Balls disappearing

Boskowski

The weirdest thing happened to me yesterday.

I went out in the afternoon on my own to see whether I can still swing the clubs alright after 4 weeks of golfing abstinence. And as it sometimes happens with long breaks I was hitting it beautifully.

But I still managed to lose 4 balls in the space of two holes, our 2nd and 3rd, and thought I was losing my marbles (quite literally).

It started with a beautiful tee shot on the second that I saw bounce in the first cut but was nowhere to be found when I got there. Which was strange cos the rough is low and the course is dry and in great condition - except for our greens but that's not weather related and a different story.
I put it down to 'freak incident, whatever' and dropped a ball where I thought it should be.

Hit the second shot (par 5) and again I see it bounce in the first cut. And again by the time I get there the ball is nowhere to be seen.
This time I'm pacing up and down for minutes grumbling wtfs and whatnots. They were decent balls too. Eventually I call it very bad luck and what am I going to do anyway but throw down another one?

So short wedge left to the green, not even 100m, but I miss and I see it coming to rest on the apron.
I have to take a little detour here as our 2nd green is protected by a little stream for which we have two bridges on either side. And the next time I look up at the green my ball is gone.

After arriving there I'm beginning to lose it. There was a small chance it might have rolled into the stream but really I'm clutching at straws now. It's not that steep a bank and the apron is a bit away from it even and when I throw a ball down there it never moves.
But still my ball is gone and there is nothing in the water anyway.

I'm now seriously questioning my sanity and I'm just short of telling the fkn pixies to come out to say hello and cut the cr@p.
I'm now walking on to the 3rd (par 3) and my eyes will remain locked on that ball no matter what.

I hit a quite beautiful 5 iron to the center of the green and I'm beginning to walk towards it - my eyes never leaving that ball.

I'm halfway up when I see Mr Crow landing next to my ball and trying it in his beak. He drops it once, shifts a bit, tries again and then off he goes with what's now the 4th lost ball in the space of 2 holes.

I couldn't believe what I saw but no shouting at him would make him drop the thing.

No more lost balls after this hole. He must have his perch around the 2nd green and thank god he wasn't following me.

Anyone ever experienced something like this and what would happen in a competition? That's clearly outside agency stuff right?

Dbu

Maxfli's by any chance?:D








sorry couldnt resist

mikemac1

If you could train a falcon or some bird of prey to lift your bunker shots to the green you'd have a super handicap in no time

No way the rule makers have thought of this.

padair

Boskowski wrote: »

The weirdest thing happened to me yesterday.

I went out in the afternoon on my own to see whether I can still swing the clubs alright after 4 weeks of golfing abstinence. And as it sometimes happens with long breaks I was hitting it beautifully.

But I still managed to lose 4 balls in the space of two holes, our 2nd and 3rd, and thought I was losing my marbles (quite literally).

It started with a beautiful tee shot on the second that I saw bounce in the first cut but was nowhere to be found when I got there. Which was strange cos the rough is low and the course is dry and in great condition - except for our greens but that's not weather related and a different story.
I put it down to 'freak incident, whatever' and dropped a ball where I thought it should be.

Hit the second shot (par 5) and again I see it bounce in the first cut. And again by the time I get there the ball is nowhere to be seen.
This time I'm pacing up and down for minutes grumbling wtfs and whatnots. They were decent balls too. Eventually I call it very bad luck and what am I going to do anyway but throw down another one?

So short wedge left to the green, not even 100m, but I miss and I see it coming to rest on the apron.
I have to take a little detour here as our 2nd green is protected by a little stream for which we have two bridges on either side. And the next time I look up at the green my ball is gone.

After arriving there I'm beginning to lose it. There was a small chance it might have rolled into the stream but really I'm clutching at straws now. It's not that steep a bank and the apron is a bit away from it even and when I throw a ball down there it never moves.
But still my ball is gone and there is nothing in the water anyway.

I'm now seriously questioning my sanity and I'm just short of telling the fkn pixies to come out to say hello and cut the cr@p.
I'm now walking on to the 3rd (par 3) and my eyes will remain locked on that ball no matter what.

I hit a quite beautiful 5 iron to the center of the green and I'm beginning to walk towards it - my eyes never leaving that ball.

I'm halfway up when I see Mr Crow landing next to my ball and trying it in his beak. He drops it once, shifts a bit, tries again and then off he goes with what's now the 4th lost ball in the space of 2 holes.

I couldn't believe what I saw but no shouting at him would make him drop the thing.

No more lost balls after this hole. He must have his perch around the 2nd green and thank god he wasn't following me.

Anyone ever experienced something like this and what would happen in a competition? That's clearly outside agency stuff right?

Call the men in black. They well sort it out for ya

lester76

Tramore member 100% haha thats going on with a few mths now bloody crows... Played sundays comp we lost 5balls on 2nd & 3rd. Got to find where the nest is could be a yrs supply by now.. You just place another where u think it finished bloody pests..

Eaglebridie 32

lester76 wrote: »

Tramore member 100% haha thats going on with a few mths now bloody crows... Played sundays comp we lost 5balls on 2nd & 3rd. Got to find where the nest is could be a yrs supply by now.. You just place another where u think it finished bloody pests..

Just to clarify, the rule states that it must be "virtually certain" that the ball has been taken, I take that to mean that you must actually see the "dirty deed". No use looking for ball & then declaring it to have been taken. Also ball must be dropped not placed. In the unlikely event of your ball being in motion when taken, then that's a different scenario, a "rub of the green" as it's called.

the greatest game

Magpies have taken balls from our course- It happened me this morning, perfect drive down the middle , walked up to the ball and it was gone after all of us watched it land in middle of fairway.

Played in a competition at the start of summer and same thing happened to a playing partner, I was surprised there was a rule that let you replace the ball.

GreeBo

the greatest game wrote: »

Magpies have taken balls from our course- It happened me this morning, perfect drive down the middle , walked up to the ball and it was gone after all of us watched it land in middle of fairway.

Played in a competition at the start of summer and same thing happened to a playing partner, I was surprised there was a rule that let you replace the ball.

there is one, but not if you dont see it being taken.
otherwise how do you tell the difference between a lost ball and a stolen one?