What do you use to mark your ball?

[BlackForestGuy 3]

I use a custom copper ball marker made by the awesome Sawyer Co Golf:

One side has the seven pointed star, often used by Tool, one of my favorite bands. Its purpose is to keep bad things away, which should work well on the golf course

On the other side is a quote by Sam Snead, and the two stars symbolize my two kids.

 

[vagabon68 84]

I use a Disney coin my children got me on our Disney trips either goofy or grumpy 

[Paul Hedrick 406]

You know that when you return from a trip overseas, there is always some local currency still in your pocket?  Lately I have been using this 2 Euro coin from our most recent trip.

[RollingGreens 2,202]

Just your standard golf course ball marker, nothing too special, I try to collect one from every course I play

[BostonSal 554]

I have a custom ball number and name imprint so I don't go to the Sharpie at all.

 

But if you talking on the greens--I should have paid more attention--I've always preferred very old, real silver dimes, not the copper center ones from the past several decades.

Edited September 1, 2021 by BostonSal

[GySgtFTL 0]

A shiny new dime; Always a dime.

[Wojtek 36]

Typically I either use a 1 cordoba coin or the free ball marker I got from @GolfSub70. I like to use coins from some of my travel when possible and the cordoba is a great size (basically the same as a quarter).

[Perrymr 43]

All but the " E" marker have made an appearance for me.

[BIG STU 9,683]

I use different ones--- My favorite one has a story-- It is a $20 chip from a Tattoo parlor a friend owns. A few years back I beat him out of $20 in a match and he paid me off with that chip. When I play golf with him I always use it to remind him I took $20 off of him.

I have a couple from our old golf shop with our logo on them put up. Have an assorted lot of ones from my former course that closed down now almost 2 years ago. The last day they were open the gen manager gave me a bunch of them in a box from the stock room. Mostly I use poker chips. I have quite a few of them. A few years back in a Junked car I found a nice case with Tequila Patron poker chips cards and dice. Usually for me it is just whatever I pull out of the bag that week. 

[EasyPutter 2,074]

Used to use that little button on the golf gloves when I first started as I could not remember to put a mark in my pocket and they were there...  Then I got a Stick&Hack PitchFix and it has one of those magnetic marks in the handle with the original club logo, before the ampersand 

[ballplayer002003 1,433]

On 8/3/2021 at 11:41 AM, Shapotomous said:

I picked this marker up a few years ago and haven't lost it yet.  I like it because the larger size is easy to find in my pocket and use when I am out of everyone's way.  The smaller center disc pops out when I am close to somebody's line.  If I am real close or i need to move the mark then i use a small plastic disc that has a peg on one side to give a real flat surface if their putt happens to roll over it.   

 

HA!  I play there all the time!!!  Island fairway...did you go for it or play it safe off to the right?

[BostonSal 554]

Marking my ball means two different things to me.

It means using an old, real silver dime with no copper center to mark the ball on the greens.

You have to clean off the tarnish to make them bright enough to easily see.

The old dime is the closest thing that I have to a superstition.  I'd just call it a very old habit.

 

Then there's the Sharpie thing to mark the ball for identification.

I have a custom ball number and my name imprinted so I don't have to do that.  

It's only an extra three bucks per dozen to get that.

 

 

[Shapotomous 4,833]

12 hours ago, ballplayer002003 said:

HA!  I play there all the time!!!  Island fairway...did you go for it or play it safe off to the right?

I always go for the island fairway....I play for a 200 yard tee ball.  That is always an easy choice for me.  Maybe next time I will play to the right fairway to see what its like.   

I think the tougher choice for me is the 2nd shot on 16.  Even if the tee ball is out there far enough to have me think about going for it in two, not being able to see the water in front and trying to hold the green from that far back has me laying up to the right more often than going for it.

[ballplayer002003 1,433]

On 11/23/2021 at 11:36 PM, Shapotomous said:

I always go for the island fairway....I play for a 200 yard tee ball.  That is always an easy choice for me.  Maybe next time I will play to the right fairway to see what its like.   

I think the tougher choice for me is the 2nd shot on 16.  Even if the tee ball is out there far enough to have me think about going for it in two, not being able to see the water in front and trying to hold the green from that far back has me laying up to the right more often than going for it.

Don't ever go out to the right...where is the fun in that?!  I do the same thing you do, I play a nice 200 yard shot and trust it.  16 is tough too, because anything just a bit off is in the water or if you are long you are pitching back down the hill with the water in clear view.  It's a good couple holes back there.  

[Tom the Golf Nut 7,766]

I use either my company's logo ball marker or the Sub 70.

[MWL_9 60]

I recently picked up a TXG ball marker during their black Friday sale so I'll be putting that into the rotation next year

[rbgntx 20]

I have a small coin pouch full of foreign coins.  Canadian one and two dollar coins, some Mexican pesos of varying denominations and some coins from the UK left over from my trip to Scotland.

[mGolf 20]

I find it interesting how many people use foreign coins. I like it. 

[Hobert 809]

I usually use one of my company's markers that came with a Pitchfix, a Sub70 marker, or a Duke marker that a friend found left on a course. While the Duke marker directly conflicts with my Profile image, I did attend law school at Duke...

[russtopherb 9,332]

I'm not partial to any specific ball markers, I have an FJ one that's attached to my glove and another that's attached to my divot tool. As long as they're small and flat, I'm good.