Furious Styles wrote:
T-Bone wrote:
The course I played most of my golf at this year had the last open day yesterday. I got the ok from the pro to head out and go on a ball search so planning on
heading out on Saturday. Picked up an 18 ft ball retriever yesterday at Dick's. Man they really bend you over for those things now a days. It's a hell of a lot
nicer than the ones I had as a kid but $50 is pretty steep. Anyway I figure I can easily fill up a backpack with balls and if I can find a couple dozen ProV's or
equivalent balls it will be worth the effort. I used to love doing that kind of thing as a kid so I figured I'd try it and at least it is a chance to get outside and
walk through the woods and on the course when it is empty. Possible snow on Sunday up here so that is the only day it is going to work.
My preferred ball is the Taylormade Project A, in case you were wondering.
I only found one TaylorMade Project A. Went out on Saturday for three hours and actually had a blast. My biggest problem was the new ball retriever I got. I really
couldn't get the hang of it. There is a spring that engages the ball and then the mechanism encases the ball so it won't fall out. I didn't really like it overall and kind
of wish I had an old school one. I lost as many balls as I grabbed using that thing from further than 12 feet away. Very frustrating. Not only that but about 90 minutes
in, the thing formed a kink in about the 3rd telescoping piece and I couldn't get it to close down. After messing with it and trying to bend it back it just busted clean off.
That left me with a 2 ft ball retriever which was still useful for balls near the edge, but essentially junk. I was pissed to say the least. I managed to walk off the
course with 132 balls and 30 of them were Pro V's, TaylorMade or Callaway pro style balls. I am guessing I left another 75 in the water easy. In fact there is a huge
pond next to the clubhouse I was going to hit last and I saw dozens just sitting there waiting to get picked but I couldn't reach them. I called the company this morning
and they are sending out a new ball retriever this week. I'll try to return the $50 one to Dicks and then I think we will all be happy. Anyway, I wasn't sure how many
I would find, if it would be worth my time or if it would be fun. I had the iPod on and really had a fun time doing that. I bet I hadn't gone in 10 years or more.