Golf ball with indicia

A golf ball alignment device comprising:

• a golf ball having an exterior surface and an imaginary midline;
• and
• indicia disposed on the exterior surface of the golf ball, said indicia comprising:
• first and second line segments each extending along a portion of the golf ball at a spaced interval apart from each other, the first and second line segments being disposed on opposite sides of the midline, wherein the spaced interval is narrower at a first end of each of the first and second line segments than at a second end of each of the first and second line segments such that the first and second line segments converge from the second ends thereof to the first ends thereof, wherein the spaced interval at the first ends of the first and second line segments is open such that first end of the first line segment does not touch the first end of the second line segment, and wherein the first and second line segments are at least one from the group consisting of colored, patterned, and shaded identically to each other;
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• a third line segment disposed between the first and second line segments, the third line segment extending along the midline between the first and second line segments, the indicia being configured to provide an alignment reference on the golf ball for a user to align the third line segment with an intended direction of travel of the golf ball toward a target, the indicia being further configured to align the golf ball relative to a target by aligning the spaced interval at the first ends of the first and second line segments such that the first and second line segments appear to converge toward a target, and wherein the third line segment does not extend into the spaced interval at the first ends of the first and second line segments and is at least one from the group consisting of colored, patterned, and shaded differently than the first and second line segments.