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 Re: Nope not for a $4 golf ball
[Re: Kicker16]
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12/15/20 09:29 PM
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JWRid
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My wife managed a golf course in Virginia that abutted the James River. Lots of wild life on and around the course. One of the holes had a Fox that on occasion would sit just off the fairway near the green. When a ball landed on the green the Fox would run out pick up the ball, and then run off. A year or so later the head greens keeper told me that they had found the Fox den and inside were at least three dozen or more golf balls. I know the Fox took more balls than that just not sure what he did with them.
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Re: Nope not for a $4 golf ball
[Re: JWRid]
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12/15/20 10:05 PM
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BigDozer66
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My wife managed a golf course in Virginia that abutted the James River. Lots of wild life on and around the course. One of the holes had a Fox that on occasion would sit just off the fairway near the green. When a ball landed on the green the Fox would run out pick up the ball, and then run off. A year or so later the head greens keeper told me that they had found the Fox den and inside were at least three dozen or more golf balls. I know the Fox took more balls than that just not sure what he did with them. Well that was sly of him/her to do that! 
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Re: Nope not for a $4 golf ball
[Re: Nocona Brian]
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12/15/20 10:09 PM
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Kicker16
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We live across the street from a golf course, the amount of time people spend looking for balls is astounding. I certainly don't consider myself a great golfer but it's really mind blowing watching folks day in and day out. ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2020/12/full-12590-77694-image_1_002.png) Hope he didn't come down to steep on that shot.
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Re: Nope not for a $4 golf ball
[Re: Kicker16]
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12/15/20 10:24 PM
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Fishin' Nut
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The course in Sedona, AZ has a "no penalty" drop rule for OB shots. Too many rattlesnakes surround the course.
He is truly a sick individual.
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Re: Nope not for a $4 golf ball
[Re: Kicker16]
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12/15/20 10:25 PM
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bradnitro175
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Re: Nope not for a $4 golf ball
[Re: Fishin' Nut]
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12/15/20 10:46 PM
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COFF
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The course in Sedona, AZ has a "no penalty" drop rule for OB shots. Too many rattlesnakes surround the course. Not sure it was a formal rule, but we practiced the same at the public course in Midland. The "rough" was untouched natural desert. Rock hard dirt, lots of snakes, and even more cactuses. Every type of native plant growing out there had thorns or stickers. Plus there was a huge prairie dog town in there. There would be times you hit a perfect shot down the middle of the fairway and your ball would just disappear into a prairie dog hole.
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Re: Nope not for a $4 golf ball
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12/16/20 02:58 AM
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Popedaddy
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Played Hogan many times. Never went to far from the fairway for sure. Those thorns are a beast especially if you step on one.
Smoke on!
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Re: Nope not for a $4 golf ball
[Re: Popedaddy]
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12/16/20 03:10 AM
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BigDozer66
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Played Hogan many times. Never went to far from the fairway for sure. Those thorns are a beast especially if you step on one. Yeah the course the PGA plays the San Antonio match on has some serious rough on it! 
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Re: Nope not for a $4 golf ball
[Re: Kicker16]
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12/16/20 03:15 AM
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Stupidity at it's best. 
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Re: Nope not for a $4 golf ball
[Re: Nocona Brian]
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12/16/20 05:31 AM
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Duke 22
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We live across the street from a golf course, the amount of time people spend looking for balls is astounding. I certainly don't consider myself a great golfer but it's really mind blowing watching folks day in and day out. If that is Sheridan St. I may owe you a window or 2.
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Re: Nope not for a $4 golf ball
[Re: Kicker16]
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12/16/20 09:30 AM
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DarrellSimpson
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We once looked at a foreclosed house next to a golf course . The back yard had a few dozen golf balls in it and while we were there talking about the hazards of stray golf balls a golf ball bounces off the roof and landed in the yard , we laughed and told the realtor that we would need to look for something else .
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Re: Nope not for a $4 golf ball
[Re: Duke 22]
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12/16/20 02:28 PM
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Nocona Brian
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We live across the street from a golf course, the amount of time people spend looking for balls is astounding. I certainly don't consider myself a great golfer but it's really mind blowing watching folks day in and day out. If that is Sheridan St. I may owe you a window or 2. It doesn't happen to us as much as some of our neighbors, it takes a screwing up pretty good to hit ours. There's one down by the tee box that finally put up a sheet of plywood in a window and just painted it. We got in a big fight with Ricky the course director early this spring so out of spite, I haven't been on it since March. That guy's an idiot.
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Re: Nope not for a $4 golf ball
[Re: Kicker16]
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01/20/21 04:31 PM
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Allen Bass Fisher
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When I was in college for extra money I would dive the water traps to recover golf balls and then sell them to the pro shop for 15 cents a piece. My goal was to find 1,000 golf balls a trip in four water hazards. I met my goal on almost all my trips. They would pay ($$) me regardless of condition. Some were very nice and others had smiley cuts in them and/or water logged. Then one day I saw a huge snapping turtle on the shores of one of the water traps. When you are "looking" for golf balls in water traps there is no "looking" involved. You are just feeling around in the mud until you find a ball and put it in a mesh sack.
I had thoughts of sticking my hand in that turtles mouth and getting some fingers bit off. That was my last golf ball recovery trip.
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Re: Nope not for a $4 golf ball
[Re: Kicker16]
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01/20/21 07:15 PM
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banker-always fishing
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IGFA World Record Rio Grande Cichlid. Lake Dunlap. John 3:16 Sinner's Prayer. God forgive me a sinner. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior !
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Re: Nope not for a $4 golf ball
[Re: Allen Bass Fisher]
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01/20/21 07:20 PM
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TexDawg
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When I was in college for extra money I would dive the water traps to recover golf balls and then sell them to the pro shop for 15 cents a piece. My goal was to find 1,000 golf balls a trip in four water hazards. I met my goal on almost all my trips. They would pay ($$) me regardless of condition. Some were very nice and others had smiley cuts in them and/or water logged. Then one day I saw a huge snapping turtle on the shores of one of the water traps. When you are "looking" for golf balls in water traps there is no "looking" involved. You are just feeling around in the mud until you find a ball and put it in a mesh sack.
I had thoughts of sticking my hand in that turtles mouth and getting some fingers bit off. That was my last golf ball recovery trip. I’ve seen guys diving golf course ponds many times, it’s not for me
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