How Many Golf Balls Do You Carry?

[bogeygolfer]

18 holes Walking/Riding...home/new cours

I was just curious how many golf balls do you have in your bag when playing an 18 hole around.

Since it may depend on a number of scenarios, please indicate whether:
- Walking or Riding
- Playing home course vs a new course
- other factors that you take into consideration when deciding this:

Myself:
Walking/Riding (home course) 4 balls

Walking/Riding (new course) 6 balls

JR

[Langlands]

I was just curious how many golf balls do you have in your bag when playing an 18 hole around. 

 

Since it may depend on a number of scenarios,  please indicate whether:

  - Walking or Riding

  - Playing home course vs a new course

  - other factors that you take into consideration when deciding this:

 

Myself:

Walking/Riding (home course) 4 balls

 

Walking/Riding (new course) 6 balls

 

JR

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I'll generally carry 6-9 balls in my bag. I ususally walk on the course, I can't think that this would influence the number of balls I carry in my bag. If it's a more difficult course I may carry 3 more but no more than that.

[cpa49707]

I normally start out with about 4 balls for a 18 hole round.

 

However, i do have about 30 balls that i have found in the last couple of weeks that are still in the bag that I will probably never play. I dump them into a 5 gallon bucket and in the spring I take them and hit them into the back field instead of going to the driving range.

[Sam-Tee-Time]

I always carry 12, no matter what. Eventhough my handicap is getting better, I'm still vulnerable to those "blowup days" :clapping: where I'll lose a ton of balls. 12 seems to be the number.

[duff76]

I carry three new balls and the side pocket in my bag has maybe a dozen found balls that I empty out from time to time. It doesn't matter to me if it's my home course or a new course. I will probably jinx myself saying this but I haven't lost a ball for a couple months now.

[JHR]

I usually will keep a dozen in my bag. I don't lose too many ( knock on wood) but some days you never know.

[Sakman]

I carry 13 balls in my bag. Some call it a superstition, I call it zen...

[mizuno]

On my home course I generally carry 6-9 balls. If I am playing a course for the first time I will usually throw a 3-6 more in the bag "just in case".

[xjustice09x]

On my home course I generally carry 6-9 balls.  If I am playing a course for the first time I will usually throw a 3-6 more in the bag "just in case".

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I usually carry 12 good balls, and whatever balls i find on the course in my bag to use on water holes.

 

The course I play in my companies golf league is pretty tough, so on a normal day I lose 3 or 4. On a bad day I may lose 6 or 7.

 

Lately though I find myself pullng out my driver less, scoring better, and losing less balls.

[lidomkj]

I carry 6 balls to play a round with, but have 30 in the side pocket to hit the practice green with before I play. I typically take a cart, but since the balls are in a small bag, I easily take the 30 out before walking.

 

My home course has a nice practice green which allows you to hit shots from 100 yards and in and/or work on putting. They also have a small practice green in front of the clubhouse.

[golfernut78]

3 sleeves new balls, but it will either be 2 sleeves of one ball, and 1 sleeve of the other ball. i mainly play top flite strata tour soft and nike ta-2 lng/precept u-tri x-dist (same ball). same days one ball works better than the other. i will open a sleeve on the 1st and 10th tee. i typically have 6-9 old balls in the bag. if it is a particular bad day i might have to hit these. i've been getting better/luckier with losing balls in water and in the trees, but have been having problems losing them in the rough. on a few occasions it where holes are parallel and i think the group on the other has taken or played my ball. typically i'm losing about 3 balls a round now and toss 2-3 balls because they've become chewed up from the wedges.

[PingDaddy]

I usually have a couple dozen balls in there, pushing a 3 wheel cart. I just like having a big assortment to choose from.

[mizuno]

i dont know how many i carry. but mizuno i want your driver lol.

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It replaced a Titleist 975J that was several years old. I have only had it a couple on months but so far I have been happy with the choice. I demoed both the NV and NVS shaft. I tend to be a low ball hitter and the NV shaft was definitely shorter compared to the NVS. I get a nice high flight with good distance with the NVS without any "ballooning".

[simmoboy]

i only carry 6 balls when i play the courses around my area but when i go away for jnr tournements i take 15 just to be sure. ( nothing worse then having to buy more balls after the first round)

[great1putt]

Ditto hiettspop, 6 balls marked with 2 dots to right of brand name each side in black Sharpie. one empty pocket to put found balls for Jrs.

Btw, ball of choice...Srixon HRX-333. :clapping:

[Callaway Fan]

I always ride and my bag is full of balls. I don't lose many it's just easier to strore them all in my bag rather than at the house. Right now I have around 12 Callaways and 6 Nikes.

[tpgrrr1]

If I am walking, I'll carry 9 balls. If I lose 9 balls I am heading to the car! :D

:D :clapping: :cheesy: :D

[ScottWS33]

Been trying to cut down on what I carry in my bag so only six.

[EnglishBob]

I have yet to play a round, but judging by my accuracy on the range my bag is loaded with 21 balls right now LOL. Have a 3 wheeled push cart so weight is not an issue.

[leekgolf]

I carry 3 balls. I rarely use more than 2 per round.

[poppyhillsguy]

I carry my bag, so I keep 6 to 9 balls in there. I like to have one new one to start the round.

[mat562]

Six.

 

If I end up needing more than that, I'll be reaching in the bag for a loaded 9mm, not another ball....

 

I carry abag, and the weight of more than six in the ball pocket gives it an annoying tilt...

[Dr Rangelove]

Generally 3, 4 on tourney days. I also try to veri the numbers so if I have to hit a provisional I'll have the ability recognize which was first and second.

[bma725]

12, not because I lose them that often but because I tend to scuff them on full swing shots with my wedges. It used to be worse, when I used to play X-14PS those seemed to have such sharp grooves that I scuffed the ball on every shot.

 

And I carry the same amount, whether I am walking or riding, and regardless of the course.

[ezra76]

I have like 8 to 10 regardless. Somtimes, like last night, I'll hit off an extra ball and if it's too far from my original I leave it. Last night I had a "new" set of TM 300 Forged so I was hitting a 4iron off from the rough between the blues and whites just for practice. I eventually dead yanked one on the 3rd hole and left that ball wherever it went.

 

I once played a course with my buddy in CT that had these huge dropoffs. I only had like 5 or 6 balls and was down to 1 after 9. Now I make sure to have a few extras just in case. I probably only realistically "lose" one every 2 to 3 rounds though.

[scores]

I carry 4 - 6 but since my daughter has taken up the game i end up with about a dozen or better when we are done!! anyway do not want to carry anymore.

[dmboak]

One dozen every round

[pm hacker]

Don't laugh people, but I usually have probably about 30 new balls that I carry in my bag regardless where I'm playing. I'll carry a equal amount of premium (Pro V1x, Nike One, HX tour) and regular (Loco, Noodle, Pinnacle) balls. Sometimes you just never know if you or your playing partner is gonna have a round from hell...I like to be prepared. Is it any wonder why my bag feels heavier than a rock sack?

[propredicr]

4 brand new balls and 5 "new" balls that I have found along the rough.

[dmarch]

I keep an even dozen. I'm very particular about having no scuffs, etc. Rejects go to my seventeen year old.