Jazzing Up Your Ball

[cecil_nunchuck]

Is anyone else bored with dots, lines and circles. I like to see a little style added to balls. I spend about 20 seconds marking my ball with some form of animal. It kinda makes me care more for my ball, trying not to lose my wee friend.

I had two guys in my fourball the other day mark their srixon ball the same way and no one was really paying attention until it lead to confusion later in the round. I find it really easy to check my ball as there is a creature on the side. Does anyone else splash out with their designs? if anyone has any cool designs share them please.

[jb0330]

No but I used to put all my kids birth months on the ball. Then I made to many so I stopped lol.

 

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[00sportsman]

I usually go with the grandson's initials.  I do give him foam practice balls and sharpies to play with.  He likes to make designs on them, then he loves to hit them.  I should have him do my golf balls as well.

[null]

I like my ball to be as plain as possible and I only apply minimal markings so I can identify it.  I find anything extra on a ball, including a putting line, distracting

[MDGolfHacker]

Great idea! But like jlukes, I prefer the golf balls with minimal markings. I put a red line before the number (mentally thinking of shooting an under Par round) and underline the number. I've never seen anyone mark it the way I do so I'm ok for now!

 

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[MattF]

I use a kangaroo stamp that I got from mark your balls.

[Berg Ryman]

When I comes to jazzing up anything I always recommend the styles of Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck over the hard bebop of... oh, golf ball jazz. 

 

I have mine personalized with my Twitter Handle on them, gotta grow the brand.

[downlowkey]

My Mother is an artist and has been known to get a little carried away expressing herself through golf equipment.

 

So I asked her to send me some pics for your thread...

 

 

Her depiction of Dave Chappelle as Rick James was... uhhhmmm... eye opening (guessing Rick, Miller Lite and Corvette were all commissioned by my Father... I hope anyway)

 

As you can see, her Jazzing also extends to custom club skins.

[bens197]

I like my ball to be as plain as possible and I only apply minimal markings so I can identify it. I find anything extra on a ball, including a putting line, distracting

Nice to see someone who shares the same idea. Single yellow dot between the number and script on both sides.

 

 

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[PlaidJacket]

I like the artwork downlow provided. I don't mark my ball. Right out of the sleeve works fine. I don't play tournaments much anymore so within my foursome it's not necessary.

[downlowkey]

Curious how you identify your ball when your creature is face down?

 

I imagine the perfectly legal procedure of announcing your intention to (lift, identify and replace) would suffice

[Miboy62]

The most I ever put on a ball was a skull & cross bones.

I got tired of seeing it smeared on my irons.

[00sportsman]

When I comes to jazzing up anything I always recommend the styles of Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck over the hard bebop of... oh, golf ball jazz.

 

I have mine personalized with my Twitter Handle on them, gotta grow the brand.

I second the Miles Davis wholeheartedly. And, I lose so many balls that if I went with the Twitter handle every golfer in SW Florida would know it. On second thought, that's not such a bad idea.....

 

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[Charli]

I dig the spider and not a bad idea. I don't use the line for putting purposes but I may do something like this if I remember

[HeathS16]

Love the design, looks like a fun way to spruce it up a bit.  

 

 

 

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So you're going to do all of this?
 

• Before lifting the ball, you must announce your intention to your fellow-competitor in stroke play, or your opponent in match play.
• You must mark the position of the ball.
• You may then lift the ball and identify it, provided that you give your fellow-competitor, or opponent, an opportunity to observe the lifting and the subsequent replacement.
• Note that the ball must not be cleaned beyond the extent necessary for identification when lifted under this Rule.

 

Yes if that is the rule then sure I wouldn't mind going through that if the ball mark is something I enjoy doing. 

[Charli]

That would be something to do playing around with friends.

[808nation]

My Mother is an artist and has been known to get a little carried away expressing herself through golf equipment.

 

So I asked her to send me some pics for your thread...

 

l'artiste.jpg

 

Her depiction of Dave Chappelle as Rick James was... uhhhmmm... eye opening (guessing Rick, Miller Lite and Corvette were all commissioned by my Father... I hope anyway)

 

As you can see, her Jazzing also extends to custom club skins.

Amazing

 

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[808nation]

Is anyone else bored with dots, lines and circles. I like to see a little style added to balls. I spend about 20 seconds marking my ball with some form of animal. It kinda makes me care more for my ball, trying not to lose my wee friend.

I had two guys in my fourball the other day mark their srixon ball the same way and no one was really paying attention until it lead to confusion later in the round. I find it really easy to check my ball as there is a creature on the side. Does anyone else splash out with their designs? if anyone has any cool designs share them please.

Very creative

 

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[808nation]

Personally I like a clean ball, just a colored dot to identify my ball.

 

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[No3PuttLaLa]

I just do a line on opposite of the ball type with my first and last initial on either side of the line. Pretty basic for me.

 

 

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[BIG STU]

 

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So you're going to do all of this?

 

• Before lifting the ball, you must announce your intention to your fellow-competitor in stroke play, or your opponent in match play.
• You must mark the position of the ball.
• You may then lift the ball and identify it, provided that you give your fellow-competitor, or opponent, an opportunity to observe the lifting and the subsequent replacement.
• Note that the ball must not be cleaned beyond the extent necessary for identification when lifted under this Rule.

 

Yep that is they way it needs to be done if playing a comp or stipulated round. If you are playing with me now days----  "Just pick the damn thing up and see if it is yours" I ain't getting off the cart to watch you either I could care less. 

[BIG STU]

As far as the original post--- I use 6 dots around the number on each side. Sorta a family tradition that is the way the old man did it. LOL back in the day with balata balls you could take a pencil and indent the dots in that way. Now I use a Sharpie and yes like others said the dots do come off on the club face and from time to time you have to remark. Balata balls you did not worry about the marks coming off because after 3 holes you were going to replace anyhow

[BIG STU]

My Mother is an artist and has been known to get a little carried away expressing herself through golf equipment.

 

So I asked her to send me some pics for your thread...

 

l'artiste.jpg

 

Her depiction of Dave Chappelle as Rick James was... uhhhmmm... eye opening (guessing Rick, Miller Lite and Corvette were all commissioned by my Father... I hope anyway)

 

As you can see, her Jazzing also extends to custom club skins.

WOW that is some amazing talent!!

[cecil_nunchuck]

My Mother is an artist and has been known to get a little carried away expressing herself through golf equipment.

 

So I asked her to send me some pics for your thread...

 

l'artiste.jpg

 

Her depiction of Dave Chappelle as Rick James was... uhhhmmm... eye opening (guessing Rick, Miller Lite and Corvette were all commissioned by my Father... I hope anyway)

 

As you can see, her Jazzing also extends to custom club skins.

 

I love this sort of stuff also. I have done this with several of my clubs ill post an image later. I love updating the bottom of my putter once a year. I love getting creative with the designs on the balls. 

[cecil_nunchuck]

The most I ever put on a ball was a skull & cross bones.

I got tired of seeing it smeared on my irons.

I like the fact that I get a mark on my ball every now and then. Gives me a lot of satisfaction when the ink is right on the sweat spot of the club. Its easy enough to rub off after anyway.

[cecil_nunchuck]

I like to paint on the bottom of the club also, here is my latest design. I love a wee bit of Rick and Morty!!!

 

[AH1980MN]

Wow. That's impressive!

[BGIGG]

My Mother is an artist and has been known to get a little carried away expressing herself through golf equipment.

 

So I asked her to send me some pics for your thread...

 

l'artiste.jpg

 

Her depiction of Dave Chappelle as Rick James was... uhhhmmm... eye opening (guessing Rick, Miller Lite and Corvette were all commissioned by my Father... I hope anyway)

 

As you can see, her Jazzing also extends to custom club skins.

[BGIGG]

That's pretty sweet. I like to pretend I'm an artist from time to time. Might try and customize my driver as well. Is there anything wrong/illegal with this type of customization as far as gameplay/tournament play is concerned???

[artful_golfer]

On 5/16/2018 at 12:54 PM, downlowkey said:

My Mother is an artist and has been known to get a little carried away expressing herself through golf equipment.

 

So I asked her to send me some pics for your thread...

 

 

Her depiction of Dave Chappelle as Rick James was... uhhhmmm... eye opening (guessing Rick, Miller Lite and Corvette were all commissioned by my Father... I hope anyway)

 

As you can see, her Jazzing also extends to custom club skins.

Wow, these are my drawings! Cool! Currently I draw a simple set of blue angel wings on opposite sides of my ball. I discovered the blue sharpie ink lasts the longest. It is quick and easy to identify my ball when the marking wraps the ball a little. No more hitting the wrong ball. Lesson learned!

Plus many players at my course know who hit it when they run across a lost ball of mine. They come searching for me to return it. I once discovered one left on my front door mat.

Some of my older balls have 6-7 tiny butterflies, bugs, etc. scattered all around. I'm hoping that when one of our abundant water moccasins finds one lost in the water, will eat it and die.