Anyone Golf Ball hunt?

[gohatters]

I wouldn’t call it “hunting” but I’m opportunistic. I’ll pick it up if I see in in process of looking for my own ball. I won’t use a found ball for a round but I keep a few on me for when I make a bad swing. I’ll hit another shot with the found ball and I don’t feel the need to go find it.

[nlinneman20]

> @Greenie said:

> This is how I look for balls. Hit my ball in the woods,tall weeds etc. Find a 1/2 dozen balls looking for mine but never find my ball.

>

> One thing for sure is when ever I lose a ball and go looking for it I see that I am not the first person to lose one in that location.

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**> I lost one today in the middle of the fairway in the leaves. **I found two in the fairway looking for mine but not mine. Sometimes the trade is good sometimes it is not. Lost a NXT Tour and found two Top Flites. I felt cheated today..LOL

 

ughhhhhh the ONLY downside to fall golf. You always hear about these courses that are so beautiful in fall but all i think about is my ball landing under a leaf and never being found.

 

[gohatters]

> @nlinneman20 said:

>

> ughhhhhh the ONLY downside to fall golf. You always hear about these courses that are so beautiful in fall but all i think about is my ball landing under a leaf and never being found.

>

 

This is why I play cheaper balls in spring/fall. I just did a bulk order of Q Star Tours at $10/dz so I don’t get pissed every time I lose a plugged ball in the fairway

[Pbo1980]

Secret . You will find more balls on the right side of the hole than the left for sure . However more quality balls on the left .

 

I found a hole that is fenced the hole right side of hole where golfers can get to but I can access. I find two plus dozen it minutes . It’s great. Use bad ones for range balls and good ones as keepers .

[ChronicSlicer]

> @KenL said:

> Hide from the beer cart girl. She will rat you out to the greens keeper.

 

How are you supposed to stay hydrated during all that sneaking around if you hide from beer cart girls, duh..lol.

[hacker49]

> @Greenie said:

> I lost one today in the middle of the fairway in the leaves.

 

Same thing happened to me last week. I hit a low fade that skirted the woods and ended up in the fairway. I had no idea how much it rolled since I hit it so low. As I was looking for it one of my playing partners told me "there's yours". I turn around and I am literally standing about five feet past it.

 

 

[Colin_Genest76]

I use a u.v black light at night, they glow from underneath the grass and up to ten feet away.

Btw top end golf balls glow purple under the light.

[Sean2]

I used to up until this year. I would walk the course after a round and look for balls. My course is littered with hazards and there are a lot to be found. One day I found 220 balls. I keep the premium balls and give the others to a kids organization. At 65 though, I am a bit tired of dealing with briars, brambles, and what not. I have around 45 dozen ProV's so it's not like I need to actively look anymore.

[monkeyboy]

I don't go looking for balls, but if I hit one OB / in the woods...I admit that I really do enjoy finding balls. It is like finding Easter Eggs. When I see 3-4-5 balls in an area, it gets exciting. Then exciting again when I hopefully find a premium ball (which does not happen often).

I mostly avoid going into the woods due to poison ivy, snakes/critters, chance of getting muddy, pricker bushes or twisting an ankle.

[HyzerFlipDG]

Im way more likely to find a ProV1 than i am any other ball when I am hunting for balls. I think it's because everyone wants to play the best ball including those who can't handle the extra spin from that type of ball. When they play a distance ball they probably keep it closer to the fairway!

[dubbelbogey]

I'm a terrible ball hunter, and when I do find them, only 1 out of 5 is a tour-level ball. So, no, I don't ball hunt.

 

[Tanner25]

Love to go to the first hole of my local course, 200 yards out to the right and over a small ravine. While playing no one wants to jump the ravine and they leave it there. Just show up when not playing on the other side and there are plenty of Pro V's a waiting. I still prefer my favorite balls and will buy them. If one was cheap, they'd never had to buy another ball in their life.

[DallasDan]

Whenever I hit one into the trees or hazard I'll pay extra attention for balls that I can pick up along the way. I had a buddy that would spend 3-4 minutes searching inside the hazards....really annoying. We called him out one day and he made an effort to only search an extra minute or two. I just hit them back into the range after I finish my small bucket. I like the feel of hitting real balls on the range even if it is a top flite or a nitro.

[wkndhckr]

I don't lose a lot of balls but scaled 1 to 10 in effort to find a ball I'm a solid 2. Mostly because my time is not worth the $2 lost ball. I don't mean it to sound smug, its more that if losing $2 was such a concern I should have hit it better. Also I probably made some guy's day when he finds it just off the fairway and decided to play it or take I t home and add to a collection. Ive even left balls laying there that are visible from the fairway if I don't want to walk through mud or plow through sticks. A pack of balls lasts for a very long time and I consider balls just the cost of playing golf. So not worth it to hunt for them IMHO.

[wkndhckr]

Not to keep it going but I ask in the most respectful of ways, how can you develop any consistency hitting various balls in any kind of condition? Unless you are going to keep them outside to chip around I can't see the benefit to having a bag full of hodge podge misfits.

[third-times-a-charm]

Winter time here is my favorite. Free Prov1's for dayyyssss

[Tanner25]

on occasion I hunt hole 1 at my course, 200 yards out and 50 yards to the right and over a ravine. Not to save money. But, it's a great way to sample different balls.

[aarogod]

I have accumulated over 50,000 golf balls over the past 12 years or so.  No joke, I've found approximately 10,000 the last two months.

 

I sold 26,000 to a company that refurbishes them and then sells them online but honestly i got ripped off.

 

Now i sell on Ebay

 

Here are a few pics I have:

 

 

[Londo]

On 12/11/2021 at 7:41 PM, aarogod said:

I have accumulated over 50,000 golf balls over the past 12 years or so.  No joke, I've found approximately 10,000 the last two months.

 

I sold 26,000 to a company that refurbishes them and then sells them online but honestly i got ripped off.

 

Now i sell on Ebay

 

Here are a few pics I have:

 

 

WOW, this is awesome. Just curious, do you have any info on how much you found of each brand etc? Also, how much do these refurbishing places pay for balls and what kinds do they buy? Don't blame you for going the eBay route!