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  • 24-10-2012 9:35am
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    played golf with a friend of mine that i had not played with for a while (mid 90's) ..he is just back in ireland after a few years away and i enjoyed the chat catching up but i had forgotten until yesterday about the time he spends looking for lost balls...arrrgggghhhh...i was driven mental..we played early so there was very few playing but at one stage he was over 10 mins looking for his ball until i politely told him it was in a jungle and he had no chance of finding it...So here is the question??..im aware of the rules as regards competition but does any one play practice rounds with guys like these???


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,429 Mr. Larson
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    gymman39 wrote: »
    played golf with a friend of mine that i had not played with for a while (mid 90's) ..he is just back in ireland after a few years away and i enjoyed the chat catching up but i had forgotten until yesterday about the time he spends looking for lost balls...arrrgggghhhh...i was driven mental..we played early so there was very few playing but at one stage he was over 10 mins looking for his ball until i politely told him it was in a jungle and he had no chance of finding it...So here is the question??..im aware of the rules as regards competition but does any one play practice rounds with guys like these???

    No, that would do my head in and I'd tell him his options and then walk off to my own ball after 5 minutes. The rule is 5 minutes. Rules don't change just because you're not playing in a competition. Especially is someone is taking the Michael. I'd try my best not to be an arsehole about it but I would probably fail miserably.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,103 L.O.F.T
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    Mr. Larson wrote: »
    I'd try my best not to be an arsehole about it but I would probably fail miserably.

    I too suffer from this! My pet hate is when my playing partner cuts one into the rough on the first tee into the cabbage when it's pissing rain. After 2 minutes looking we are soaked from the knees down over a miserable scuffed Srixon AD333.
    The rule is 5 minutes and if it continues to happen that he is losing balls suggest he chokes down on a wedge from here on in to keep it in play.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 867 thewobbler
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    Been in this position a few times over the years.

    I guess there's two things that play in the minds of people like this.

    One is the cost of golf balls. That's the harder one to deal with as some people are just miserly and want to save money. Endless jibes about confirmation money help, but they rarely reach a Damascus moment.

    The other is that they're keeping score and want to keep it low. I've found with people like this that they don't play the rules of the game. After they give up looking, they take a drop from the fairway close to the rough line, at one shot penalty. It's almost like a reward they give themselves for looking a long time.

    Just a simple bit of advice every time they empty one, "I think you ball is in trouble, play a provisional or you'll be walking back here" tends to help move the mindset forward. It'll take a while but sooner or later they'll buy into the spirit of the rules.


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    gymman39 wrote: »
    played golf with a friend of mine that i had not played with for a while (mid 90's) ..he is just back in ireland after a few years away and i enjoyed the chat catching up but i had forgotten until yesterday about the time he spends looking for lost balls...arrrgggghhhh...i was driven mental..we played early so there was very few playing but at one stage he was over 10 mins looking for his ball until i politely told him it was in a jungle and he had no chance of finding it...So here is the question??..im aware of the rules as regards competition but does any one play practice rounds with guys like these???
    If like you say it's a casual round, I'd tell him to cop the f&@k on and walk away after 1 min.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,331 mike12
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    Causal round a quick look if not they can drop one and keep going i don't really care but i'm not spending 5 mins every hole.
    Mike


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 Senna
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    I watch playing partners balls as much as possible, for this very reason. 4 eyes better than 2 etc, but quick look, if i think there's no hope just say "its gone" and walk on to your own ball.
    If someone has a good round going and finding the ball is important, i'll happily spend more than 5 minutes if we're not holding anyone up, but practice round and balls going into the rough regularly, then i'm not going to hold up play for that.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,212 Jaysoose
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    There is also a problem with people not watching their ball finish...i make a point of watching it come to rest and can generally find it fairly quickly.

    The amount of people that seem happy to know the general area their ball lands in is nuts.


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    Senna wrote: »
    I watch playing partners balls as much as possible, for this very reason. 4 eyes better than 2 etc, but quick look, if i think there's no hope just say "its gone" and walk on to your own ball.
    If someone has a good round going and finding the ball is important, i'll happily spend more than 5 minutes if we're not holding anyone up, but practice round and balls going into the rough regularly, then i'm not going to hold up play for that.


    yea have to agree here with 4 eyes better than 2. my son who is now 16 and playing several years used to be terrible at hitting his ball and not bothering his arse to look where it lands...... so when he gets where he thinks it might be of course its no where close..... so i always keep an eye when someone else is hitting as it speeds things up alot.

    and always encourage the provisional hit, just incase.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,482 slave1
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    If it's not wet then I'll look for it, if long grass and wet then it's not worth it, I generally play provisionals so just take it on the chin and carry on, never more than 5 minutes and I call through if embarking on a 5 minute search.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 211 samdeman
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    gymman39 wrote: »
    played golf with a friend of mine that i had not played with for a while (mid 90's) ..he is just back in ireland after a few years away and i enjoyed the chat catching up but i had forgotten until yesterday about the time he spends looking for lost balls...arrrgggghhhh...i was driven mental..we played early so there was very few playing but at one stage he was over 10 mins looking for his ball until i politely told him it was in a jungle and he had no chance of finding it...So here is the question??..im aware of the rules as regards competition but does any one play practice rounds with guys like these???

    Leave him in the bush and keep walking;)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 billy3sheets
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    gymman39 wrote: »
    played golf with a friend of mine that i had not played with for a while (mid 90's) ..

    In fairness, he's doing fantastic to be able to get out at all at that age. :D


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