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True Aim creator Tim Tucker is joined by Subpar’s Colt Knost to demonstrate how to best utilize his new ball marker.

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Forget using a standard quarter or penny — how boring! If you want to use a ball marker that showcases your personality and doubles as a great conversation-starter with your playing partners, try making your own from your favorite beverage’s bottle cap.

How? It’s easier than you think. On the latest episode of GOLF.com’s Golf Hacks, we’ll show you how to do it in 10 easy steps (and make sure to check out the video tutorial above).

Step 1: Gather the necessary materials. You’ll need adhesive (like Gorilla Glue), masking tape, pliers, a file, coins, and of course, your selected bottle caps.

Step 2: Flatten the crimped end of both bottle caps with the pliers.

Step 3: Grind the crimped edges of the bottle caps down until they’re smooth.

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Step 4: File down any sharp edges.

Step 5: Place some masking tape on the logos of your bottle caps to protect them.

Step 6: Fill both bottle caps with your adhesive.

Step 7: Add coins to give your marker your desired weight.

Step 8: Fill in any remaining space in and around the coins with more adhesive.

Step 9: Align the caps and squeeze them together.

Step 10: Peel off the masking tape and clean up the edges with the file.

And, you’ve done it! Now all that’s left to do is enjoy your brand new, homemade ball marker.

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On this edition of GOLF Hacks we show you everything you need to be able to take your favorite bottled beverage and put it to use on the course.

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The Rules of Golf are tricky! Thankfully, we’ve got the guru. Our Rules Guy knows the book front to back. Got a question? He’s got all the answers.

We’ve seen the putting drill in which you focus on a coin or mark so as not to move your head. Is a ball marker considered a training aid? Is there a rule that says I must pick up my marker after placing my ball? Once I place it down, isn’t the ball in play regardless? If so, can’t it just be played at that point? —Jim O’Neill, via email

Not fair, Jim — you’ve cleverly snuck four questions into one!

Still, you get only one answer, and that answer is an emphatic No!

A ball marker must be lifted before a stroke is made. Failure to do so is a one-stroke penalty, under Rule 14.1a, and you must play the next shot from wherever the ball comes to rest. That would certainly be a black mark on one’s Rules record.

Got a question about the Rules? Ask the Rules Guy! Send your queries, confusions and comments to rulesguy@golf.com. We promise he won’t throw the book at you.

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