Golf Ball Finding Techniques

[Langos]

Hello,

Just wondering what techniques work for you when trying to find your or partners golf ball or even just having a we walk in the woods for some pratice balls.

[bossfrog]

I find that balls are easier to spot at night with a bright flashlight than during the day.

[dfreuter415]

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When someone in our group hits a ball into a heavily roughed area on a golf course, my technique to find the ball is...

1) Mark the spot where the ball landed by using a tree, bunker or some other landmark, and walk directly at that spot.

2) Make sure that you start looking a few yards before where you think the ball landed. Too often when you begin looking you have already passed the ball.

3) Here is the key to my finding "lost" balls, I walk in an "S" pattern that is wider than the distance where I thought the ball would be.

[David in FL]

Quote: When someone in our group hits a ball into a heavily roughed area on a golf course, my technique to find the ball is... 1) Mark the spot where the ball landed by using a tree, bunker or some other landmark, and walk directly at that spot. 2) Make sure that you start looking a few yards before where you think the ball landed. Too often when you begin looking you have already passed the ball. 3) Here is the key to my finding "lost" balls, I walk in an "S" pattern that is wider than the distance where I thought the ball would be. [URL=http://thesandtrap.com/content/type/61/id/111317/] [/URL]

QFT. Very seldom is a ball farther than someone thinks. Much more likely, shorter. Especially in the rough....

[vangator]

If it's my opponent, I try to find it with my feet and then grind it in. :-)