How to Mark a Golf Ball on the Green

Video Transcript

"Hi my name is David Anderson and I am about to show you how to mark a golf ball on a green. I am about to show you how to mark a ball on a green once you have made your approach shot and you are lucky enough to have it land on the green, your next shot is a putt. There are a couple of reasons you want to pick the ball up and mark it with either a coin or some kind of flat surface what I use from the United States Golf Association since I have been a member for over twenty years they will send you a tool, a repair tool and in the middle of it the flat part pops out and you can also use that. Any flat coin round, metallic object can be used as a ball mark. The reasons why you want to mark your ball on the green first of all once it has landed on the green and you are walking up to it you want to see if it is in front of any other golf balls any of the players in your group. If your ball is blocking their ball on the line of the cup, that is a reason to mark the ball so you can pick it up and give your opponent, your playing partner a chance to try to make the putt without having to go around your golf ball. Another reason why you want to mark the golf ball on the green is that it may have picked up some dirt along the way you are not aloud to touch the ball on the fair way but once it lands on the green and you mark the ball you are able to lift that ball up and see if it has any dirt on it, if it does you are aloud to clean the surface of the golf ball before you replace it. So the ball is marked you know exactly where to put the golf ball and when it is your turn you are ready to putt."