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Old 03-19-2016, 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by MrGolf View Post
As with most any golf courses the answer is no. The course has no issue with you retrieving your own ball/ club that found its way into the pond. As for anything outside of that, as the commercial says the answer is a big fat No. Most courses contract with folks that do that for a living. These people pay the course/ developer for the ability to do this. I am certain if the ambassadors saw this they would take the individuals name and tell them to stop. May even take the balls away from them.
Further , ball hawks slow down play and are generally agrevating.
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