Description

Golf markers, also known as ball markers, are used to mark the position of a golfer’s ball on the putting green, particularly when it’s lifted for cleaning or to avoid obstructing another player’s putt. They help ensure the ball can be accurately returned to its original spot.
Here’s a more detailed explanation:
Marking the ball’s position:
When a golfer lifts their ball on the green (for cleaning, for example), they must mark the spot where it was before lifting it. The ball marker indicates that spot so the ball can be replaced accurately.
Avoiding obstruction:
Other players may be putting, and the ball marker helps ensure that the lifted ball doesn’t obstruct their line.
Golf etiquette:
Using a ball marker is a standard part of golf etiquette, ensuring fair play and preventing accidental movement of balls on the green.
Types of markers:
Ball markers can be various small, flat objects like coins, small discs, or even the head of a golf club. They must be artificial and not a natural object like a leaf or stone.
Rules:
The rules of golf specify that a ball marker must be used to mark the position of a ball that is lifted. Failure to mark properly can result in a penalty.

Golf ball markers are used to mark the position of a player’s ball on the putting green and have been used in one form or another since the very early years of the game. They are typically small, flat objects (coins are a popular choice) as this guarantees they will not get in the way of another player’s line.

What are the rules for putting markers in golf?
Procedures for Ball: Marking, Lifting and Cleaning;
If the spot is marked with a ball-marker, after replacing the ball the player must remove the ball-marker before making a stroke. If the player lifts the ball without marking its spot, marks its spot in a wrong way or makes a stroke with a ball-marker left in place, the player gets one penalty stroke.

What are the benefits of marking golf balls?
Lines on Golf Balls: What Are the Rules?
But it’s not just about identifying your balls. Marking your golf ball can also help you with your putting alignment. To make putting easier, some players draw a line on their ball. This helps them to line up their putter with the ball, and their ball with the hole.

What to use for golf ball marker?
Is it legal (and ethical?) to use a tee as a ball marker?
Under the Rules of Golf, any number of artificial objects — a coin, the toe of your putter, the tab of a beer can — may be used to mark your ball. The key word being “artificial.” Using a natural object, such as a leaf or a twig, is a violation. It’s considered improper marking, and it carries a one-stroke penalty.

What is the 10 second rule in golf?
If any part of your ball overhangs the lip of the hole you are allowed a reasonable time to reach the hole and ten more seconds to wait to see whether your ball will fall into the hole. If your ball falls into the hole in this waiting time, you have holed out with the previous stroke.

Can I use my putter to mark my ball?
Rule 14.1 allows you to mark the ball in either of two ways: You can put a ball-marker right behind, or next to, the ball; or you can do the same holding a club on the ground. While most of us opt for the former, you do you. (Do the kids still say that, too?)