When you go golfing it is important to have a way to distinguish the ball you hit from anyone and everyone else's on the course. It cuts down on the amount of balls you lose to other golfers or in general. Even when you mark your balls, from time to time someone steals them anyways or won't let you hit your ball back onto the green you are meant to be hitting off.

The variety pack of white golf balls I started out with.Kimberly Lawton

In general it is cheaper to buy white golf balls, but sometimes it is worth the extra dollars just to save the amount of time it takes to modify or customize your balls. It took me over a half hour to color in blue polka-dots on 18 golf balls. Most people probably would have just put their initials on the ball and called it a day. For whatever reason I thought this would be easier. In some ways I was correct because when I went to use the balls, they were extremely different from the rest of the lost or lonely ones left on the course.

My first attempt at polka-dotting golf balls, I used the scissors to balance the ball on the table to minimize the amount of ink on my hands.Kimberly Lawton

I had a variety pack of "professional grade golf balls" to choose from, with a majority of them being Noodles and a blue permanent marker. I honestly cannot tell you the difference between one ball or the next. I couldn't tell you much of the difference between golf clubs either for that matter. Give me a driver, a hybrid, and a putter and I should be able to play pretty decent. I honestly do not see the need for having a anything but those three and perhaps a wedge or two.

This is where I started to have a lot of fun coloring in patterns of triangles and diamonds using the indentations on the golf balls.Kimberly Lawton

My lack of golfing knowledge and ability makes for and interesting combination of lucky hits and sad misses on the course. By the end of the day however I was at least happy to know I came in second to last and that everyone knew who was using blue polka-dot golf balls.

The beginnings of what would be the least colored in golf ball, as I was starting to get bored using just blue.Kimberly Lawton

Besides the Noodles of varying sizes there were a few other brands I also played with in an assortment of sizes as pictured. They all flew pretty well and I only lost 6 balls total on 18 holes. The one that went the farthest however was I believe a Noodle 2 or 3. I don't plan on going golfing very often, its an expensive sport and takes a lot of practice just to be average. Once a year is good enough for me, so I don't think I'll need to color in anymore golf balls for the moment.

If I were to pick up golf seriously though, I think colored golf balls may be a sound investment. Or if I knew I was going to be playing once a week buying custom or patterned golf balls in bulk might make a lot of sense. Right now, I'll stick to my polka-dot method.