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Is it Worth it to Buy a Ball Retriever?

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Uncle Peter Dedicated Member

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A Quick Question Here for those of you who have the Callaway Ball Retriever:

How exactly does it work? I know there's an up-and-down lever, but I don't kow exactly how it works.

Driver: :cobra: BiO Cell (10.5º)

Wood: :ping: G15 3 (15.5°)

Hybrids: :callaway: Diablo Edge: 3 (21º), 4 (24º)

Irons: :callaway: Diablo Edge: 5-PW

Wedges: :cleveland:588 RTX CB 50º, Paradise Black Chrome II Sand Wedge 56º

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ejimsmith Dedicated Member

ejimsmith

reviving a thread since i was followed by someone using one of these. for the record.. ball retrievers are for dorks.

In my Grom Stand bag:

 

Driver: Ping G20, 8.5 Tour Stiff
Wood/Hybrid: G20 3W, Raylor 19*, 22*
Irons: R9 5I - SW, TM CGB LW

Putter: Scotty Cameron Kombi-Mid

Favorites: Old Ranch (Seal Beach), Ike/Babe (Industry Hills), Skylinks (Long Beach), Desert Willow (Palm Desert)

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NM Golf

Since I happened to miss this thread the first time around I will answer it now.

HELL NO!

Danny    In my :ping: Hoofer Tour golf bag on my :clicgear: 8.0 Cart

Driver:   :pxg: 0311 Gen 5  X-Stiff.                        Irons:  :callaway: 4-PW APEX TCB Irons 
3 Wood: :callaway: Mavrik SZ Rogue X-Stiff                            Nippon Pro Modus 130 X-Stiff
3 Hybrid: :callaway: Mavrik Pro KBS Tour Proto X   Wedges: :vokey:  50°, 54°, 60° 
Putter: :odyssey:  2-Ball Ten Arm Lock        Ball: :titleist: ProV 1

 

 

 

 

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hacker101 Great Member

hacker101

I don't have one but when we walk I will find a couple here and there, keep my eyes open and my mind active on other things then a bad shot or two.

If you play a course you are not backing everyone up who cares.

My father in law has one and goes fishing, looking behind fences or in the bushes  all the time, slows everyone down drives me f-ing nuts watching him drive around fishing out balls. Then after every one is backed up he like hey I just got 10 new balls. Great you got 10 balls and we now have 10 people who want to kill us!

My son came to me the other day when I was talking to my wife and said we should get one.......All I could say was are you kidding, bad enough your grandfather has one and slows everyone down now you want one too. I refuse to play with them both if he happened to get one also!

Mike M.

Irons G30's 4-U.

Hybrid's Callaway X2Hot 3 and 4.

Vokey Wedges SM5 Tour Chrome, 54*, 58*.

Putter Greyhawk, G25 4 wood, G25 Driver.

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I have a ball retriever and use it sparingly, usually for the couple that I golf with.   I'm agreeing with the golfers that believe that it is just another tool like an umbrella, glove or spike wrench.

But...

The question I ask, is it considered a club, in the fact like a training club and part of the 14 clubs I can carry in my bag?  Can I carry a Medicus and my Orange Whip, are they any different than a ball retriever?

From the land of perpetual cloudiness.   I'm Denny

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forepoints Established Member

forepoints

I picked one up for $10 and use it to fetch my ball or my playing partner's ball from the water. Recently, I used it to retrieve a ball that went underneath a dried up bush/ cactus plant that would inflict a nasty wound. I've seen the Callaway retriever that comes in its own case but personally, I don't think it's worth the money.

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Fourputt Incredible Member

Fourputt

I've carried the same one for 25 years.  Sorry to those who are too good for one, but it saves me money.  I paid $5 for in the mid 80's and it's paid for itself many times over just recovering the balls I've hit into the drink.  Maybe yo all play courses with muddy water, but on my home course the water is fairly clear most of the time, so when I roll one in 6 or 7 feet from the shore, I pluck it out and continue to play with it.  With the cost of premium balls, I'm not about to just throw it away when it takes 10 seconds to salvage it.  I reiterate my position from any previous comment I may have made - that I don't fish for balls aside from my own or those of the guys I'm playing with.

Rick

"He who has the fastest cart will never have a bad lie."

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jaysquared Established Member

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I bought a 25 foot one for $12 at wal mart and love them.. My home course has a lot of water and I usually fish balls out when it's slow. I'm very mindful of people behind me when I fish.. I've definitely got my money's worth plus more.. I use balls that I find on the course as my game balls.. I figured the $20 to buy brand new balls I can put towards green fees..
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clearwaterms Great Member

clearwaterms

yes

http://thesandtrap.com/t/66457/golfer-drowns-trying-to-retrieve-golf-ball

In my bag:

some golf clubs

a few golf balls

a bag of tee's some already broken the rest soon to be

a snickers wrapper (if you have seen me play, you would know you are not going anywhere for a while)

and an empty bottle of water

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