What a load of BALLS!

Seve OB · 13-05-2014 11:17am #1

Any of you spot the unreal stat on Sunday.

How many balls are swallowed up in the water at Sawgrasss every year?

:eek:150,000:eek:

How many balls do you go through in a year?
I have no idea, but a guess I might average about 2-3 balls a round.

What determines a ball that you no longer use?
I will pretty much use it till it's in bits or cracked. then it goes in the practice bag.

I spotted Rory chucking a used ball in the water the other day and thought to myself, I'm running low, I could have done with that. But for god sake Rory if I can't have it, you could of at least thrown it to a kid in the crowd......

intellectual dosser · 13-05-2014 11:20am

stevieob wrote: »

I spotted Rory chucking a used ball in the water the other day and thought to myself, I'm running low, I could have done with that. But for god sake Rory if I can't have it, you could of at least thrown it to a kid in the crowd......

I made this same observation myself but I did see him handing one to a girl later on. He specifically gave it to the smallest kid of the lot, she proceeded to hand it to her father

13-05-2014 11:23am

Unreal indeed. More than 400 balls every one of the 365 days of the year? Somewhat inflated figure, I think

mike12 · 13-05-2014 11:24am

All of them fished out and sold as lake balls. Lucky to get a second round out of a ball the way i'm playing. Have a fair few rounds where i could dump a couple in the lakes around Roganstown.

John Divney · 13-05-2014 11:25am

Rory does this a lot, misses a put, ball goes in the water. It's very petulant.

Freemount09 · 13-05-2014 11:28am

150,000 a year !

Working in round numbers

Thats 3000 balls a week.

Thats over 400 balls sunk every single day !!

Say 50 slots a day - thats 8 balls lost for every 4 ball slot !

mike12 · 13-05-2014 11:32am

Freemount09 wrote: »

150,000 a year !

Working in round numbers

Thats 3000 balls a week.

Thats over 400 balls sunk every single day !!

Say 50 slots a day - thats 8 balls lost for every 4 ball slot !

Seems a lot alright but i reckon some guys empty their bag of balls trying to hit the 17th. 2 balls per person average around a course like that with lots of water dosen't sound crazy.

13-05-2014 11:36am

mike12 wrote: »

Seems a lot alright but i reckon some guys empty their bag of balls trying to hit the 17th. 2 balls per person average around a course like that with lots of water dosen't sound crazy.

The "stat" is 150,000 balls a year on just the 17th

Seve OB · 13-05-2014 11:39am

Freemount09 wrote: »

150,000 a year !

Working in round numbers

Thats 3000 balls a week.

Thats over 400 balls sunk every single day !!

Say 50 slots a day - thats 8 balls lost for every 4 ball slot !

Ok, I just looked around the Web and I might have gotten the figure wrong. 120,000 seems to be the figure generally quoted on the web (though I'm pretty sure Sky did say 150,000)..... for the 17th alone!!!! - I had meant to include this in my first post.

That's an average of one sleeve per player as they have about 40,000 rounds per year.

I guess when you think about this, it's not a lot as the course will pull people into golf, not necessarily good at it. I know if and when I ever get to play the course, I will not be walking off the tee until I land one on the green. I mean, even from the drop zone, you still have to carry the water, so may as well keep going from the tee if you're never going to be there again!

13-05-2014 11:45am

They do claim 150,000. Source (official Sawgrass FB post): https://www.facebook.com/TPCSawgrass/posts/153246681395097?stream_ref=5

PARlance · 13-05-2014 11:51am

I'm guessing they probably cash in and do a lot of corporate stuff at the course that involves lads having a go at 17 rather than playing a round.

Give 50 suits, 50 sleeves of ProVs and an hour and you have a nice chunk of the daily quota accounted for.

Seve OB · 13-05-2014 11:59am

tis big business for the lake ball industry.

Keano · 13-05-2014 2:36pm

And you get only one shot on the 17th. If you put in the drink that's you gone!

Seve OB · 13-05-2014 3:42pm

Keano A Legend wrote: »

And you get only one shot on the 17th. If you put in the drink that's you gone!

are you sure?

Angelo had 66

http://www.golfchannel.com/media/remembering-angelo-worst-avid-golfer/

Keano · 13-05-2014 3:45pm

I saw that before but I believe regular patrons gets one shot and if it gets wet there is someone there to tell you to move on!

Seve OB · 13-05-2014 3:50pm

Keano A Legend wrote: »

I saw that before but I believe regular patrons gets one shot and if it gets wet there is someone there to tell you to move on!

In that case then how can the average be 3 balls per player in the water?

http://www.tpc.com/sawgrass-tee-times

I'd be pretty peeved at forking out $400 + to be told move on if I put my first shot in the drink.

Keano · 13-05-2014 4:55pm

stevieob wrote: »

In that case then how can the average be 3 balls per player in the water?

http://www.tpc.com/sawgrass-tee-times

I'd be pretty peeved at forking out $400 + to be told move on if I put my first shot in the drink.

My source is wrong!

Just saw this, a take on one day - http://www.golf.com/node/154311

idle · 14-05-2014 12:11pm

Two friends of mine played sawgrass earlier in the year.

On 17, the first guy hit 3 in the water before finally holding the green.

He then lobbed 5 balls one after another to the other guy, all of which got wet.

That's 3 + 1 + 5 = 9 balls for two guys in a fourball so 400 balls a day is very achieveable

What a load of BALLS!

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