Stolen Clubs

[ithawk]

Left clubs on the range

To make a long story short I left my 52* vokey and studio stainless scotty on the practice green this past Tuesday after a quick lunch short game session and didn’t realize it until today so when I called the pro shop and asked if anyone had turned them in they hadn’t seen anything. I do know it is my fault for leaving the clubs in the first place but the nerve of someone to actually keep the clubs and not turn them in what do they think they the owner wouldn’t find them missing and wouldn’t go looking for them. If I’ve kept every club I found on the course I would have a room full of random clubs. Well I am exaggerating but it just seems like a low person to do this.

Maybe this goes back to the “Has Tiger ruined golf†thread. I know it’s not Tiger but maybe some of the people who took up the game just because they’ve seen him on TV and they don’t understand the common courtesy things about the game like if you find a club turn it into the club house.

I just wanted to rant a little bit and see if this had happened to anyone else before.

[TheCapedAvenger]

Man, sorry about your clubs. Thats a bummer.

 

Not so sure what Tiger has to do with it- I think there have always been dishonest jerks in golf.

 

If you ever find the guy, teach him a lesson about how far up his rear you can stick a putter.

[2005h4]

... let's be real. if u found vokey and studio design scotty on the course, would u return it? First I will try to find the owner, and if unsuccessful, instead of returning to club house, I will probably keep it.... don't rant me I'm just being honest here...

[ithawk]

No I think if I found a nice club or a bad club I would try to find the owner and they turn it in. Your entitled to your own opinion so no issue here.

[webmstrk9]

Sorry to hear about the missing/stolen clubs. I've learned to keep an eye out for my clubs and friends, NO MATTER where I am or if there is a starter/bag 'boy' near by.

 

As to the "Has Tiger ruined golf", people just need to drop this mentality, sorry, but stop blaming someone for playing the game and succeeding. It could have been someone working at the club that walked off with it, noone knows other than the person who did.

 

And no, I have not had any of my gear stolen. Again, I'm sorry to hear that this does happen, but we do live in the world of 'opportunity' :(

[raehtz10]

Ehh, could go either way. It really depends on the person and their needs. Someone that already has a nice putter probably wouldn't keep it. However, if I am playing a crap-tastic putter, the thought might be there.

 

When I was on my honeymoon, I accidentally left my $200 Ray-Bans sitting on the edge of the pool. I finally remember 20 minutes later, and of course they were gone. I don't blame anyone but myself for leaving them there. I asked at the desk to see if there were there, but of course they weren't because they were $200 sunglasses.

 

The lesson has been learned, and now I never spend more than $20 on sunglasses because I have been careless in the past, and it hurt.

[trossignol]

To make a long story short I left my 52* vokey and studio design scotty on the practice green this past Tuesday after a quick lunch short game session and didn’t realize it until today so when I called the pro shop and asked if anyone had turned them in they hadn’t seen anything. I do know it is my fault for leaving the clubs in the first place but the nerve of someone to actually keep the clubs and not turn them in what do they think they the owner wouldn’t find them missing and wouldn’t go looking for them. If I’ve kept every club I found on the course I would have a room full of random clubs. Well I am exaggerating but it just seems like a low person to do this.

 

Maybe this goes back to the “Has Tiger ruined golf†thread. I know it’s not Tiger but maybe some of the people who took up the game just because they’ve seen him on TV and they don’t understand the common courtesy things about the game like if you find a club turn it into the club house.

 

I just wanted to rant a little bit and see if this had happened to anyone else before.

 

 

Sorry to hear this. I have a SC Studio Design 1.5, 34" 1st of 500 I will sell you for $150.00 if it would help. No head cover and it a 9 out of 10. If interested I will send photos.

[TheCapedAvenger]

I agree- While I alwyas turn it clubs because the ones i have are alwyas nicer than the ones i find :(, if I was poor and putting with my buddy's nubbins and some rich bastxxx left his scotty, the voices would definitely whisper in my ear.

[poppyhillsguy]

Someone just got a lifetime of bad karma from the golf gods.

[ithawk]

I'm calming down now and the tiger comment might have been harsh and like I did state I do know it was my fault for leaving the clubs was looking for anything to give me the answer I wanted to hear.

[RagingAardvark]

I left my prescription Oakleys in a movie theater and in the 10 minutes it took to turn the car around and go back they were already gone. My only comfort was that whoever got them couldn't wear them (20/25, 20/40). I'm sure they just got chucked in a trash can. :(

[ithawk]

PM sent on the SC 1.5.

[2005h4]

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Sorry to hear this. I have a SC Studio Design 1.5, 34" 1st of 500 I will sell you for $150.00 if it would help. No head cover and it a 9 out of 10. If interested I will send photos.

 

 

damn that's good price.

[trek1500]

I've left my wedges on the course before but I guess I've been lucky..I have an address label on my wedges and short irons and someone must have had a conscience because they were turned into the clubhouse when it finally dawned on me that I had left them...

 

I've found clubs before and always track the owners down if they are still on the course or turn them in...

 

I would hope others would understand this "universal" courtesy and keep this value system intact...

 

Thanks to the "unknown" parties in the past who were honest and turned in my clubs...you don't know how much I appreciated that! :(

[ithawk]

that's my same thoughts I do what I would like to have others do in the same situation.

[BILL12x]

... let's be real. if u found vokey and studio design scotty on the course, would u return it? First I will try to find the owner, and if unsuccessful, instead of returning to club house, I will probably keep it.... don't rant me I'm just being honest here...

 

:russian_roulette: Is it yours? Did you buy it? Turn it in!! Somebody spent hard earned money for it and he's going to come looking for it.

 

If I found my stolen clubs in someone else's bag, I would snap every :( club over my knee and toss them on the concrete.

 

This game, and life in general for that matter, has no place for people like that.

[FlyFish]

You can buy stickers with your name and phone number that attach to the shafts of your clubs.

[Golfdog]

If I find something, I may not know who it belongs to. But I do know who it DOESN'T belong to: me.

 

I do whatever I can to make sure it gets back to its owner. I think most golfers are like this. IMO, if you don't think like this, you are a thief. It may sound harsh, but that's my opinion..

[8602081]

I feel for you...

 

 

I had mine whole set stolen out of my truck in 2005..

 

I'm sure that my set isn't as good as yours, but still it sucked..

 

Hope you find it..

[ezra76]

What scares me here is how many guys say they would consider keeping it? Obviously the friggen owner of the clubs wants them back... it's stealing plain and simple not to turn them in. I know as a kid my daddy taught me it was wrong to steal... he also taught me it's A-OK to knock someone the F-out who steals from you. :(

[ithawk]

Thanks for all the support guys its nice to see.

[sergizmo]

That's too bad. Three years ago I left a 56* Vokey and an Eye 2 8 iron on the range. I didn't realize until the following day they were gone. I went back to the range and thankfully someone was nice enough to return them.

 

I can understand your frustration. Maybe 10 or so years ago the odds of the clubs being returned would have been greater. The cases of club theft have gone through the roof in the past few years. And not returning clubs to keep them is theft, plain and simple.

[dav]

hard luck buddy, but leaving stuff behind does teach you to be more cautious next time.

 

Cant think of anything worse other than losing your wallet

[dmboak]

To make a long story short I left my 52* vokey and studio design scotty on the practice green this past Tuesday after a quick lunch short game session and didn’t realize it until today so when I called the pro shop and asked if anyone had turned them in they hadn’t seen anything.

 

First thing to do before you leave the club is to count the # of clubs in your bag. If you only bring 2 clubs to work on a piece of your game it should be even easier.

 

I might be paranoid about things, but I'm always tapping on the wallet pocket of my pants and making sure I have my keys...I'm similar with my clubs.

 

I think the conscience thing works a little differently depending on the situation.

 

Someone leaves a 7 iron on the green that is a blade and you're hitting cavity backs, you're going to turn it in. New or mint Vokey or Scotty, the temptation is definitely there. Not saying I'd keep it, but I'd have both ends of my conscience pulling at me.

[parpar41]

"Someone just got a lifetime of bad karma from the golf gods".

 

Brilliant response; sooo true !!

[azone]

I recently left a 2004 RAC CB x100 shafted 8 iron around a green and noticed it later in the evening, since I quit after an early-evening 9 holes. I called the next morning early, and kept after it for about 2 weeks-- of course, it didn't turn up. That club would have been NO USE to anyone, but the replacement sure cost me some $.

 

You guys that say you would keep a club that isn't yours are pathetic. There is NOTHING okay about that position.

[Johnny]

yep..lost a BeCu Tom Watson wedge back in the day when they were worth something and a MR23 Maru wedge a couple years ago... neither ever showed. On the otherhand I have found about 20 clubs and always turned them in.

[dmboak]

You guys that say you would keep a club that isn't yours are pathetic. There is NOTHING okay about that position.

Would you say that about a lottery ticket you found outside a store or cash (not in a wallet with ID) you found in an envelope on the men's room sink?

[ithawk]

I feel you can't compare a lottery ticket to something done on the golf course. The golf course to me is a place of common courtsey sort of an unspoken law that you don't mess with another man or wormens equipment. There is a lot of tradition with golf which makes it such a special sport in my eyes.

[vanquish007]

Just me thinkin' out loud here...

 

...but wouldn't it be cool/funny if there was a version of Dateline NBC's 'To Catch a Predator' for people who steal golf equipment!?

 

I think I'll call it... 'To Catch a C*cks@cker'!

 

Think about it.....

expensive clubs left as bait for unknowing thieves.....

half a dozen hidden cameras capturing every moment.....

confronting the assailants as they attempt to make away with the goods without turning them in.....

cops standing by to make the arrests..... :russian_roulette: :(

 

There would, of course be a reward for the honest ones. That reward would be to have your friends and family watching the telecast on national TV see how honest YOU are for not falling for the bait!

 

Theft sucks, theres no 2ways about it. This little idea of mine (fictional, of course) would be a great way to strike back!!

 

 

...now who would we have hosting such a show??