Most golf balls lost in a round..

[Helm Caminiti]

My record is 10 lost in one round. Very windy day last year I was playing Lost Canyons in SoCal, a difficult Pete Dye course. My swing was off that day too, driver was wild with hooks.

After losing the first 6 I probably should have left the driver in the bag, but figured what the heck this is going to be a horrible round anyways so I stuck with it and managed to blast a few more shots into the canyons.
All were sacrafices to the golf gods, the way I see it they will hopefully have some mercy on me for a while

[skaarsgard]

i don't know how many were lost on this one course in San Jose, CA (The Ranch Golf Club) but it had to be close to, if not more than a dozen on the front 9. almost every hole that isn't a par 3 has a blind shot over a canyon, river or rolling hill into a nature preserve. never mind all of the extreme elevation changes up and down into canyons. and if i am not mistaken, almost every hole has a drop area as well. shoot, even the par 3 greens have friggen bunkers in the center of them. never played anything like it. last i looked it plays to a 73 rating, 152 slope.

anyway, here's a comment from yelp.com - http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-ranch-golf-club-san-jose (they have some extremely funny reviews...)

[i]"Every once in a while I say, "Man, haven't gotten kicked square in the balls lately."

Today was one of those mornings, so I went to The Ranch to get it taken care of.

My balls are still aching.

Shot six over my handicap, and I was playing pretty damned well.

Next time I want to feel this kind of pain I'll just wipe my a** with a brillo pad."
[/i]

[knarfgnourt]

[quote name='SnapHooky' timestamp='1337060400' post='4916750']
My record is 10 lost in one round. Very windy day last year I was playing Lost Canyons in SoCal, a difficult Pete Dye course. My swing was off that day too, driver was wild with hooks.

After losing the first 6 I probably should have left the driver in the bag, but figured what the heck this is going to be a horrible round anyways so I stuck with it and managed to blast a few more shots into the canyons.
All were sacrafices to the golf gods, the way I see it they will hopefully have some mercy on me for a while
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I too have lost my fair share on Lost Canyons. the first time I played all day there, I lost about 18-24 golf balls over four rounds (two on sky, two on shadow). Anytime I play a Pete Dye course I lose about 3+ golf balls

[GatorNate11]

I can't remember if I posted in here or not, but earlier this year when I was in the middle of three golf swings (literally. My old swing, the swing I wanted to make, and the swing my coach at that time (since moved to Houston) wanted me to make) I had absolutely no clue where the ball was going to go on any given swing. Ended up losing my entire dozen B330's that round. Quite depressing.

[Myherobobhope]

I couldn't get off the tee yesterday... and managed to lose a ball on almost every hole (9 holes)... fortunatley, I haven't stocked my bag with decent balls, so I just lost older balls that I had found or previously played.

I would have gone down to an iron off the tee, but I was alone and not keeping score, so I kept trying to sort my driver out... my driver, on the other hand, kept hooking.

[ParOrBetter]

I bought a dozen of the 20Xi's whenever they came out and went to a course I had never played before fairly tough track but was just hitting the ball terrible and of course me being the idiot I am had nothing but 4 dollar golf balls to hit in the woods/ponds lost 9 golf balls in 36 holes. I have the sleeve I had left to the guy who invited me to the course as payment for watching me all day.

[WishICouldPlayMoreOften]

When I first started golfing, I lost a dozen by the 9th hole. I had more, but I made a commitment right then to never lose more than 1/2 dozen a round. I think the pressure helped me improve right away because it started me thinking more about how to best play each hole according to the course layout - not my game. My next round I only played with 5i-PW and putter. The people with me laughed. Until I broke 100 (shot a 96), which was almost what I shot on the 9 where I lost the dozen. Didn't miss a fairway and got to most greens in 3 strokes. It helped that I can putt pretty well. Now, I might lose 1-2 but only if the course is heavily treed, roughed, or filled with water hazards.

[2putttom]

I lost seven in one round. I could see them but I could'nt get near em'.(Before managment started to remove the gorse at Bandon Dunes.)

[SwingBlues]

Back in 1993 (I think), I started playing golf in Melbourne, Australia. Played at Portsea GC, and shot a 92 there, lost a couple of balls. Then my mates and I went to Cape Schanck the next day and we were warned it was a tough course so I stocked up about 32 crap balls in a plastic bag. I finished all right and lost about 30. Don't ask about the score and if you vee off a tad, it was in the crap.

I recall seeing Ian Baker Finch's low round record card as I thoroughly enjoyed a coldie there in the club house.

Man, IBF could play back then.

[JerryMB1]

Well i hope you guys play in michigan, Come to Diamond Springs, first off you will find the track interesting, Plus i would like to try some of the new golf ball 2012 offerings, So try out your new stock of balls, I enjoy golf ball hunting, lol.

[Eternal]

I'm going through a big swing change right now, I played yesterday and lost over a dozen almost all of them off the tee into heavy woods. Some times too when I play i'll search as hard as i can but i wont spend a long time looking. I'd rather just take a drop and keep the pace going.

[tesuquegolfer]

It has been a while since I lost more than one in a round now that I am down to a 2.1, but here's a story from 2 days ago. I played 36 holes on my friend's birthday so he could get in 2 FREE birthday rounds at 2 of the top courses in NM, one being PaaKo Ridge a Golf Digest Top 100. I was losing interest on about hole 23 as I wasn't playing that well on the second 18, I shot 78 on the first 18. Anyway, I step up to a Par 3 and with a 5 iron in hand I chunk hook one into the hazard with a BRAND NEW PRO V1. Well, I go back to my bag, grab a BRAND NEW PRO V1 and hit again as I don't really care about my score and know I can hit it on the green. Well, I shank that BRAND NEW PRO V1 into the woods. Well, I place the ball I had been using for the past 23 holes on the tee and proceed to SHANK it into the woods too. I say, "f*ck it" and head to the green in the cart and my buddy say he sees a ball along the way so I stop and he retrieves the piece of s*** that I had been playing for 23 holes, not the BRAND NEW PRO V1! So, that hole cost me $8 in two BRAND NEW PRO V1 lost balls not to mention how pissed off I was! :diablo::russian_roulette:

[Sourpuss]

i lost about 30 or so, took a bag of range balls with me, granted i was swinging as hard as i could and did not care if i lost any, shot 8's on most of the holes. swinging for the flags off the boxes

[strungoutt1]

More than I would care to admit

[golfernut78]

22 balls and i was a 10 handicap at the time. i don't know what it was that day, but my swing was an absolute mess. i just could not hit one decent shot all day. on top of that, it was brutally windy that day. i don't know if i was just oblivous when i left to go play or it picked up while i was out, but when i got home that day, i found out we had 30 mph winds with 50 mph gusts. as for scores, i believe it was a 120 something. i actually ran out of balls and only was able to finish the round because i found some balls during the round.

couple weeks later, that same course i had a case of the draws/hooks. my natural ball flight tends to be a fade so this made for a terrible round. lost 10 balls and shot a 108. decided to play a 2nd 18. lost one ball and shot a 80 - 28 stroke.

[Vindog]

Two summers ago I played at Point Sebago, early season, new OTR driver and lost a ball on every hole...

...no joke..

a ball on every hole.

[MarkFromTheUK]

The most I have ever lost in a round is 5, and 4 of them were lost from the same tee box. 30-40mph right to left crosswind on a par 5. Hit a massive block with the first and second ball, a bit of a slice that the wind accentuated with the third, then by the fourth I had totally lost the plot and hit another beautiful block. The 5th attempt found the fairway though!

All 4 made it to the English Channel, and have probably washed up on the shores of mainland Europe by now. Oops.


9 off the tee is never a good position to be in, especially on the 2nd hole of a medal comp! Think I ended up making a 12.

[JaxBeachNole]

Lost 5 on Amelia Island Plantation Ocean Course, beautiful par three be tween the beach and the hotel. They had a wedding out on the deck, 50 or so people and I chucked two into the OB to the right. One OB left and a lost ball in the mangroves.
However my last shot while everyone was watching by now was a Perfect laser right at the flag, the crowd gasped and then cheered as it hit the flagstick and went into the pool.
My group was invited for a drink and off we went

[JayMack1527]

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Edited March 12, 2022 by JayMack1527

[runpuddrun]

I lost 8 one round earlier this year, it was expecially windy, with 45mph gusts, but it was an awesome day and I had already taken off work and anytime i'm golfing is better than working so I didn't really care that much. I pulled a tin cup and hit 5 balls from one spot after I dropped 4 in the drink...

[onetime19]

I'm also going through a swing change and lost six the other day at Cowboys Golf Club

[orangebang]

I don't know how you guys can lose so many balls. Lol. I usually carry 2 sleeves, and if I lose more than that, I'm walking off the course for 2 reasons. 1 being pissed, 2 I've run out of balls. Hahaha

[dantag]

In the early 90's I lived on a tricky little course that has water on 17 holes. I invited a buddy that just started playing. By the time we got to 18 I looked around and there were empty sleeves everywhere. In the basket down in the bag compartment etc. I want to say it was 13 balls that he lost but it may have been more. I remember cracking up a lot especially when seeing all of the empty sleeves. Guy was a good sport.

[Dei3Nascar8]

Lost 6 today and was pulling my hair out! Balls were in the rough, no out of bounds, and were unfindable and it was the first time I played the course. Rather than going back to the tee for a shot that should be fine I just dropped and counted one from there. So aggravating!