Golf Ball Locator Gadget

[5baytjd]

2 hours ago, gwelfgulfer said:

 

New here?

With OVER 3500 posts, I hardly think so.🤣

[theboypinoy]

40 minutes ago, 5baytjd said:

With OVER 3500 posts, I hardly think so.🤣

 

Not to mention the account age is significantly older than his 😂

[Kid B]

8 hours ago, gwelfgulfer said:

 

New here?

Will your posts make more sense after we’ve been here for a few years?

 

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If this worked with any ball, I’d absolutely buy this hypothetical product. The leaves start falling in early September here, and we can often play up to Thanksgiving or later. 
 

You can spend 5 minutes flipping over leaves trying to find a golf ball in the fairway. At $200 this would pay for itself inside of a month. 
 

So yes, I’d back this on Kickstarter 

[Girevik]

On 1/23/2021 at 12:18 PM, gwelfgulfer said:

Maybe take lessons to get better?  If you want to waste money, might as well be on something that could truly benefit you.

Perhaps the most apt avatar I've ever seen.  A simple "not interested" would have sufficed.

Edited January 29, 2021 by Girevik

[setter02]

Sweet, peanut gallery has shown up...  

 

Also curious how someone can lose $200 in balls in a month if it somehow pays for itself within that time frame...  How bad are you?

Edited January 29, 2021 by setter02

[Kid B]

1 hour ago, gwelfgulfer said:

Sweet, peanut gallery has shown up...  

 

Also curious how someone can lose $200 in balls in a month if it somehow pays for itself within that time frame...  How bad are you?

Just an awful, awful golfer. I lose at least a dozen balls per hole

[5baytjd]

11 hours ago, gwelfgulfer said:

Also curious how someone can lose $200 in balls in a month if it somehow pays for itself within that time frame...  How bad are you?

How bad are you at READING and looking at a calendar?  He said early September to Thanksgiving, gotta be at least two months and maybe closer to 3 depending on the year.

[setter02]

2 minutes ago, 5baytjd said:

How bad are you at READING and looking at a calendar?  He said early September to Thanksgiving, gotta be at least two months and maybe closer to 3 depending on the year.

 

I don't think it matters what time of year it is...  To lose that many balls is embarrassing...

[cristphoto]

From the first post:   "It’s strictly theory right now, and not sure if the technology will still be too expensive."

 

That sums it up for me.  

[5baytjd]

1 hour ago, gwelfgulfer said:

 

I don't think it matters what time of year it is...  To lose that many balls is embarrassing...

Have you added ANYTHING positive to this thread? 

 

Nope, putting you on permanent ignore, life's too short.

[setter02]

7 minutes ago, 5baytjd said:

Have you added ANYTHING positive to this thread? 

 

Nope, putting you on permanent ignore, life's too short.

 

Just confirms you're about as embarrassing as losing $200 worth of balls in a short period of time.

[5baytjd]

4 minutes ago, gwelfgulfer said:

 

Just confirms you're about as embarrassing as losing $200 worth of balls in a short period of time.

Just confirms you can't read.  I'm not the one that said that.  Bye Felicia !

[setter02]

Just now, 5baytjd said:

Just confirms you can't read.  I'm not the one that said that.  Bye Felicia !

 

Huh, some "ignore" feature ya got pro...  Even try and throw in some pop culture reference to show you really mean biznizz

Edited January 30, 2021 by setter02

[RSinSG]

11 hours ago, 5baytjd said:

Just confirms you can't read.  I'm not the one that said that.  Bye Felicia !

It’s pretty obvious this person is just trying to stir the pot.

[HappyGilmoresBoots]

I lost a dozen balls in 9 holes one time.  It wasn't a fun day on the course.

[Kid B]

3 hours ago, HappyGilmoresBoots said:

I lost a dozen balls in 9 holes one time.  It wasn't a fun day on the course.

I’ve had similar days, and couldn’t be less embarrassed about it. s*** happens, we all have bad days, and we all had to learn how to play at some point. 
 

What’s embarrassing to me is the people who act like they came out of the womb a zero, have never lost a ball, (they just toss them after a few holes because they can feel the drop off), s*** on anything designed to help your game...  all the blowhard talk that gives the sport a bad name. I can’t imagine having an opinion about a golf product I don’t want or need, and would never buy. 
 

And for the record, I meant $200 over the course of the fall season when every inch of the course is covered in leaves. But $200 might have been a lowball, truthfully. You can find about as many as you lose, but somehow they’re never even close to the quality of the ball you lost track of. Dying to have that explained to me

[Fairways_and_Greens]

Will the gadget work on balls with off-center cores?

[HappyGilmoresBoots]

41 minutes ago, Kid B said:

I’ve had similar days, and couldn’t be less embarrassed about it. s*** happens, we all have bad days, and we all had to learn how to play at some point. 
 

What’s embarrassing to me is the people who act like they came out of the womb a zero, have never lost a ball, (they just toss them after a few holes because they can feel the drop off), s*** on anything designed to help your game...  all the blowhard talk that gives the sport a bad name. I can’t imagine having an opinion about a golf product I don’t want or need, and would never buy. 
 

And for the record, I meant $200 over the course of the fall season when every inch of the course is covered in leaves. But $200 might have been a lowball, truthfully. You can find about as many as you lose, but somehow they’re never even close to the quality of the ball you lost track of. Dying to have that explained to me

Oh, the opposite happened to me on that day!  I teed up a Titleist #3 DT So/Lo and hit it into the bushes.  I found what I thought was my ball (a Titleist #3) and finished out the hole, shooting an even par, only to discover I'd played out the hole with a Titleist #3 Pro V1.

[RSinSG]

11 hours ago, HappyGilmoresBoots said:

I lost a dozen balls in 9 holes one time.  It wasn't a fun day on the course.

I did a Tin Cup once and hit 4 balls in the water on my way to a 13. 

[larciel]

I feel sorry for OP. only a few people answered directly. 

 

since you said it will work with any current ball, it's got a good chance. Price and ease of use should be the focus.

 

I'll pay upto $99 if it can find a ball within 10-15yds. 40yds is too big of a radius to start looking.

 

Good luck!

[5baytjd]

5 hours ago, RSinSG said:

I did a Tin Cup once and hit 4 balls in the water on my way to a 13. 

I certainly felt better about myself after TW carded that TEN on a par 3. 😆

[Gsea]

Until Jimmy shows back up and answers some of the LEGIT questions just another bs thread.

[jimmyj2]

Have been continually researching options since my OP a couple of weeks ago (and months before posting). Am encouraged by the Yes’s and the Maybe’s in the poll.  Unfortunately, the cost for putting the pieces together for the tech is much too expensive, and will be shelving the idea for now.

 

Thanks for your time to the folks that responded legitimately and tried to keep the thread on track.

[VyctoryDendy]

It seems to me that this device is useless, maybe I don't understand something.

[Kid B]

6 hours ago, VyctoryDendy said:

It seems to me that this device is useless, maybe I don't understand something.

It doesn’t actually exist yet, so you’re absolutely correct. 
 

I think there’s a market at the right price point though

[Linkkingx]

Playing a course with deep rough or fescue just off the fairway and something like this could be useful, mainly for speeding up play. The big question is, how would it work without altering the ball in any way? Also, if it's a popular spot you could end up finding 10 other balls before finding your own. Not sure it's feasible but I'd be interested in hearing more about how it would work.

[HappyGilmoresBoots]

33 minutes ago, Linkkingx said:

Playing a course with deep rough or fescue just off the fairway and something like this could be useful, mainly for speeding up play. The big question is, how would it work without altering the ball in any way? Also, if it's a popular spot you could end up finding 10 other balls before finding your own. Not sure it's feasible but I'd be interested in hearing more about how it would work.

I was imagining a sort of paint or ink that you'd mark your ball with, then use a scope or camera of some sort that's tuned into the paint.  That's the only way I would foresee this gadget being feasible for all balls, and for under $200.  But, I'm not OP.

[Haloha]

I think its a great idea and I've thought of this many times though I always thought it would be too costly?  Good luck!  

Honestly I didn't bother reading through all the pages but I think it would sell but that's just my .02

[Girevik]

I'm waiting for the glasses that have a launch monitor built in that tracks your ball, gives you all the info a TrackMan would, and then takes you right to the ball.

[Bad9]

8 hours ago, Haloha said:

 

Honestly I didn't bother reading through all the pages but I think it would sell but that's just my .02

There's only two pages.