Has anyone thought of using these options?
Back in the day you were always considered a bit of a pleb and rabbit. i.e proper golfers dont use yellow or orange balls.
But now there seems to be a bit of sense involved, certainly when you play alone and lose sight of the flight. I have lost many white balls into the semi, losing sight into the sun and thinking I had found it, only to find a bit of white feather or leaf.
There is still a lot of stigma if you are a decent player, but at the end of the day a lot of good golf balls come in a variety of colours now and I would certainly consider orange as a higher visibility option (but not pink, ha ha 😁😁)
The pro's don't need to worry about losing a ball because they have any army of spotters and people searching, and most of the offline areas have been trampled down by the crowd. The last time I saw a pro lose a ball I think was at the Open at Muirfield in 2002 when Gary Evans hooked one into the rough at 17. He had to go back, put a 3 wood on the green and holed a 60 footer for a par 5 😀
I just wondered what anyone else's thoughts were about using a coloured ball without embarasment?
Back in the day you were always considered a bit of a pleb and rabbit. i.e proper golfers dont use yellow or orange balls.
But now there seems to be a bit of sense involved, certainly when you play alone and lose sight of the flight. I have lost many white balls into the semi, losing sight into the sun and thinking I had found it, only to find a bit of white feather or leaf.
There is still a lot of stigma if you are a decent player, but at the end of the day a lot of good golf balls come in a variety of colours now and I would certainly consider orange as a higher visibility option (but not pink, ha ha 😁😁)
The pro's don't need to worry about losing a ball because they have any army of spotters and people searching, and most of the offline areas have been trampled down by the crowd. The last time I saw a pro lose a ball I think was at the Open at Muirfield in 2002 when Gary Evans hooked one into the rough at 17. He had to go back, put a 3 wood on the green and holed a 60 footer for a par 5 😀
I just wondered what anyone else's thoughts were about using a coloured ball without embarasment?