. Plus 7.2 clearly states the rules for identifying a ball.

As I said - unless the hole has a blind tee shot then you would assume at least one of the team would have seen it land on the middle of the fairway.

Hence as per 7.2, A player’s ball at rest may be identified in any one of these ways:

• By the player or anyone else seeing a ball come to rest in circumstances where it is known to be the player’s ball.

"lad #2 playing arrives from another hole, identifies his own ball and quite rightly points out that the unmarked one can't be part of the competition as it can't be identified". Firstly How can an unmarked ball not be part of a competition? There is no rule that states that. Also for example if there was 2 identical balls in the same spot where the group witnessed your unmarked ball land and the 2nd was not witnessed by the group on the hole but was marked, you can clearly identify your ball.

Secondly 3 balls, all identical, in virtually the same spot and no one seen it land in the group. Could happen but 2 of the balls would have had to not be marked for the poster's scenario but that wasn't in the post. As I say you can't declare a ball someone else's ball not in the competition just because of no unique mark on it, I suspect that some sort of confusion ensued when everyone reached the spot and lad #2 was being a knob.

Why in the name of god would you NOT clearly mark you ball? Like, is there a particular reason some people don't mark them? Marking my ball before I play is as important to me as having tees or a glove in the bag

Very true.

On the other hand, those players that put huge markings on their ball... I'll never understand those people 🤣

I just couldn't "ruin" a brand new ball by plastering my initials on it.

I honestly think people who do that, do so for that very reason... To ruin any finds for others 🤣

First time I got an eagle only cancelled out the 2 shot penalty for playing a wrong ball on the previous hole 😭

Like others, I'm uncomfortable with an unmarked ball. Occasionally go through my bag and mark a dozen of them. Then surprised at how soon they're all gone.

A small blue cross both sides by the brand. Not a fan of any large markings either. I play with different brands all the time so I don't need to remember what brand just look for the cross.

I played with a well known hurler recently, he announced on the first tee that he had a Pro V with his name on it. He hit a provisional on a hole and after finding his first one he asked me to retrieve the provisional. I looked at it and there it was, his full name printed on the ball - not written in marker. I don’t know if it was an ego thing or whether he had been given them as a gift but it was fairly cringey.

Two big dirty initials on mine, typically in blue or red sharpie, on opposite sides. Can see the thing for miles.

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I worked for a college and a very well known footballer rang in looking for a deferral. He used his nickname for the clout I suppose. The girl on the phone hadn't a clue who he was so obviously had to say eh, who? I'm pretty sure he didn't get the deferral either.

We also had a hurler ring in for one one year because he had an all Ireland final the next day. The same girl got the call and googled him after. He was only the sub goalie and the exam wasn't until the next day, he had no excuse to not travel to Dublin the day before for the exam in her eyes! She was fairly sick that he did get the deferral.

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Don't forget the pronouns 😉