Mennonite Golfer Spends Three Hours Looking for Lost Ball

[Moppy]

Area man Arnold D. Penner created a three hour delay looking for a lost ball during his afternoon golf match this past Tuesday. Penner, who is an avid golf ball finder, was not so concerned about the lost stroke but in the high cost of golf balls.

“I bring one ball with me and that is it yet,” said Penner, traipsing through the bush. “I’ve been playing with this same yellowed and cracked Titleist for years.”

http://dailybonnet.com/mennonite-golfer-spends-three-hours-looking-lost-ball/

 

[Missouri Swede]

Note: it's a satirical website 

[Moppy]

Yeah, I knew it didn't add up. But I did fall for it, I am ashamed to admit. Still, I knew a guy who was so cheap he would never give up without at least coming out with two more balls than he lost.

[boogielicious]

2 minutes ago, Moppy said:

Yeah, I knew it didn't add up. But I did fall for it, I am ashamed to admit. Still, I knew a guy who was so cheap he would never give up without at least coming out with two more balls than he lost.

That's OK. World Leaders have fallen for The Onion articles too!

[Valleygolfer]

25 minutes ago, Moppy said:

Yeah, I knew it didn't add up. But I did fall for it, I am ashamed to admit. Still, I knew a guy who was so cheap he would never give up without at least coming out with two more balls than he lost.

[nevets88]

Someone I know actually experienced something like this. Got partnered w/some strange guy who bought one... one ball.

[rehmwa]

59 minutes ago, Moppy said:

Yeah, I knew it didn't add up. But I did fall for it, I am ashamed to admit. Still, I knew a guy who was so cheap he would never give up without at least coming out with two more balls than he lost.

you know, that's not really cheap, that's just how it normally works out

[dave s]

Actually, showing up for a round of golf with just ONE ball represents an interesting strategy.  Sure puts an emphasis on keeping the ball in play!

I played in a 3-day weekend outing with 15 other guys a couple of weekends ago.  On Saturday, I played 27 holes with the same Taylormade ball.  Granted, the last 9 was a scramble, but even though, that's gotta be some kind of personal record for me.

dave

[Golfingdad]

2 minutes ago, dave s said:

Granted, the last 9 was a scramble, but even though, that's gotta be some kind of personal record for me.

I don't know that that caveat is necessary.  I would lean towards it being MORE likely to lose a ball in a scramble than a regular round.  You're more likely to try risky shots when you have three others on the team to cover for you, and you're less likely to put forth as diligent an effort in searching for a potentially lost ball since it's not going to be the best (hopefully) of the four anyway.

So those 27 holes are MORE impressive than if they were all stroke play, IMO. 

[No Mulligans]

6 minutes ago, Golfingdad said:

I don't know that that caveat is necessary.  I would lean towards it being MORE likely to lose a ball in a scramble than a regular round.  You're more likely to try risky shots when you have three others on the team to cover for you, and you're less likely to put forth as diligent an effort in searching for a potentially lost ball since it's not going to be the best (hopefully) of the four anyway.

So those 27 holes are MORE impressive than if they were all stroke play, IMO. 

On the other hand if a group playing scramble hits a score of 60 vs. a score of say 95 when one plays by themself... there's 35 less strokes to lose your ball.  Granted one doesn't lose balls much when they're putting so perhaps more like 25 less swings to lose your ball.  And, in a scramble you might never have to hit from trouble/really bad lies.

My experience has been that I lose less balls in a scramble.

[Golfingdad]

2 minutes ago, No Mulligans said:

On the other hand if a group playing scramble hits a score of 60 vs. a score of say 95 when one plays by themself... there's 35 less strokes to lose your ball.  Granted one doesn't lose balls much when they're putting so perhaps more like 25 less swings to lose your ball.  And, in a scramble you might never have to hit from trouble/really bad lies.

All good points.

[jkelley9]

I swear there's this one group of bushes on hole #7 at my normal Saturday morning group course (not my home course, strangely enough) that someone in my group will always find themselves hitting into. It's about 20 yards short right of the green on a longer par 5 so they're usually in there trying to reach in 2. But I swear every weekend someone is in there and every weekend while we search for that ball we find between 5-10 balls that AREN'T the playing partner's ball! Hilarious. And it's just a small group of bushes. Maybe 150 sqft spot. It's surrounded by rough otherwise which is easy to get out of.

Edited September 29, 2016 by jkelley9

[Natural Patrick]

Good thing water is not a problem.

[dbuck]

My home course is fairly easy for me on ball loss, especially the front nine which I usually play most often. I think I have gone 36 on one ball. If one goes in the woods, I will make a pass but if I don't see it quickly it is gone. Evidently, a lot of other folks don't make the first pass because I often pick up several in the minimal time I look for mine.