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taking lost golf balls found in the woods, ethical or not?

mtsalmela80

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Infamous 273
Infamous 273

It's like the 'take a penny, leave a penny' next to a cash register. I've left more pennies than I can remember.

bkuehn1952
bkuehn1952

My rule of thumb is never pick up a stray ball until it has stopped rolling.

Wally Fairway
Wally Fairway

Not only do I pick them up if I find balls in the woods, weeds and rough - I take 1 stroke off my score for each ball found. I figure if someone had to add a penalty stroke for losing the ball tha

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Some of my best stretches of holes I've ever had were when I was having a horrible round and found some kind of "awful ball" and played it out of spite. I remember a few in particular. One was the cheapest Top Flite and one was a cheapo Nike.

I've done that too with a range ball to "get revenge".

I use old Taylor Made clubs from eBay and golf shops.

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How can picking up a lost ball out in the woods be considered as "unethical"?  Picking up a "lost" ball in the fairway or rough on parallel hole, maybe, but out in the woods it's fair game.

Rick

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

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Somebody has to do it, they look so lonely. Once a week I wear long pants (we have briars), and add them to the shag bag. Unethical not IMHO.
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