Taking others golf balls

[Queen of the Beach]

I'm posting to vent about inconsiderate people who take others golf balls! If you are looking for your golf ball and happen to come across someone else's ball in the vicinity...LEAVE IT AS IT LIES! Why must you think that it is a free for all and pick up someone else's ball. I think the golf course is the only place where "Finders Keepers" does not apply. I'm upset about this because it has happened to me at least once for the last three rounds I've played. Where I hit a perfectly good shot on the edge of the fairway and when I get to the spot where I see my ball land, it is not there anymore. Or if I hit it into the rough just in between two fairways somebody picks up my ball after hitting their ball. Maybe those people even hit the wrong ball because they can't find their ball! What gives? Don't they realize that they are adding penalty strokes onto other peoples scores by doing this? :eek:

And I'm also wondering if this matter of etiquette is discussed in a rule book somewhere?

[iyell4]

i know peeps who collect HUNDREDS of golf balls every summer. i gotta believe that some of them must've still been 'in play' for someone.

are u ok with picking up a ball that is an area that is ob or deep in a water hazard? sometimes people chose to play the ball out of a water hazard even though the are knee deep in H2O!:)

[Queen of the Beach]

No iyell4 if my ball is in a water hazard or OB in the forest somewhere... then I would consider that a lost ball. I might still end up looking for it just so that I don't lose a ball but I do penalize myself for that.
I'm talking about people that take other balls that are still playable on the fairway or in the rough. Please don't do it!

[noback]

It should be common sence. If the ball is in a hazard or is out of bounds then it would most likely be abandoned especially if the fairway you are playing is isolated from other fairways ( not side by each).;)

If the fairways are side by side. DO NOT TOUCH IT as most likely THAT ball IS in play and you just dont see the player yet. We had this happen last sunday morning. Playing alongside another par 5, me and a FC hit slight fades that ended up close to the rough on the left side of the other fairway. We saw some guy leaning forward and walking away. As we knew where we hit to, we asked if he saw a ball? He did, and he pulled my ProV1 and buddy's Callaway out of his pocket and placed them about 10 feet appart (with appologies of course:rolleyes: ).

[Queen of the Beach]

It should be common sence. If the ball is in a hazard or is out of bounds then it would most likely be abandoned especially if the fairway you are playing is isolated from other fairways ( not side by each).;)

If the fairways are side by side. DO NOT TOUCH IT as most likely THAT ball IS in play and you just dont see the player yet. We had this happen last sunday morning. Playing alongside another par 5, me and a FC hit slight fades that ended up close to the rough on the left side of the other fairway. We saw some guy leaning forward and walking away. As we knew where we hit to, we asked if he saw a ball? He did, and he pulled my ProV1 and buddy's Callaway out of his pocket and placed them about 10 feet appart (with appologies of course:rolleyes: ).
Just curious noback...how do you play that ball? If someone else moves your ball and replaces it nearby is there a penalty incurred?

[el tigre]

Just curious noback...how do you play that ball? If someone else moves your ball and replaces it nearby is there a penalty incurred? No. Other people on the course are outside agencies (just like those foxes). Replace it as near as possible to where it was and play on.

Unfortunately if they do not give the ball back then you cannot identify it as your ball, so you must treat the ball as lost.

[sharkhark]

When I was young and had no money I took any ball that had no one within view into the distance.

Now that I am old and have no money, I treat found balls with respect for their owners. Poor or not, I can afford golf balls.

Virtually 90% of the time I see someone grab a ball, I later see someone, maybe 2 fairways over, showing up with a poor confused look, trying to find it.

Let them lie guy's, even if its 9pm, dark, and you are the only one on the course. Just my opinion.

[mikep]

As some of you know by now, I am new at this golf thing....

So last weekend at Maples of Ballantrae, I was losing balls all over the place. A couple of times while search for my ball in the woods, I found somebody's obviously lost ball. One of them has a crack in the ball... I mentioned that to my friend, she just shrugged and said something like "its no good". I put it in the cart anyway.

On the last hole, I looked at the water in front of me, and I figured that I was going to lose another ball... I figured what the heck, and put the cracked ball in play. Sent it flying for about 150 yards and over the water (ok, I am really new at this, 150 yards NOT what I have been doing).

Got all excited and told my friend.... Ops, I guess I now know I should not be playing a cracked ball....

[tjhayko]

This seems to continuously happen to me or somebody in my group as well. I hate it, especially when you get the area where you ball obviously was only to hear somebody walking away from the area saying "Ooo, look, I found a Pro V1" or "Ooo, I a 'Noodle' a good ball?" when it is exactly the ball you were playing. I'd love to hit it straight and in the middle of the fairway every time, but if the ball isn't yours, leave it alone!

[mikep]

hum... maybe I should have kept my mouth shut.... and stay away from those balls.

[pudubny]

This seems to continuously happen to me or somebody in my group as well. I hate it, especially when you get the area where you ball obviously was only to hear somebody walking away from the area saying "Ooo, look, I found a Pro V1" or "Ooo, I a 'Noodle' a good ball?" when it is exactly the ball you were playing. I'd love to hit it straight and in the middle of the fairway every time, but if the ball isn't yours, leave it alone!
I have made the mistake and been a victim myself. I once played the wrong ball by mistake thinking it was mine. Same brand and within 10 yards of mine but the other guy noticed the number was not the same. I was really embarrassed to say the least. He undertood and was gracious.
I have also watched from the tee as a guy from another hole walks over into my fairway and hits my ball while I attempt to get his attention from the tee. That confrontation was not as friendly.
I have been accussed a few times of hitting another players ball only to clearly point out to them that the Kroflight they are looking for went into the pond.
I must admit that I should pay more attention to the ball I am playing, model and number. I am not especially picky about the ball I play so I change often which makes this a challange.
At my home course the wrong ball scenario is only possible on two holes so my chances of screwing up have been greatly reduced. Lucky for me, but my buddy's Tiltlest was played by another player on one of those holes Saturday.
Good luck.
Pud.

[iyell4]

Folks, one scenario that was brought up a couple of times is when another golfer makes an honest mistake and plays your ball by accident (eg. same brand and model "Titleist ProV1x" and number "2") ....

Wouldn't it help EVERYONE if you were to use a Sharpie and sign each of you golf balls to make them easy for you and OTHERS to identify? It would at least reduce the risk of another golfer playing your ball 'by accident'.

(as an aside: In that last couple of copies of GD, in the WITB section, both Creamer and Donald profess to be Sharpie hogs and carry the full rainbow of Sharpies with them)
Perhaps we need another thread so that peeps can show how they uniquely deface their golf balls for easy identification ... and a dot above the number does not qualify as 'unique' ... a smiley face does! :))

[tjhayko]

Folks, one scenario that was brought up a couple of times is when another golfer makes an honest mistake and plays your ball by accident (eg. same brand and model "Titelist ProV1x" and number "2") ....

Wouldn't it help EVERYONE if you were to use a Sharpie and sign each of you golf balls to make them easy for you and OTHERS to identify? It would at least reduce the risk of another golfer playing your ball 'by accident'.

(as an aside: In that last couple of copies of GD, in the WITB section, both Creamer and Donald profess to be Sharpie hogs and carry the full rainbow of Sharpies with them)
Perhaps we need another thread so that peeps can show how they uniquely deface their golf balls for easy identification ... and a dot above the number does not qualify as 'unique' ... a smiley face does! :))

Yeah, everybody should mark their balls. I'm almost considering going into the line marking territory, but then my ball would look like everybody else that I normally play with! Maybe I'll go for a different colour.

[noback]

Yeah, everybody should mark their balls. I'm almost considering going into the line marking territory, but then my ball would look like everybody else that I normally play with! Maybe I'll go for a different colour.That's the way to go for sure. Use green or red, make a $ or anything. A buddy uses his initials in black marker.:cool:

[goodfellow]

A line down the equator and I put my initials on as well. Mind you, I hit so many into bad rough that I can't find them myself, never mind anyone else picking them up !

[Pingnut]

I hit the ball pretty far and can sometimes get a little of line. There is nothing worse than having honors on the tee, hitting between fairways - waiting for the other 3 in your group to hit and before you can get to your ball and someone going in the other direction hit's it or pick it up. It's happened to me three times this season and when confronting (asking nicely), having the offender deny it was my ball. :mad:

[iyell4]

I hit the ball pretty far and can sometimes get a little of line. There is nothing worse than having honors on the tee, hitting between fairways - waiting for the other 3 in your group to hit and before you can get to your ball and someone going in the other direction hit's it or pick it up. It's happened to me three times this season and when confronting (asking nicely), having the offender deny it was my ball. :mad:unfortunately RCGA rules do not allow for search and seizure at your discretion. even if you see the suspect pick up your ball and place it in his pocket.:)
count it as a lost ball and move on.

[Ego Woods]

Had this one guy last weekend looking for a ball on our side of the rough.....he picks up my friggin' ball and asks me if I'm playing Dunlop Loco, which I preceded to tell him "YES" like 5 times (he had bad english) until he finally drops the ball giving me a worse lie than I originally had.....

He then proceeds to pick up my friend's Nike ball about 5 yards away from mine and proceeds to ask him 5 times if he's playing Nike....and says "yes" about 5 times b4 he drops my friend's ball and gives him a worse lie too (embedded!!)

My 2nd friend who was looking for his ball in the same vicinity as ours could not find his ball and assumed that the jerk took his ball long b4......

It was quite obvious that he wasn't really looking for his own ball, he was looking FOR balls!

ARGH!!! :mad: :mad:

[iyell4]

It was quite obvious that he wasn't really looking for his own ball, he was looking FOR balls!

ARGH!!! :mad: :mad:yup. many of the guys i play with regularly enjoy trolling for golfballs.
the unfortunate things is, it slows things down ... we'd be movin' ahead and look back to see a golfbag sitting in the rough and no golfer around it ... i mean sometimes these guys go deep, deep, deep into the OB trees/fescue/farmer's field to look for balls.

it is almost as if they think: "The reward for hitting your ball in the fairway is that you get to troll the trees/fescue/farmer's field for a couple of minutes before you have to hit your ball." Argh!!!! :mad:

[Pingnut]

unfortunately RCGA rules do not allow for search and seizure at your discretion. even if you see the suspect pick up your ball and place it in his pocket.:)
count it as a lost ball and move on.
There in lies the problem... Have to count it as a lost ball even though I knew where it was and would have been abe to hit it just fine.

[el tigre]

unfortunately RCGA rules do not allow for search and seizure at your discretion. even if you see the suspect pick up your ball and place it in his pocket.:)
count it as a lost ball and move on. How do you know for certain it was your ball? All you saw was someone pick up a ball that was in the same vicinity as yours. Perhaps it wasn't yours - you'll never know unless you are able to identify it. You just can't assume it was your ball by a process of elimination because you can't find it anywhere else.

Where I'm going with this is: if you are absolutely 99% certain it was your ball, then you do not have to count it as a lost ball.

To be absolutely 99% certain it was your ball would pretty much involve seeing your ball land and stop in the fairway and while you are watching it at rest in the fairway, someone picks it up and walks off. In this case you would be entitled to replace the ball without penalty under Rule 18-1.

[mikemakeitso]

How do you know for certain it was your ball? All you saw was someone pick up a ball that was in the same vicinity as yours. Perhaps it wasn't yours - you'll never know unless you are able to identify it. You just can't assume it was your ball by a process of elimination because you can't find it anywhere else.

Where I'm going with this is: if you are absolutely 99% certain it was your ball, then you do not have to count it as a lost ball.

To be absolutely 99% certain it was your ball would pretty much involve seeing your ball land and stop in the fairway and while you are watching it at rest in the fairway, someone picks it up and walks off. In this case you would be entitled to replace the ball without penalty under Rule 18-1.Good to know... this has happened to our posse a number of times.

[Greywolf]

Wouldn't it help EVERYONE if you were to use a Sharpie and sign each of you golf balls to make them easy for you and OTHERS to identify? It would at least reduce the risk of another golfer playing your ball 'by accident'.

Definitely the way to go, I wish more golfers would follow this advice.

[tjhayko]

Definitely the way to go, I wish more golfers would follow this advice.

Hmm, how many golfers play the exact same brand as me with the exact same marking? I've only run into it once in all the time I've been golfing, and doubt that all of those other people who have picked up a ball that I know was mine used exactly the same mark. Think before you pick up a ball people. Beginner I can sort of give some leeway, but I'm sure I've seen people who were obviously not beginners pick up balls that were obviously not theirs and still in play.

[Greywolf]

Think before you pick up a ball people. Beginner I can sort of give some leeway, but I'm sure I've seen people who were obviously not beginners pick up balls that were obviously not theirs and still in play.

Yep, unfortunately that happens much too often.

[DavidY]

Why not mark up the ball so ugly that all will avoid it? :D

Dave

[Carlton]

I played Bathurst Glen a couple weeks ago and sure enough there are people walking in every fairway looking for their balls! I've lost two brand new balls from hitting drives right down the fairway only to find out that they've gone missing. After that, I started yelling at everyone I see in the fairway that I'm playing on. Ughhhh, now I know why I don't like visiting hacker-type courses. That, people who keep yapping during your shot and golfers who don't yell FORE after an errant tee shot gets me worked up.... okay, and those who don't rake the bunkers after they're done.

[iyell4]

.... okay, and those who don't rake the bunkers after they're done.in or out? in our out?
serious question, after raking a bunker should the rake be left in the bunker our out?

[racmbs]

I played Bathurst Glen a couple weeks ago and sure enough there are people walking in every fairway looking for their balls! Ughhhh, now I know why I don't like visiting hacker-type courses.
I play Bathurst Glen quite often and I can assure you, it ain't no hackers track.....but that would all depend on what tees you played it from as well. Try it from the tips, then let me know what ya shot ;)

I've played just about every type of course, from cow pasture to high class and they ALL have hackers slappin' there golf balls about from one side of the course to the next :rofl:

[Rocknronny]

I've played just about every type of course, from cow pasture to high class and they ALL have hackers slappin' there golf balls about from one side of the course to the next :rofl:Yep and sometime your one of them.:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[racmbs]

Yep and sometime your one of them.:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
yup, and I was the one stealing all yer golf balls on the course @ TW last Saturday :rofl: :rofl:

ya bass-turd :D

[Rocknronny]

yup, and I was the one stealing all yer golf balls on the course @ TW last Saturday :rofl: :rofl:

ya bass-turd :DLMAO:rofl: :rofl:

[Golfbum]

On the weekend I was playing my course and had driven off the one Par 5 tee. As I was walking towards my ball (I was about 100 yards away from it) two guys pulled up in a cart. They were playing the 14th, I was on the 16th and there is rough in between those holes (yeah I was in it:mad: ) They were approx. 100 yards off their tee block.
They spotted my ball, (I mark mine so there is no mistaking it), looked right at me walking towards it and then picked it up! I "politely" notified them that is was my ball. They tossed it down and roared away in the cart! Caught in the act:)
Myself, I pick balls up. However I also know the spots on my course that balls tend to end up when lost. The edge of the swamp on one hole, etc etc. I never pick a ball up between two fairways if there is anyone within site. My course is wide open, so I can see if anyone is playing any of the adjacent fairways.
In fact today there was school tournament at my course and I came across 3 balls, one just happened to be a like new Pro V. I had hit my drive, it bounced into the rough on the right side of the fairway and when I walked up to it the PRO V was 3 inches away from it. Now that ball was clearly lost, there was no one within 5 holes of us at the time. Another ball came out of the edge of a water hazard, again no one within 5 holes of us. Another came out of the heavy rough left of the 18th tee, again no one near us and no way you could be in that rough from another hole.
So in my mind it is not a crime to pick up a ball, as long as there is no way it can be in play off another hole. Let's face it, we all lose balls during the course of a golf season. Either we pick them up or the guys working at the course do. One of the Rangers at my course told me he has found over 400 balls this summer. And he does not just drive around picking up balls that are in play. He just knows where to look for balls!
A young guy I play with goes over the fences on two holes, both are OB, finds lots of balls left there in the corn fields. He goes into the dried up swamp once in awhile and brings out balls by the dozens.
BUT IF A BALL IS CLEARLY MARKED AND SOMEONE IS COMING DOWN THE FAIRWAY TOWARDS IT THEN LEAVE THE DAMN BALL ALONE!

[Carlton]

Racmbs, gimme back my Nike ONE Plats!! Please? LOL

I always play the tips at Bathurst. The couse is in great condition so I'm not bashing the couse. You got to admit that cheaper courses tend to attract more beginners than advanced players and nothing against beginners. It's just that you'd figure their playing parterners etc. would give them the lowdown on etiquette etc. Common sense should dictate if a ball has been abandoned or if it may belong to someone from another fairway.

I shot 6 over at Bathurst but overall I don't promote myself as scratch or low hcp golfer.

Rakes always out of the bunker and I'll usually put them in line with the fairway so that they have minimum impact on the next group's tee shot. :D

[iyell4]

Rakes always out of the bunker and I'll usually put them in line with the fairway so that they have minimum impact on the next group's tee shot. :D
ok. .. and i guess, if it is a small bunker and there is only one rake, leave it on the side closer to the green?

[backnine39]

I'm posting to vent about inconsiderate people who take others golf balls! If you are looking for your golf ball and happen to come across someone else's ball in the vicinity...LEAVE IT AS IT LIES! Why must you think that it is a free for all and pick up someone else's ball. I think the golf course is the only place where "Finders Keepers" does not apply. I'm upset about this because it has happened to me at least once for the last three rounds I've played. Where I hit a perfectly good shot on the edge of the fairway and when I get to the spot where I see my ball land, it is not there anymore. Or if I hit it into the rough just in between two fairways somebody picks up my ball after hitting their ball. Maybe those people even hit the wrong ball because they can't find their ball! What gives? Don't they realize that they are adding penalty strokes onto other peoples scores by doing this? :eek:

And I'm also wondering if this matter of etiquette is discussed in a rule book somewhere?
Leave it alone. Please, wherever it may be, leave it alone. You can always go to the ballhawk guy in marlham Rd/Steeles and get them for $0.50 a piece.

One interesting anectdote: was playing Deer Creek North one weekend, blocked my tee shot right, went to look for it and a group on the adjoining fairway/rough was looking for their ball in the same vacinity. I can clearly see my mark on the ball in the fairway when the guy picked it up and put it in his pocket. I asked nicely if it was Brand 'X' ball with this type of insignia on the side. Guy wouldn't even look at the ball and said "NO, it's my ball". :eek: Well then, since I am playing the same brand ball with the same insignia on the side, my mistake !!! His golf balls magically ended up in my bag!!!! :nono: So I "advised" him that there must be 6 to 7 more balls exactly like the one in his pocket that ended up in my bag, apologized to him and "gave" him (OK, i threw the balls at him), what's "rightfully" his.

Ok, I may have overreacted, but the look on his face was worth it!! :p

It's only a ball. Embarrassing to get called on it. Dignity people, dignity.

bn39

[BowmanvilleJim]

Here's my experience.

Playing at my home course with a friend. We where joined on the 16th tee by a 2 some playing behind us. The group in front had slowed right down.

Par 4 with a creek out at 210 yds. I had hit my drive over the creek in the middle of the fairway. One of the joiners hit his drive that I was sure had gone in the creek but he didn't think so.

He and his partner race ahead in their cart while I and my friend walk to our balls. The joiner hits the ball in the middle of the fairway before I get there. I asked him if he was sure it was his ball and he assured me it was. I had to go back and play another ball since my ball was "lost". When I finally got to the green I watched the joiner closely and went he putted out I pulled his ball from the hole and what do you know, it was clearly my ball with my personal marking in green sharpie.

He apologized but there is no way he could not have seen my marking because I make it large so people won't mistake it for their ball.

[BOGEY MAN]

I have read all these posts and I understand what you are all saying. First I mark all my balls. I never pick up others balls. Im not rich but I can afford my own. Please read carefully before flaming me. 98% of the time with a carefull look you can tell without touching, if the ball is in fact yours. If I play a shot onto the fairway and I see someone picking up my ball because I havent taken my eyes off it. I then very nicely ask them if it is indeed there ball. I already know it is not theres. If they say oops sorry or have a look at the ball and say oh sorry my mistake it is yours. Everything will be fine mistakes happen. If they want to take the no its not yours attitude as they are embarrsed they have been caught red handed. I wil only say that the two times that this has happened to me years ago. Im pretty sure that the two people that acted in this manner towards me would never do this again with out thinking very carefully or looking more closeley. Before picking up a ball that probably belongs to the person that is heading towards it shouting thats my ball. No I did not strike them if that was what you where thinking.

Rant over sorry I just feel very strongly about thieves and liars.

Enjoy your day:)

[simar]

I've lost many a ball to others. however, i do think, before you think someone took your ball, you should, perhaps look 5-10 yards further and behind where you think it landed. Several times we can be just a bit too rushed with ourselves and make a bad accusation/decision.

[Shake99]

All I can say is if you are gonna put your hands on my ball(s) you better be female LOL

Seriously it happens from time to time but not worht getting your knickers in a big knot.

[wc17]

I had it happen to a buddy of mine a couple times last week during a round where a person, basically in front of him, picked up his ball in the rough, saw it wasnt there ball and threw it a few feet away. What is wrong with people!

[sharkhark]

It's simple. I never pick up a ball unless in a hazard like the woods. Every so often, when i was younger, I would think no one was in sight, then suddenly they show up.
Not worth messing someone else up, and you never know whether it is truely lost. They could be two holes over and coming for it when you pick it up.

[iyell4]

.. he assured me it was. I had to go back and play another ball since my ball was "lost". .
so you had to walk back >210yards over a bridge back to the tee-box, right??
i'm surprised the two-some o' joiners waited for you, so that'd you'd aroundwhen he 'putted-out' ... guess at least he was courteous enough to wait for you to walk back all the way back and reload while they sped forward in their power cart.

[Heits]

I've just taken the stance that unless it's in a hazard or deep in the woods not to touch it. It's only a ball, and if it's not yours, who cares.

[Spottswoode]

Like sharkhark said, I never ever pick up balls on the golf course unless they are in the woods or some other obscure hazard.
Last week, I played Tam o'shanter with a few friends.. on the 16th hole, par 3 I hit a pretty bad push shot and watched my ball come to rest in the rough to the right of the 13th hole. So I see this guy come walking up the 13th, obviously searching for his sliced drive, and I turned to my buddies and said "watch, he's going to pick up my ball."
No sooner had I finished speaking, he had picked up my ball and put it in his pocket, with me in clear view on the tee in front of him. UNBELIEVABLE. I yelled at the guy to put my ball back, so he drops it in the fairway and continues hunting for his ball. The worst part was when I got to my ball he was just preparing to hit, so we ended up coming within 10 feet of each other or so and the guy didn't even apologize to me!

Last year at Brae Ben was a nightmare for that. We had guys come into our fairway to find mishit tee shots and pick up our balls while they were leaving.

[goshawk]

Last year at Brae Ben was a nightmare for that. We had guys come into our fairway to find mishit tee shots and pick up our balls while they were leaving.

Once, while playing at home (New Orleans), I was about to hit my tee shot on a par 3. 2 of the other 3 guys I was playing with had already hit and their shots were on the apron of the green. I saw a guy walking up to the green so I waited and we watched him pick up both balls and start to walk away. We started yelling and the guys looked up, dropped the balls and walked away. When we got to the balls, we saw that he had dropped them in a creek! Fortunately (for him) we didn't catch up with him again.

[Redtailhawk]

Once, while playing at home (New Orleans), I was about to hit my tee shot on a par 3. 2 of the other 3 guys I was playing with had already hit and their shots were on the apron of the green. I saw a guy walking up to the green so I waited and we watched him pick up both balls and start to walk away. We started yelling and the guys looked up, dropped the balls and walked away. When we got to the balls, we saw that he had dropped them in a creek! Fortunately (for him) we didn't catch up with him again.

If people would just leave golfballs alone (unless found in a hazard or the woods), everyone would be a lot happier. I can't believe it......taking balls off the green!!!:eek:

[bogeynuts]

Holy crap, is this so difficult? Its happened to me plenty of times. If its busy, and you see a golf ball in play leave it alone. People who pick up others balls shouldn't be playing. Humbug.

[bythehour]

I've got no problem taking balls that in are in the rough stuff, with no adjacent holes and approaching players visible.

I have, on two occassions, taken balls off the fairway. In my defense, I acted out of anger. The balls landed within a few yards of me and the hitter didn't bother yelling "fore!" (even though we were plainly visible). Funny thing is, even after I took the ball (in full view of the hitter), they didn't say anything.

I almost got hit playing Bushwood on Saturday; missed by 5 feet. I didn't pick up the ball, but I accidentally stepped on it (into the soft, mushy rough).

[BOGEY MAN]

Hi bythehour, Sorry to hear about your Bushwood incident. Did the person yell fore. If he or she didnt then okay but if they did two wrongs dont make a right. just my 2 cents.

[bythehour]

Hi bythehour, Sorry to hear about your Bushwood incident. Did the person yell fore. If he or she didnt then okay but if they did two wrongs dont make a right. just my 2 cents.

No "fore!". We were just approaching the right side of our green, setting down our bags in the rough to pull out our putters. The "offenders" were on an adjacent fairway, which was slightly elevated from our position.

What really irked me was that they just watched as the ball hopped right in front of me and my buddy. They didn't wave or yell an apology even as we looked back at them. They were less than 100 yards away.

Yes, it was immature for me to step on the ball...and I probably wouldn't have done it if I was having a better round...mea culpa.

[goshawk]

It seems that Bushwood is getting to be a pretty dangerous place to play! I had an incident (posted in another thread) of a guy hitting his tee shot while I was clearly in front of him, about 30 yards away. He even waved at me before hitting. I admit he didn't have time to yell anything when his ball hit my cart, then my ankle. But it would have soothed the pain a little bit if he had apologized. He just re-loaded and hit again!

[jayda]

It seems that Bushwood is getting to be a pretty dangerous place to play! I had an incident (posted in another thread) of a guy hitting his tee shot while I was clearly in front of him, about 30 yards away. He even waved at me before hitting. I admit he didn't have time to yell anything when his ball hit my cart, then my ankle. But it would have soothed the pain a little bit if he had apologized. He just re-loaded and hit again!

yes Bushwood is a dangerous track - even for drivers (I mean CAR drivers) :) when come close to Hole #3 and #11 :eek:

[BOGEY MAN]

What ever happened to golf etiquitte. If they cant yell fore and they dont apoligize. I have no sympathy for what ever befalls them.

[goshawk]

What ever happened to golf etiquitte. If they cant yell fore and they dont apoligize. I have no sympathy for what ever befalls them.

I have heard of one guy in New Orleans that had a ball go whizzing past his head from a tee shot and no one yelled. He looked back and saw the culprit picking up his tee and pointing in his direction. He got out an old ball, dropped it, grabbed his trusty 5-iron and sent it flying. It landed on the roof of the cart of the culprit. There was nearly a rumble until the culprit found out the guy who sent his ball back to him was an off-duty cop, and he was armed! Serves you right???

[bythehour]

He got out an old ball, dropped it, grabbed his trusty 5-iron and sent it flying.

I would love to have done that...If I could only shoot that well.

[goshawk]

I would love to have done that...If I could only shoot that well.

I found out from the club pro at the course that he was consistently at the top of the club championship every year. The poor guy picked on the wrong person to have a breach of etiquette!!!

[bythehour]

I found out from the club pro at the course that he was consistently at the top of the club championship every year. The poor guy picked on the wrong person to have a breach of etiquette!!!

I just re-read your original post...this guy was carry a firearm while playing a round of recreational golf?!?!?! Hmmmm, that's one reason to be glad I live in Canada....

[goshawk]

I just re-read your original post...this guy was carry a firearm while playing a round of recreational golf?!?!?! Hmmmm, that's one reason to be glad I live in Canada....
I'm fairly certain that all off-duty cops carry firearms wherever they are, mostly because they can be called back to work at a moments notice. But you're right about one thing, I'm glad I'm in Canada now too!;)

[simar]

I just re-read your original post...this guy was carry a firearm while playing a round of recreational golf?!?!?! Hmmmm, that's one reason to be glad I live in Canada....

Amen to that!