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Originally Posted by justjim
Almost every time I play an executive course I see a guy "hawking" golf balls. Sometimes looking in water and sometimes in the tall weeds. While playing at the Plantation of Leesburg a few years ago, a golfer in the foursome ahead of us encountered a Pigmy Rattler and spent the night in Leesburg hospital. He was searching for a ball in the high weeds. That's not worth any golf ball----even a priceless one!
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Don't know why this is called "hawking". All the dictionary results define "hawking" as "selling goods", "using hawks in a sporting event" or just "staring at someone" (urban dictionary). Someone "hawking" golf balls is selling them, not looking for them.