BALL RETRIEVERS

iceman7

why dont more golfers carry this vital piece of kit in their bags,the amount of times i have seen golfers of all grades falling into water hazards or steep ditches to rescue their beloved pro v1 ,srixons etc etc,it is the best twenty euro you will ever spend:cool::cool::cool:

conno16

again, like having certain clubs in your bag, it is a tad embarrassing..
and defeatist not to mention

i struggle to generate respect for players carrying such apparatus

you dont see big phil with one sticking out of his bag
in fact i dont think i've ever seen a pro with one
(altho possibly harro brings one along)

charlieIRL

used to use one when i started playing but after a few months i was coming home with the same ball i started out with so its chucked in the corner of the garage now somewhere!!

f22

conno16 wrote: »

again, like having certain clubs in your bag, it is a tad embarrassing..
and defeatist not to mention

i struggle to generate respect for players carrying such apparatus

you dont see big phil with one sticking out of his bag
in fact i dont think i've ever seen a pro with one
(altho possibly harro brings one along)

Good man Conno, I fully agree!

conno16

i'd say you have one though f22
i'd also say ur one of those blokes that you see hanging around the water features with your 60 ft pole retrieving anything possible

f22

conno16 wrote: »

i'd say you have one though f22
i'd also say ur one of those blokes that you see hanging around the water features with your 60 ft pole retrieving anything possible

Nice little fantasy you have going on there kid, but thankfully no!

conno16

prob haven't bought a golf ball in 15 years..

no wonder the industry is on its knees with the likes of you around

thegen

conno16 wrote: »

i'd say you have one though f22
i'd also say ur one of those blokes that you see hanging around the water features with your 60 ft pole retrieving anything possible

Will you post details of these poles as I have only managed to find much shorter ones?

couerdelion

thegen wrote: »

Will you post details of these poles as I have only managed to find much shorter ones?

Maybe it's just a matter of scale.

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iceman7

ok, point taken,you dont see tour pros carrying retrievers,i wonder why,ahh yes they dont pay for their golf balls,theyre freebies,unfortunately were not all professionals,and hey if you dont lose a ball during a round thats great,but i still see ppl risking life and limb for a pro v1,not to mention holdin up play on the course to salvage their ball:D

ThunderCat

The way I see it is that if I hit a ball out of bounds or in a lake then I dont deserve to get it back.

Oliverdog

I used to play with a guy who used his extendible ball retriever to measure in "nearest the pin" situations. It took a while for us to realise why he was always winning the bet.

Whyner

f22 wrote: »

Good man Conno, I fully agree!

Could you not just ignore him for ONCE?

f22

Whyner wrote: »

Could you not just ignore him for ONCE?

For once I actually agreed with some of what he had to say, but in hindsight you are correct I should have ignored him!

Johnny_Fontane

+1

people with these sort of devices need to be beaten with them. If you're on your own, work away but I had better not be behind you waiting on the teebox!

carnsoreboxer

I'm happy to have a retriever in my bag, guess it depends on how much water is on the course you play.

I am also happy to fish out other players balls for them too.

One day a man spotted my retriever, he asked could be borrow it, fished 12 balls out of a lake, happily put them all in his bag and handed me back my retriever - now don't think that was fair!

conno16

why were you just standing there with ur mouth open?

at the least he should have thrown you one ball, as a gesture like

iceman7

yeah rite johnny.whatever:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

iceman7

lets hope ur not behind me then,beaten with them indeed hah

Plusfours

I had to get mine regripped

curly from cork

worse... mine rusted and fell apart :)

ball retrievers are banned in fota . not be used in any circumstances apparently. some old guy fell into the water at the back of the 10 th last year. by the time they got him out he was in a bad way , hypothermia etc.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

+1

people with these sort of devices need to be beaten with them. If you're on your own, work away but I had better not be behind you waiting on the teebox!

Doesn't make sense.

They'd take longer trying to get the ball out of the water with a club/their hands than they would with a ball retriever.

couerdelion

carnsoreboxer wrote: »

I'm happy to have a retriever in my bag

It's a little unfair on the poor labrador though. It might get a little claustrophobic. Still better than leaving it in a locked car I suppose.

durkadurka

Is this the stupidest thread ever? as soon as labradors got mentioned....me i use strictly donnay balls. I wouldn't dream of trying to retrieve (wait now...I before E except after C) one from a lake.

Swampy

What's with the snobbery?

If your ball goes into the water, you have a right to retrieve it.

For a high handicapper like me, retrievers are worth their weight in gold.

carnsoreboxer

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couerdelion wrote: »

It's a little unfair on the poor labrador though. It might get a little claustrophobic. Still better than leaving it in a locked car I suppose.

;)And his name is .........................FETCH!

iceman7

Swampy wrote: »

What's with the snobbery?

If your ball goes into the water, you have a right to retrieve it.

For a high handicapper like me, retrievers are worth their weight in gold.

well said swampy,the anti retriever contributors here are all obviously scratch players,yeh rite

conno16

its not snobbery - just have some self respect.
if ur ball goes in the water, drop one and have another go
if you put one more in the water walk on to the next tee
plain, simple and straight forward