You don’t have to own a private golf club or host a charity golf tournament to enjoy a
personalized golf ball marker.
Groups of friends who get together on the weekends like to design their own custom golf ball markers with inside jokes hidden in the artwork or memorable dates etched into the coin face. Some companies give their employees custom ball markers as a hint to get out of the office and enjoy themselves (and promote the business). If you’re looking for a fun way to stand out on the putting green, a custom ball marker is a great place to start.
After you’ve landed an amazing shot onto the green, the last thing you want is to incur a penalty because someone forgot to replace their ball with a ball maker. While the greens are littered with cheap plastic markers or quarters pulled from pockets, isn’t it better to play your game with your own customized ball maker? Next time you go for an afternoon on your favorite course, bring your set of custom golf ball markers and turn heads with more than just your chip shots.
Challenge coins with removable golf ball markers are a popular choice for tournament sponsors, pro shops and groups of friends that want to design something special to celebrate their annual golf trip like this design.
Golf Ball Marker
The Meetings Golf Ball Marker Coin Side 2
Challenge coins with removable golf ball markers are a popular choice for tournament sponsors, pro shops and groups of friends that want to design something special to celebrate their annual golf trip like this design.
Golf Ball Marker
GOOMBA Golf Marker
GOOMBA Golf Marker
Golf Ball Marker
3 Putt Golf Co. Ball Marker
A lot of custom golf ball markers include a special design on one side and leave the other side blank so the marker can lay flat on the green like this custom ball marker.
Golf Ball Marker
Custom Divot Tool With Ball Marker Insert
Creating a coin with a ball marker insert is always fun, but custom divot tools with magnetic ball markers can take your design idea to the next level.
Golf Ball Marker
Michelob Ultra Golf Ball Marker
Custom golf ball markers are often created by tournament sponsors as a special giveaway for players and spectators. Michelob Ultra decided to include their logo at the center of the design, but the possibilities for sponsored designs are limitless.
Golf Ball Marker
Windermere Golf Tournament Coins
The Windermere Foundation designed these golf ball markers for their 25th annual golf tournament. Handing out custom ball markers before a charity golf tournament begins is a great way to set the tone of the event and get players excited to be involved.
Golf Ball Marker
Strategic Management Golf Ball Marker Coins
Strategic Planning Group uses challenge coins with magnetic golf ball marker inserts as business cards. The flip side of the ball marker includes contact information for the business.
Golf Ball Marker
Corey Hafner Ball Marker
Ball markers with dark grey, blue or green colors in the design can get lost on the green easier than you would expect. The red and silver design of these custom golf ball makers ensures you won't lose then after stepping away from the green for a moment.
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Getting Started on Your Personalized Golf Ball Markers
Odds are that putting isn’t your favorite part golf, however, there are few things more satisfying than sinking a 16-foot putt for par or even landing a birdie. Sometimes the only way to make a shot like that happen is to mark your ball with your go-to ball marker, measure out your shot, and take a breath before you’re ready. A lot of golfers have custom golf ball markers that add a little personality to their game and act as a familiar totem, helping them keep a level head and prepare for the perfect shot.
Choosing a Style of Custom Golf Ball Marker
There are two main styles of golf ball marker coins that we help design. The first is a stand-alone golf ball marker. These are similar to one-sided challenge coins, but they’re usually smaller than your average custom challenge coin. Golf has no official rules that outline a standard size for golf ball markers, but they are usually no larger than a quarter. The personalized golf ball markers we help design are usually around 1” in size.
Even though custom ball markers are small, our production team has the ability to create highly detailed coin molds with intricate artwork. Whether you’re planning to include a small version of your team’s logo or some other form of custom artwork, we will take special care to get even the smallest details just right in the coin design.
The second style of golf ball marker is a challenge coin with a custom golf ball marker insert. These coins look just like your everyday challenge coins, but the center of the design is held in place with a magnetic insert. This means that you can remove the coin golf ball markers by simply pressing down on the bottom edge of the marker insert so the edge will pop over the lip of the coin holder and slide right out.
Challenge coins custom made with magnetic inserts are slightly more expensive than your average golf challenge coins because they require two different coin molds. One mold is used to create the magnetic insert ball marker, while another is used to make the coin holder.
Something else to consider is that the magnetic insert will be made from aluminum, while the rest of the coin will be minted with brass, zinc or steel. Aluminum is the only magnetic option. Since the metals are different, there may be a slight inconsistency in the color of the metal plating. However, all of our custom coins are made with the highest quality materials and the techniques that have made us the best free online coin designer on the market.
The best part of working with any challenge coin maker is crafting the perfect design from scratch. Since golf challenge coins with magnetic inserts need two coin molds, you have the opportunity to customize two different coins at once. Customizing both sides of a set of custom golf ball marker inserts adds another layer of personality to a design. Flipping them over in the coin holder will change up the design completely, so it’s like having two different designs for one coin.
Designing Custom Golf Ball Markers With Our Team
If you are ready to create a coin of your own, you can either give us a quick call or fill out a free quote form anywhere on our website. Either option only takes a few minutes and will give our art and sales teams everything they need to get started on your custom golf ball marker design.
Some of our customers come with designs pre-made, while others provide just a simple description of what they’re looking for. If you would like a place to organize your ideas, download our coin template before getting started. The template has places for you to sketch out your ideas, choose custom plating and edging options and make any notes you think will help our art team craft the perfect artwork.
You can scan the template to your computer or take a picture with your phone if it’s easier, and include it with your free quote request. Your first proof of artwork will be ready within 48 hours, and from there we encourage our customers to make as many revisions as needed until the design is perfect. Artwork and revisions are completely free when working with Signature Coins, so don’t expect to pay a dime until you’re satisfied with the design.
Get Started on Your Custom Golf Ball Markers Today
Custom golf ball markers are perfect for award ceremonies at the end of tournaments, for promoting a brand or golf club, and for celebrating friendships formed on the greens. No matter what kind of personalized golf ball markers you’re looking for, our Signature Coins team has got you covered.
We offer free shipping on every order and back all of our products with a 100% quality guarantee. If you have an idea for the perfect custom golf ball marker design, send us your ideas today, and we’ll have your first free proof of artwork ready in 48 hours.
A challenge coin is usually a metal coin or medallion, bearing an organization's insignia, emblem or logo and carried by the organization's members. Traditionally, challenge coins were used by the military and displayed by service men and women to prove exclusive membership when challenged, and to enhance the military units' morale.
Historically, challenge coins were awarded by military unit commanders in recognition of special achievement made by a member of the unit. They are also known to be exchanged and traded during recognition visits to different international organizations, bases and service tours. These coins have been heavily collected by active and retired service members and law enforcement personnel for years.
Modern challenge coins are made in a variety of sizes and often include popular culture references such as superheroes as well as known characters in a parody. Many companies today are using them to build morale in teams, link people with similar interests and even to promote their brand. Challenge coin designs today are pushing the boundary of what a challenge coin could mean or be used for. One thing is for sure, personalized coins further strengthen the sense of bond within people that both give and receive them.
Challenge coins are often used as a physical token or symbol to represent membership to an organization, unit, or team.
Challenge coins also serve as a lasting personal award for anyone that has received one. Since they are custom and long lasting, challenge coins serve well to commemorate the time and experience put in to overcome overwhelming obstacles or the extraordinary effort and sacrifice needed to reach a given achievement. These keepsake coins become a life long reminder of the achievements made.
Challenge coins can also be used as a token to commemorate a special event or anniversary. You can view some of our commemorative coins here.
Our bravest first responder services also have a history of using challenge coins. Whether for fire departments, emergency medical technicians or law enforcement officers, challenge coins have been used to award bravery, acts of heroism and department camaraderie.
Many companies today have been started by veterans, or are veteran owned and are beginning to use the challenge coin tradition to help represent accomplishments in their businesses. This modern approach to awarding challenge coins has garnered some criticism from the traditionalists. Signature Coins has been making challenge coins for 20 plus years, and we see more and more companies joining in on awarding custom challenge coins to customers, staff, and volunteers. They are using them to build morale in teams, link people with similar interests and even to promote their brand or charities.
Generally speaking you give someone a challenge coin when you want to honor them for a good deed or for their hard work.
Challenge coins still play a major role in the military today, much like a "Thank you Plus" or "Great Job Plus". In the armed forces not every action rates an honorable medal or certificate, for those moments when someone is deserving of more than a thank you, awarding them with a challenge coin fills the gap.
As a very simple miltary example. You're out on a 3 day field op. One of your guys or gals busts their butt during a particularly stressful couple hours of it. Shows great attitude, effort, and was overal top notch. If you tried to write it up, it wouldn't "quite" be "award worthy" but definitely deserved "recognition."
Now even if you’re not a veteran or a member of the armed forces, you can still recognize and award someone with custom challenge coins.
You can use challenge coins to reward employees after the completion of a special project or if huge accomplishments have been made company wide. The coin design can be representative of the achievement, the employee or the company goals. Studies show when employees are recognized for a job well done, they feel more satisfied with their job performance, are more likely to reach for higher goals, and are more loyal to their organizations.
Finding the right time and place to give someone a challenge coin can be, well, a bit challenging.
Military tradition has a few ways of approaching this honor. One being "The Secret Handshake" where commanding officers, department officials or the president himself would shake a soldiers hand and "slip" them the coin via the handshake. Transferring the coin shouldn’t be dramatic or obvious, like a quiet wink and a nod, this honor is more personal to the people giving and receieving the award and less ceremonial. Although a bit more obvious, another military tradition is to hand them out in front of a formation or during a meeting, but it's more commonly done one on one.
As more civilians and businesses use challenge coins, they have taken a more ceremonious and inclusive approach to awarding them. When looking to give a challenge coin to an employee or team member most businesses will do it during a team meeting. Some businesses have even integrated their employee award recognition into their annual and quarterly ceremonies. Awarding their employees in front of others can be a great way to show the rest of the team that you too can be "recognized" if the effort is there.
Modern marketers are also finding that custom challenge coins make for great business cards, so many high end service providers, such as lawyers, accountants and commercial developers are now giving their custom coins out as a means of promoting themselves or their business offerings.
Challenge coins typically cost $3.00 -$5.00 per coin for a full production run of 100 coins generally speaking.
More specifically though, it depends. Challenge coin pricing is dependent on a variety of factors including size, quantity, and coloration. Your organization’s insignia or logo, as well as the brand standards surrounding it, will often dictate coloration. The level of complexity, industry standards, and personal preference will dictate the size of the coin.
Designing challenge coins is a lot of fun, but there’s also a ton of things to think about before getting started. Luckily, we have years of experience making custom coins, and we’re happy to help you every step of the way.
We have put together a how-to guide that will tell you everything you need to know about challenge coin design.
